Terina Maldonado is a survivor in every sense of the word. Empowered with resilience, empathy, and determination through her lived experiences of child abuse, sexual assault, and leaving a high-demand religion. Her superpower is her capacity for vulnerability. Through a lifetime of learning, research, therapy, and personal development, she acquired a deep understanding of how to tell your story as a survivor and how to help others do the same. She now powerfully shares her story with audiences inspiring others to join her in a place of triumph. Terina catalyzes impactful change with audiences through her message of hope, healing, and joy. Her message is powerful through its simplicity, allowing audiences to easily see themselves as capable of moving beyond a place of surviving and stagnation. She presents a real-life example of how sharing our stories through courage and vulnerability enables the release of toxic shame. Through her keynote address, she demonstrates the power in speaking our stories, illustrating how when we own and speak our truth it accelerates our healing and growth, gives others permission to share their stories, and causes ripples of healing to occur in our communities and our world.
In addition to her speaking, she has contributed to a variety of blogs, been interviewed by news and media outlets, and been a podcast guest. She co-authored the book, Fear to Freedom. She is a graduate of the Spotlight Speaker Accelerator speaker training program. She is a certified Step into Your Moxie facilitator. Terina has been featured by dozens of national and international media outlets including New York Times, CNN, ABC, The Guardian, Vanity Fair, FOX and Washington Post.