🚀 Helping K-12 Students Develop the Confidence, Resilience, and Boldness to Succeed—No Matter Their Circumstances
AWARENESS . AUDACITY . APPLAUSE
🔥 Helping Students Set Goals, Overcome Setbacks & Build Unshakable Confidence
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If students want to set and accomplish their goals regardless of the inevitable setbacks…
They need unshakable confidence—the kind that pushes them to take bold action, stand tall in the face of challenges, and keep going when things get tough.
Let me show your students how!
AWARENESS • AUDACITY • APPLAUSE
Transforming School Culture & Student Success
Education is more than academics—it’s about shaping resilient, confident, and empowered students who believe in their potential and take bold action toward their future.
This isn’t just another motivational message—it’s a transformational approach designed to elevate your students and strengthen your school’s impact.
🌟AWARENESS of their potential
🚀 AUDACITY to take bold steps forward
🎉 👏 APPLAUSE for their resilience and progress
Let me show your students how to embody all 3!
Dr. Naieema's Signature Talk for Students
Embrace Adversity: Unleash Your Potential with Awareness, Audacity and Applause
Adversity isn’t a roadblock—it’s a launchpad.
Students facing tough situations often struggle to see beyond their current circumstances. But when they learn to shift their perspective, adversity becomes their greatest superpower.
This keynote teaches students how to recognize their potential, take bold action, and celebrate their resilience—no matter what challenges they face.
Audience Take-Aways:
Ignite Awareness: Students will recognize their strengths, understand how adversity shapes their growth, and see new opportunities beyond their current experiences.
Inspire Audacity: They will gain the confidence to take bold steps, embrace challenges, and push past fear to create a future they believe in.
Earn Applause for Resilience: They will learn to celebrate their progress, honor their resilience, and take pride in every step forward.
Additional Offers
For Students
From Set Back to Success: The Resilience Workshop Series
This interactive, multi-session workshop series helps students develop goal-setting, resilience, and confidence in a structured, engaging way.
Four Week Workshop Series:
Week 1: Awareness – Identifying personal adversity and its hidden strengths.
Week 2: Audacity - Developing confidence and taking bold action.
Week 3: Goal Setting – Creating a personal success roadmap.
Week 4: Resilience Recognition – Celebrating progress and building long-term success habits.
Why Schools Love This:
- Reinforces keynote lessons with real-world application.
- Gives students personalized support and action steps.
- Creates a lasting impact beyond a one-time assembly.
For Teachers and Staff
The Resilient Classroom: Equipping Students for Success and Growth
Teachers play a vital role in shaping student resilience. This 90-minute professional development training equips educators with practical strategies to help students navigate adversity, set goals and thrive.
What Educators will learn:
- How to identify hidden struggles in students
- How to build resilience and confidence in the classroom
- How to foster an environment where students feel seen and supported to set and accomplish their goals
Why Schools Love This:
- Fits into existing staff development programs.
- Strengthens teacher-student relationships and school culture.
- Helps educators create emotionally safe, high-achieving classrooms.
Digital Resource
From Setback to Success: The Resilience Workbook for Students
Students need tools they can refer back to and apply on their own. The Resilience Workbook for Students provides structured exercises, goal-setting frameworks, and resilience-building activities to reinforce everything they learned in my keynote or workshop. It can also be used as standalone tool.
What’s Included:
- Reflection exercises to help students identify their strengths.
- Goal-setting templates for academic and personal success.
- QR codes to short motivational videos for ongoing inspiration.
Self-paced challenges to encourage action and accountability.
Why Schools Love This:
- Gives students a tangible tool to continue their growth.
- Supports educators in reinforcing key resilience lessons.
- Creates a lasting resource for future student cohorts.
Award-Winning Educator & Transformational Speaker
Finding the right speaker for your school isn’t easy—you need someone who connects with students, inspires action, and leaves a lasting impact. That’s exactly what I do.
As a first-generation college graduate, product of NYC public schools, and doctor of philosophy in nursing, I know firsthand what it takes for students to push past adversity and redefine what’s possible for their future.
I didn’t just beat the odds—I studied them. My PhD research focused on student success and overcoming barriers in education. Now, I use my expertise to help students and educators bridge the gap between potential and achievement.
💡 My mission? To help students develop the awareness to see new opportunities, the audacity to take bold action, and the applause to recognize their progress—so they walk away believing in themselves, no matter their circumstances.
When I’m not speaking, you’ll find me at home with my partner and our children, having an impromptu movie night.
OUR PROMISE TO YOU
Our process to ensure that we make serving your students our priority:
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