Self-made millionaire and best-selling author Lynn Donohue will speak at the season’s final meeting of the Martha’s Vineyard Women’s Network, on Thursday, May 6, from 6 to 8 p.m.

Ms. Donohue was living out of her car, earning minimum wage as a bar tender at a local biker hangout when she began taking brick masonry training. Before the age of 40, the former drop-out was a millionaire entrepreneur with a New Bedford-based foundation, Brick by Brick, that helps teenagers foster creativity and adults struggling with career choices.

The women’s network also will announce the recipient of their first grant at this meeting at the Baylies Room of the Whaling Church in Edgartown. It is open to all.

Members may preregister ($15) at mvwomensnetwork.org by Monday, May 3. All walk-ins are $25 at the door. A light dinner will be provided.