As she watched her local community drop in numbers, she realized the importance of a valuable education, spreading her wings to grow, and coming back to her community to share with her peers how academic success can improve lives.

Innerview: Lessons in Leadership offers a unique perspective on intentional self-assessment that you can use to understand and activate life’s purpose. My students expressed an elevated awareness of the college experiences for students of color, and feeling of inspiration to heartily pursue their post secondary goals. And I really kind of lay out even more in the book of how I was able to start the speaking career and elevate it.

As a internationally-recognized college speaker, Natilie retells her story of triumphs, contemplations, and the process.

Like I was not accepting my colleagues on social media because I didn’t want them to see that, like, you know, I’m speaking. Well, when COVID hit, I was in my mind, I first thought that this was literally the end of my speaking career.We don’t share your credit card details with third-party sellers, and we don’t sell your information to others. That same day, when I got done off the stage speaking, I would fly right back, finish work as a doctoral student, maybe teach that morning as my assistantship, and I would do it all over again. See you in the next episode, and remember: You don’t have to have a PhD to succeed with personal finance… but it helps! So with the master’s, I was working for a corporate organization part-time and then once I graduated, they actually hired me on full-time.

Williams credits the SoC’s graduate teaching program for helping her become a leader through public speaking and communication instruction. Ten students will have the opportunity to share something they are passionate about in a quick 5-minute presentation. It’s so much easier to set up speaking engagements without having to do all the logistics of the travel. My name is Natilie Williams and I am an international keynote speaker, PhD candidate, college instructor, and the founder of Nat Will, Speak! Not to the cents, but to the dollar, and me doing that, I was able to take ownership of my finances and know at all times where I stood.Natilie was did such a great job with breaking down the importance of Sisterhood and even giving great examples from her personal life which I appreciated because it made the presentation very personable. It's like a new-age guide to intentional self-assessment and discovering your life's purpose, and I can't recommend it enough.