Deanna has excitedly been addressing large groups for 20 years, since she was
13 years old. She spent many years in the community service arena speaking to
audiences as large as 1,000 before she even graduated high school. Deanna
continued on to earn university degrees in advance public speaking and
communications.
During college, both Deanna's parents became ill with life threatening diseases,
which was Deanna's impetus to change her educational focus towards nutrition.
Deanna herself suffered with an 11-year eating disorder and numerous other
health problems that had plagued her for many years. It was after her parents
had an amazing turn around in their health, and when Deanna herself healed her
own body, that she decided to put her two loves together and apply her speaking
talents to the topic of health and wellness.
Deanna has since earned her Clinically Certified Nutritionist's degree (CCN), a
Masters Degree in Health Communication, and is currently finishing her
Naturopathic Doctor Degree (ND)
In
1997 Deanna left her five-year teaching position at San
Francisco
State
University
to begin entertaining audiences with her dynamic and clever approach to health
and wellness education.
Deanna has spoken to more than 100,000 people in every age range, all over the
world. She has spoken to over 300 colleges and universities including, Stanford
and NYU, and has been invited back to speak by large corporations such as
AT&T and Visa.
Meeting planners rely on her consistent ability to garner positive feedback from
clients such as: " Deanna is the most beneficial and inspiring speaker we have
ever brought in to speak" and she has been nominated speaker of the year many
years in a row by activities programmers in the largest college conferences in
the U.S