Achievement Unlocked: I'm a Certified Professional Speaker!

Whenever people ask how I started my journey as a speaker, I tell them it was all because of Speaker Slam. And now, I've earned their Professional Speaker Certification!

My first-ever Speaker Slam speech, back in the fall of 2022, was also the first time I ever publicly spoke about the muscle disability I was born with.

Competing in the 2023 Grand Slam, the inspirational speaking finals where I became the #2 Inspirational Speaker of the Year, was the first time I shared my practice of the Daily Yay — identifying and consciously appreciating something good every day, as a means of building resilience through joy.

Now, as a keynote speaker who's spoken for corporations, schools and government agencies, I'm elated every time audiences resonate with my journey — sometimes it's someone who sees their own disability acceptance journey in mine, and sometimes it's someone who says they're going to start practicing the Daily Yay to get through their own difficult times too.

And I love that, because if there's anything I want to spread more of in the world, it's the power of owning who you are, and the impact of finding joy not despite our struggles, but through them.

Thank you Rina Rovinelli and Dan Shaikh for all your support on my journey — one speech really CAN change your life! 🎉✨