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Elayna Fernandez

Elayna Fernandez

Award-winning Storyteller and Story Strategist, Founder of TransformationalStorytellers.com

Fort Worth, Texas, United States

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Presidential Lifetime Achievement Award recipient for her commitment to empowering people to break cycles, find peace, and feel whole, Dr. Elayna Fernández has been an influential Storyteller and Story Strategist for over 20 years. As a Student of Pain and multiple-trauma survivor, she has spoken on prestigious stages worldwide, including TEDx and the United Nations. She’s the bestselling author of The Gifts of Pain series, creator of the S.T.O.R.Y. System for Transformational Storytellers, and visionary behind the Transformational STORYtellers Community, where she teaches impact-centered leaders how to harness the power of storytelling to invite transformation.

Dr. Elayna’s work has been featured in global media, including FORBES, The Wall Street Journal, Entrepreneur, SUCCESS Magazine, Inc., Authority Magazine, KTLA, NBC, ABC, CBS, FOX, Yahoo!, CNN en Español, the CW, Real Leaders, Entrepreneur on Fire, Reader’s Digest, The Huffington Post, Scary Mommy, Univision, Thrive Global, Telemundo, LATINA, Good Morning America, BRAINZ Magazine, Despierta America, and more! She’s a contributing writer for Entrepreneur.com. She’s also been named one of the Top Latina Influencers in the USA and named one of the Top 125 Impactful Leaders and a Woman of Influence by SUCCESS Magazine.

To learn more, visit thepositivemom.com/ef, connect on LinkedIn, and follow her @thepositivemom.

Area of Expertise

  • Business & Management
  • Humanities & Social Sciences
  • Media & Information

Topics

  • motherhood
  • trauma recovery
  • childhood adversity
  • digital storytelling
  • Data Storytelling
  • storytelling for leadership
  • Visual Storytelling
  • Storytelling
  • trauma healing
  • adversity
  • overcoming adversity
  • Diversity & Inclusion
  • Diversity in the Workplace
  • parenting
  • validation
  • children's mental health
  • Child Development
  • Effective Communication
  • Single Parenting
  • Parent Leadership
  • Digital Strategy
  • Digital Content Creation

How to Use Storytelling for Digital Advocacy

Attention spans are getting shorter and online audiences get bombarded with information all day long. In order to capture their interest in your advocacy and awareness campaigns, you must harness the power of storytelling in your content.

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Elayna Fernandez

Award-winning Storyteller and Story Strategist, Founder of TransformationalStorytellers.com

Fort Worth, Texas, United States

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