Brooke Ivory is an Artist, Athlete, Instructor, Choreographer, Coach and Mentor and within all those modalities she is also an Inspirational Speaker. She is a certified Social Emotional Learning & Character Development Instructor where she bridges her passion and expertise of dance and movement with her natural gifts of inspiring people of all ages to go inside and feel what they need to heal. She doesn’t empower others; she teaches people how to empower themselves. Brooke has a way of connecting with people through her energy and sentiment to help them realize and trust in their own innate gifts. She focuses a lot of her efforts on young, inner-city students because she feels it’s important to hold artistic space for kids with support and guidance where they have opportunities to shine and express each of their unique ideas and talents. Her talks are centered around introducing students to extra-curricular arts and sports programs that expose them to healthier ways of coping when life can get a little tough. Instilling the idea that your circumstances do not determine your destiny. She firmly believes using dance as a vehicle to teach emotional intelligence and character development will effectively decrease the amount of people struggling with mental illness, violence and substance abuse by giving them a positive community where they belong and therefore, flourish. She is invested in keeping kids off the streets and into activities that help them grow into emotionally intelligent, successful adults.