Picture Credit: Tayte Trujillo and Tristan Sheffield

Who She Is And What She Does!

Breanna has had a long history with bullying that started when she was younger and continued throughout her high school career. Despite these difficulties she was able to graduate number 5 in her class of almost 500 students and is currently pursuing a college degree. As a sophomore in high school Breanna helped cofound an anti-bullying program in her local town after it was struck by a tragedy as a result of bullying. This program has been a light in her life that has allowed her to talk to over 10,000 students every year since its start.While doing this she discovered her passion for speaking. She is still heavily involved in her program despite her moving away and starting her college career. The negative experience she has endured gave her a motivation to go out and inspire others. She shares the concept that despite any short comings or rough patches a student may go through they have the ability to persevere and do amazing things with their lives. Her goal is to use her life as an example to other students who feel like they have nothing left to give to keep pushing forward. Breanna's age allows her to have a better connection with the students she speaks with. She has just recently lived what they are living and understands the difficulties and challenges they are facing, allowing her audience to really believe the things she is expressing to them.
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Breanna's message focuses on educating students about the power of words and how negativity can damage a person, but also how positivity and learning to love oneself can cause just as powerful of an impact. She discusses the importance of choices and how everything that happens in your life is what you choose to make it. The passion and personal testament that she uses is a powerful tool that keeps her audience engaged and allows her to express the concepts that the program focuses on.