Speakers & Teachers Bureau
We value the knowledge, expertise, and perspective of all members of our community, believing that everyone has something valuable to offer. The Speakers and Teachers Bureau includes friends who have stepped up to present for Be Strong Families daily English and Spanish webinar series, Staying Strong and Positive for Ourselves and Our Children. Included are their bios, topics of expertise, a sample of their presentation style via link to a webinar and contact information. To engage a member of the Be Strong Families community for a class, workshop, keynote, etc., please contact them using the information on their presenter page.
The Speakers & Teachers Spotlight rotates to showcase the diversity of our Speakers and Teachers. We strive to give every community member an opportunity to be in the spotlight.
Speakers & Teachers Spotlight
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Heather Love Beverley
Heather Love Beverley has been sharing a love of reading and learning with children and families for over 17 years as a Children’s Librarian in a public library. During the course of her career, she has won multiple awards for her work, including the Illinois Library Association’s Youth Services Librarian of the Year Award and Library Journal’s Mover and Shaker Award.
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Ana Laura Garza García
Living Tools Creator. Positive leader, counselor and consultant with more than 30 experience years. Specialized in Mental and Emotional Health, Positive Psychology and Organizational Human Development. International author and speaker.
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Fatai M. Langi
Fatai is an entrepreneur, certified life coach and an author. She is the founder and Director of 3 Angels Care, which is a therapeutic foster care agency located in Reno, NV and also Board President for Caring 4 Angels. She and her husband have been fostering since 2012 and are big advocates for the foster care system…
Full Speakers & Teachers Bureau
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Yaffa Abojaradeh
Meraki Consulting
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Nilofer Ahsan
Peer Service Coordinator | Military Veteran Peer Network
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Christina Alcantar
Program Coordinator
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Shelia Anthony
Military Veteran Peer Network
Peer Service Coordinator -
Danielle Asher
Family & Community Engagement Specialist
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Amani Baptiste-Rodriguez
Owner | A Rodriguez Consults, LLC
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Heather Love Beverley
Assistant Manager | Youth Services at Cook Memorial Public Library District
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Sam Blue
Family Engagement Specialist | Vision for Children at Risk
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Denise Boston
Equity & Restorative Practices Manager
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Bob Brinker
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Martha Lilia Rodríguez Calderón
Secretaría De Educación Michoacán México
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Levi Campbell
Attachment & Trauma Parent Coach
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Kimberly Cook
Founder and Principal Mediator | Dovetail Conflict Resolution
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Stephanie Cooper
Healthy Communities of Clinton County
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Gregory Cox
Fatherhood Coalition Coordinator | Children's Home & Aid
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Heavy Crownz
Recording Artist
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Yolanda DaRocha
Parent/Recovering Together Café Facilitator, Parent Educator, Youth Coach | Archways
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Dwayne Dixon
All Stars Project Associate Director
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Anne Douglass
Professor, Executive Director
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Judith Ehrman-Shapiro
Dance Movement Therapist
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Azieb Ermias
Senior Program Analyst | CSSP
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Kim Fortin
Certified Recovery Support Worker/Parent Educator | Archways
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Ana Laura Garza García
Counselor
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Sandra Gladney
Parent Partner
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Vee L. Harrison
Chicago Journalist, Author of Hood Healing
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Jessie Heckenmueller
Senior Child Welfare Strategic Partnership Analyst
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Dr. Renata A. Hedrington Jones
Core Faculty | Walden University
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Justin D. Henderson, PhD
Psychologist and Counselor Educator | Lewis & Clark College
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Andrea Hollingsworth, PhD, MAMFT
Therapist, Leadership Advisor, Keynote Speaker, Strategist | Building Cultures of Compassion at Hollingsworth Consulting
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Ali Jawetz
Senior Policy Analyst at CSSP
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Vanessa Y. Johnson
Independent Living Services Coordinator
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Savitree Kaur
Meditation coach and Co-founder | HealedLovedFed
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Elizabeth Kim
Licensed Professional Counselor, Registered, Board Certified Art Therapist and RYT Registered Yoga Instructor.
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Fatai M. Langi
3 Angels Care
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Michelle Lennon
Executive Director, Trainer, Certified Recovery Support Worker | Archway
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Jessica S. Lerma
Capacity Development Facilitator
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Juanita Liggins
Coach at Purposefully Planned Life Ministries
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Andreé Long
Founder and CEO | Women Have a Purpose OTM Inc.
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Valerie McDaniels
Illinois Department of Children and Family Service (IDCFS)
Retiree -
Emily Merida
Detective, Special Investigations Unit | Chicago Police Department
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Chad M. Morris
CEO | Trinity Family Life Center
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Onaje Muid
Executive Director at Muid and Muid Associates
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Lori Myren-Manbeck
CEO | Inclusivi-Tee
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Cailin O'Connor
Senior Associate at CSSP
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Ramon Pastrano IV
Architect of System Change & Human Transformation, CEO & Founder | Third Sphere, LLC
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Betty Graciela Jácome Pimentel
Neural Therapist
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Dr. Ruby E. Powell
CEO | Dr. Ruby E. Powell & Associates, LLC
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Monica Puga
Enhanced Parenting Program Coordinator at Congreso
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Erika Quezada
CEO | Founder at Lotus Life & Wellness
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Megan Ripberger
Co-founder & Helper |
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Sabrina Rock
Coach and Consultant | Empowering Sensitive People Coaching and Consulting
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Mar-y-Sol Salinas
Integral & Transpersonal Coach and Consultant | Essential Wisdom Coaching
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Kenia Sawyer
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Courtney Simpson
Licensed Graduate Professional Counselor
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Deanne L. Surles
Family Engagement Manager
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Elaine Sutherland
Domestic Violence Specialists
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Amy Templeman
Director | Within Our Reach and Practice Excellence / Social Current
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Roxanne Thompson
Founder, Owner, Psychotherapist |
Denver Therapy and Consultation Group, LLC -
Lavenda Tuionetoa
Executive Director | Caring For Angels
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Carolyn Wahlskog
Director of Operations and Programming | Youth Outlook
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Sarah Weisbarth
Director | Discover You, The ROCK Center for Youth Development
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Cirecie West-Olatunji
CEO | CRESTS Program
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Claudia Bermúdez Wilhelm
Armonízate con Mandalas
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Yoli Maya Yeh
CEO at Beauty Way Healing Arts
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Becky Zakowski
Oaklawn
System of Care Coordinator