Here’s my 60+ second video introduction for the week 1 challenge.

Hi, community! I am Rachel Davis and glad to be here. I want to be a grounded and connected person and my communication skills have never been trained. I speak in big rooms with confidence and I am also a mom who wants to be softer. Already I am learning a lot about myself and glad I am not alone in these behaviors. I crave growth for myself, my career and -of course-mostly my babies. I need to work on my tone and I look forward to growing my awareness. I can't thank you enough @Genesis Be 🙏

In following the HW i'd like to share a note. When I first started as an author visiting schools and classrooms I volunteered. I had experience as a teacher in the classroom so I knew how to get their attention, but I also knew that schools seeing me as a speaker was "NEW" so I volunteered for the first 2-4 times. I did this before I even had a finished children's picture book done (my goal). Why? I wanted to stop waiting and start. Messy and all. That's my note:) I'm in the purple shirt. These kids were in Sacramento, CA circa 2012.

What up folks, my name is Rob and I'm an author/illustrator, dad, husband, and former educator based in the Bay Area of California. Excited to learn and hopefully give back. I've been visiting schools and libraries as an author since 2012, but just recently started speaking to college students. Its a small part of my income, but I also really enjoy engaging w/ young folks and people in general. Here's a video from me visiting the University of San Francisco https://www.youtube.com/shorts/4y11D2QlKNQ peace!

Here's our first video! Do's and Don'ts of Elite Communication. Please subscribe, like, and comment. You can subscribe easily using this link!