Our Values
Our goal is to reinforce wholesome values that were instilled by their parents. In a time when manners, and integrity seem unimportant, Waverly provides a Christian sisterhood and mentorship community rooted in wholesome values. Alongside the positive and healthy influence from our Mentors, each and every Waverly Girl Class experience educates and inspires girls through exposure to creativity, service, faith, and etiquette.
What makes Waverly special are the bonds we form; our relationships are built on love and respect and every Waverly Girl is encouraged to recognize her own individual, God given gifts. Waverly Girls have a confidence knowing individually they are amazing and collectively we are Extraordinary!
ABOUT GIRL CLASS
Each Girl Class Mentor is highly trained to encourage and educate Waverly Girls in all areas of development; creative, spiritual, and social. We invest in each and every Waverly Girl, as their overall happiness, well-being, and growth is our number one priority. We lead with quiet confidence and recognize that leading by example is most effective. We are listeners; in order to understand various challenges girls may face inside or outside of Girl Class our goal is to communicate the power in perseverance and the strength in sisterhood.
Our HISTORY
Molly Wills founded the Waverly Project in 2012 while in Aspen, Colorado. Surrounded by the quaking Aspen trees, which bear strong roots that grow laterally in a shared root system, the the name Waverly was born. Similarly, the mission of The Waverly Project is to create experiences for young girls to grow through build each other up, with strong roots in their faith, sisterhood, and authentic security in themselves.
Wills has developed Waverly Girl Class in Connecticut, NYC, the Hamptons, and South Florida.
In the Summer of 2020 Molly and her sister Grace founded The Waverly Project Foundation, in honor of their late father. Our mission is to provide support for every girl across America on their journey towards mental, physical & spiritual well being.
MEET THE TEAM
Molly Wills is an entrepreneur at heart with a passion towards the arts, fashion, travel and, most of all, empowering and mentoring girls. She founded The Waverly Project in 2012 after being inspired by many female mentors in her life that helped realize her own creative passions. The Waverly Project connects young girls and women through creative projects and experiences called “Girl Class” with a mission to foster future creatives building confident global thinkers.
Tenney Hearst Espy is an artist, a mentor as well as a lover of the outdoors, food and travel. She joined the Waverly Project during the Summer of 2021 after showing her photographs in their Southampton Gallery. She felt a true connection to Molly, her vision and their mutual focus on the importance of mental health awareness. She especially felt aligned with the Waverly Project’s mission to empower young women to lift each other up and build each other’s confidence. With her added support Molly was able to make her vision of girl class subscription boxes a reality. With her MFA she is able to help with the creative education curriculum, artistic curating and social media. Overall, she feels she embodies the “Waverly Girl” because she is a driven, collaborative, creative and powerful young woman.
Grace Wills has a heart for service and building genuine community. Living overseas after university, Grace honed her leadership skills teaching lacrosse and PE at St. Helene St. Catherine's, outside of Oxford. There she frequently face-timed her sister Molly, discussing their shared vision for a real sisterhood and community, now known as The Waverly Project. Grace has a knack for managing teams where she naturally creates positive, organized environments whether it be a large corporation or a small business. In addition to her full time job, Grace heads the Waverly Foundation! Her vision for the foundation is to implement workshops across communities to support girls towards a strong mental, spiritual and physical well being.