LEARN HOW TO DO HARD WELL

I graduated high school with a 1.7 GPA and couldn't get into any college. I started at a community college, changed my whole attitude, and learned how to be a student.

I made the honor roll or Dean's List all five semesters, which earned my acceptance into USC, where I created my own major in Ethnic Studies.

At 36, with three children, I went back to school and earned my Doctor of Chiropractic through the hardest years of my life. I still hold an active license and practice today.

I grew up in Southern California as a little brown girl raised to believe I was white. I wrote the truth in my memoir, Raised as a Lie.

I speak to students on every kind of path, and to the leaders who support them.

Who we serve

Students

First-generation, working, parenting, returning and transferring students. Welcome week, heritage months, student success and equity programs.

Flex days and professional development on burnout, imposter syndrome and leading through change.

Deans, directors and teams who have been asked to reinvent themselves again and again. Keynotes and workshops to help your team breathe and move forward.

Faculty & Staff

Campus Leaders

Talks that meet audiences where they are

Doing Hard Well

I D E N T I T Y & B E L O N G I N G

Raised as a Lie: Finding Out Who You Really Are

Students leave believing they belong here and that the story they were handed isn't the one they have to live.

I M P O S T E R S Y N D R O M E

P E R S I S T E N C E

For Deans, Directors and Campus Teams

For leaders and teams asked to reinvent themselves again and again. How to steady yourself and your people, care for the body under stress, and lead from what's possible.

R E I N V E N T I O N AT A N Y A G E

L E A D I N G T H R O U G H C H A N G E

Burn the Blueprint: Creating Your Own Path

For adult learners and anyone in transition who wonders if it's too late to start over. Students leave with a plan for their next chapter.

What keeps you enrolled when quitting looks like the responsible choice. Students leave with a "get back up" plan for the hardest weeks of the term

How to quiet the voice that says you

don’t belong here and take your seat

in every room.

Students leave with a clear sense of

what they bring and one step to act

on this week

Where You Come From Is Not Where You Stop

Ways to Book

Keynotes

45 to 60 minutes for convocation, welcome week and heritage months. Add an author visit with Q&A and a book signing.

90 minute interactive sessions where students practice the tools and leave with a plan for the week.

Half or full day sessions for faculty, staff and campus teams. Every format is available in person or virtual.

Workshops

Flex Day & PD

See Her in the Room

Dr. Naeema speaking to students at Life University.