Year 11 Red Bend Catholic College student, Asha Munodawafu is making it her mission to empower and inspire teenage girls in the community.

Asha has grown up playing tennis attending a variety of Tennis Australia Youth Programs and has worked closely with Parkes tennis coach, Helen Magill.

Both youth programs and Helen have inspired Asha to want to help support young girls in tennis.

Asha realised that there were many girls at her school who don't participate in any sports and saw that not many girls play tennis here in Parkes so she created the Hey Sis Project.

"I thought maybe by creating this it would be a safe space where it's not competitive all the time," Asha said.

"It's an opportunity for girls to try out tennis and maybe turn it into something they want to pursue. This project is also about leadership so encouraging girls to step forward out of their comfort zone and try out new things."

Asha held her first workshop of The Hey Sis Project on Saturday, August 24 and she was amazed by the number of girls who attended.

"I had a list of how many girls were going to come and then a couple extra came so it was really good," she said.

"We did a little warm-up and then we did a little get to know you game so the girls all got to know each other.

"There were a couple of best friends so I split them up so they got to know other girls and then we just did some little tennis related rotations, nothing competitive just fun and then we did little exercises."

At the end of the workshop Asha split the girls into pairs where they had to think of positive words or a picture and add it to a painting.

Asha has received a lot of support for her project from friends, family, teachers and her school.

"I have been working with Red Bend to host a project there in the MPH. It won't be tennis but it will be focused on leadership and confidence," she said.

Asha hopes that every girl that attends a workshop feels inspired, welcomed and valued.

"I'm not always just focusing on just tennis, but focusing on building networks and friendships with each of the girls and to make them feel welcomed and valued," she said.

"Growing up it's always been something I wanted to do and working with Helen and the things she does always inspired me. I have always wanted to make a difference and to be unique," Asha added.