About Coach Daisha
Coach Daisha was a student-athlete from junior high til her senior year in college. She graduated high school in the Top 10 of her class with a 4.0 GPA. Of the many sports that she played, basketball gave her a sense of direction. In high school, she helped to lead her basketball team to winning their first State Championship. Aside from being a student-athlete, Coach Daisha was also experiencing trauma at home on a regular basis: poverty, abuse, witnessing domestic violence, embarrassment from adults, bullying and anxiety, to name a few. All the while, she was trying to find her true identity.
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During an extremely disconnected point in Coach Daisha's life, she began to practice new habits with the intent of coming home to herself, where all happiness and success stem from, once and for all. Through her new daily practices, Coach Daisha has been able to use tools to change her self-image. She's created and uses various tools to succeed and overcome adversity. As a basketball player in college, these tools and practices led Coach Daisha to becoming Freshman of the Year in her conference. She helped to lead her team to 2 Conference Championships, 2 Tournament Championships and 2 NCAA tournament appearances, all while consistently making the Dean's List. In 2022, Coach Daisha even helped her tennis team that she plays on to win the City Championship.
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With almost 20 years of experience working with young people, her track record is proven.
Coach Daisha created her Signature Topics as a result of her research, personal and work experiences. Coach Daisha's daily practices have led her to becoming one of the most influential motivational speakers today. Her purpose now is to get 1 million youth, over the next decade, to raise their level of self-awareness to get better results in school and life. Coach Daisha knows success and she knows success starts with the individual. She believes that youth equipped with a sense of self and with tools to succeed and
overcome adversity can create their own destiny and a better world.
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Coach Daisha is passionate and intentional about equipping our youth for success, and she uses research based tools, her experience and fun to keep kids in school, improve performance and foster community.
