Empowering Heroes at Home: The Hope For The Warriors Journey

Julia James PCC, CPCC, M.Sc. is a certified life coach with over fifteen years’ experience coaching people through positive career transformations. Based on her own quest for career clarity and her clients’ success Julia feels strongly that career fulfillment extends to every area of life. Author of the award-winning book, “The Mini-Retreat Solution,” Julia provides tools to relax quickly and connect with your inner wisdom. Her calm, positive energy infuses everything she does. Julia’s commitment to personal growth and happiness is contagious.

Deesha Dyer is a speaker, community leader and organizer, creative event strategy consultant, and most notably known as the former Obama Administration Social Secretary. The Philadelphia native and former hip-hop journalist became a White House intern at the age of 30 while attending community college and completed a seven-year tenure there that honed her expertise in event coordination, logistics, protocol, and statecraft. She led a team that coordinated the monumental 2015 visit of Pope Francis, State Dinners with heads of states from China, Canada, and Italy; and booked legendary performances by stellar artists such as Beyoncé, Bruce Springsteen, and the cast of the Broadway musical Hamilton. A life-long community advocate, Deesha co-founded beGirl.world, an organization that empowers teen girls through global education and travel. Deesha sits on several boards including SIECUS, an organization dedicated to comprehensive sex education and MNDFL Ed, which brings mindfulness in to schools around New York City. Following a community college and study abroad scholarship she created, Deesha also recently launched The Black Girl 44 scholarship, which financially supports black female college students interning in Washington, D.C. Deesha is currently the CEO & Founder of Hook & Fasten and an advisor at the Ford Foundation and shares her incredible journey with audiences around the world.

Anisha is a writer and editor with 10 years of experience crafting editorial and product copy. Her writing has appeared on leading platforms in entertainment, arts & culture, and health, including Indiewire, RogerEbert.com, NBC Asian America, and Greatist. Anisha is a recipient of the Sundance | Ebert Fellowship for Film Criticism, and spent over five years at Netflix as a lead creative writing strategist for content slates across regions.

Born and raised in Japan to Indian parents, and now based in the New York area, Anisha brings a global mindset to her passion for storytelling and creative collaboration, and believes that effective strategy and impact stem as much from curiosity and empathy as they do from statistics and data. She thrives when she can leverage her multicultural background and editorial expertise towards projects and partnerships.