Stacy is passionate about empowering individuals and organizations to live their biggest and best lives. She’s an outspoken advocate for diversity, equity, inclusion and representation and she’s known to challenge the status quo on occasion. From once-a-bartender to now-a-board-member, she feels purposeful about sharing her message of triumph, inspiration, and overcoming odds.
See the positive effects of empowering people to live their best and most authentic lives
— Stacy will be your guide
See the positive effects of empowering people to live their best and most authentic lives
— Stacy will be your kickass guide
Author and TEDx speaker Stacy Bernal is a Change Instigator, inspiring and empowering audiences to become vocal proponents of change in their lives and communities.
“I'm not a regular diversity trainer. I'm a COOL diversity trainer.”
Stacy wants to create ripple effects of positive change, empowering people to live their best and most authentic lives.
Whether you hire her for your next event as a high-energy, dynamic keynote speaker, treat your team to one of her engaging workshops, or want to work with her for one-on-one coaching, Stacy will provide the tools for you and your audience to leave feeling inspired, fired up and ready to slay your own dragons. Some of her most popular topics include:
Am I a Jerk at Work? Combating Implicit Bias
In this empowering and engaging presentation, Stacy will lead a discussion on some of the ways Implicit Bias affects the work environment, from the C-suite down.
Public Speaking for People Who Reeeeaally Don’t Like Public Speaking
It is said that people fear public speaking more than they fear death. Death, y’all. In this fun and interactive workshop, TEDx speaker and coach Stacy Bernal speaks about, well… speaking.
Leadership: Finding Your Place at “The Table”
This presentation teaches learnable behaviors that dramatically enhance leadership success.
From a Moment to a Movement
In this powerful presentation, Stacy inspires audiences with her story as an autism mom and how she is working to create a safer, more inclusive world for autistic and disabled people, starting in her own community.
Stacy has engaged with many organizations and companies as a diversity and inclusion keynote speaker
The Things We Don’t Talk About: A Memoir of Hardships, Healing, and Hope
“The Things We Don’t Talk About” is a humorous and heartfelt story of hardships, healing, and hope. Sassy, sweet, and a little sarcastic, Stacy courageously shares her own shortcomings as proof that through pain there is a purpose and through our weaknesses, we can become warriors. This book will make you laugh and make you cry, and leave you inspired to share your own story, too.
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