Haseena Patel is a healing breakthrough coach, international speaker, yoga instructor, Akashic Records reader, poet, peace-builder and certified Deeptime Leader from South Africa. Growing up non-white in Apartheid South Africa, she had a calling for contributing to gender equality and a world where reconciliation, peace and unity prevailed. At seventeen, she was part of facilitating discussion groups for racial understanding and inclusivity among youth in her town, as South Africa prepared to become a democratic country. Her path led her to being an educator as an adult where she found there was little support for teen girls needing life-skills, confidence and empowerment.
Together with her sister, Shameema, Haseena founded Leave No Girl Behind International, a non-profit organisation empowering teen girls worldwide through leadership programs. Their organisation has made a difference in the lives of hundreds of girls to date.
Shameema Patel is a healing breakthrough coach, international speaker, author, website designer and consultant based in South Africa. Her journey began when she was diagnosed with a life-changing illness. During her fifteen-year journey to health, she defied the labels she was given and rose above others’ expectations for her. When she couldn’t use her body to accomplish physical tasks, she used her mind and the power of visualisation to restore her mind-body-spirit health, and sheer determination to achieve her degree. Shameema uses this power of transforming vision into visual to help her clients tell their stories and connect with their audience through her website consulting and design work. She has co-authored two books and is co-founder of Leave No Girl Behind International, an organisation that has already empowered hundreds of girls globally through leadership programs.
Phyl Macomber is an award-winning keynote speaker, author, and education specialist.
Phyl’s partnership with South Africa-based Leave No Girl Behind International is training young people in key leadership principles globally. In addition, she holds one of the two U.S. appointments on the Board of Directors for the Leave No Girl Behind International.
Phyl has created a 4-step simple system for how to teach anything to anyone, called T.H.E. P.A.C.T., which is outlined in Phyl’s first book, The Power of T.H.E. P.A.C.T. Her research-based teaching strategies have been published in numerous articles featured in education publications since 2009 and are being successfully used across North America, and in parts of Australia, Italy, Saudi Arabia, and various countries in Africa. She has consulted with and trained thousands of teaching staff around the world.
Donna Palamar is on the board of Leave No Girl Behind International and is a teacher for the LNGB School of Leadership. She holds a Master Degree in Educational Leadership, Management and Policy from Seton Hall University and cherishes the journey of life, learning and the pursuit of dark chocolate all over the world.
As an educator, author, international speaker, columnist and coach, Donna is a perpetual optimist dedicated to helping women transform and enjoy all that life has to offer. Donna also describes herself as a modern day Change Agent who celebrates the magic, mystery and mayhem of midlife.
Donna is taking bold action to educate, celebrate, and collaborate with women in all phases of life around the globe to heal, grow and to “Be the best version of yourself possible!”
Becky lives by the mantra “Be the person you needed when you were younger.” Becky currently serves as the Director of Governmental Relations for the New Hampshire School Boards Association. In this role, she works alongside local and state officials to support the passage of strong public education policy and inclusive programming across the state, for ALL students. Prior to 2020, Becky served as a district level Special Education Director for 21 years, after working as a special education teacher administrator in a residential treatment program for children and adolescents with emotional and behavioral disorders and Autism.
Becky has a bachelor’s degree in Elementary Education/General Special Education, a Master’s of Education in Emotional/Behavioral Disorders, and an advanced degree (CAGS) in Educational Leadership. In addition to serving on the board of Leave No Girl Behind International, she also serves on the Board of the New Hampshire Excellence in Education Awards Program, which recognizes New Hampshire schools and individuals who meet high standards of excellence. She is also a member of the International Association of Special Education (IASE) which provides support and resources to address the identification of special educational needs in developing countries.
A leading-edge voice in neuroscience and GUT-BRAIN integrity, Neurologist Dr. Tom brings his expertise to people suffering with autoimmune conditions and cancer. He is a specialist in brain health and mental stability, loves the sciences of neural mechanisms dictating our habits and behaviors and is passionate about helping us understand the power of the Microbiome in reversing almost everything we call modern disease.
He is also a meditation facilitator, helping people celebrate the struggles in their lives, seeking mind-body clarity. His integrative work helps clarify energy medicine field dynamics and gives practitioners of all kinds new ways to optimize their patients’ abilities to receive the therapy they provide. Within the field as food as leadership, Dr. Tom is passionate about youth empowerment through providing nutrition-filled school lunches, and has worked with the youth in many American schools, guiding them to cope with stress through meditation and yoga.
Sharon Brusch is passionate about serving her community and dedicates a significant amount of her time to volunteering. She is the Campaign Lead for Bubbles Beyond Borders Antigua and current Board Chair of the Antigua and Barbuda Salvation Army Advisory Board. She is an ACCA Certified Accounting Technician and holds certification in Project Management from the Manipal Academy of Higher Education, and Public Relations from Penn Foster. She is currently pursing entrepreneurial studies with the Academy of Women Entrepreneurs (AWE) which supports the U.S. National Strategy on Gender Equity and Equality. Sharon is a self-published author, entrepreneur and budding speaker who hopes to use her voice to help underprivileged girls and women achieve their dreams.
Rashida Patel is a Leave No Girl Behind International board member and resident life coach. Through her experience as a wellness coach, professional nurse, tutor and teacher, Rashida has a broad base that enables her to connect with almost anyone.
She serves in an advisory capacity to both the organisation and individual girls seeking personalised coaching and mentoring.
“The most important thing when you’re going through a challenge, is to take care of YOU! You matter! When you feel good, you’re able to give the best of yourself to others.”
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