Author · Speaker · Creator
ShaunteYoung
Six books. Multiple brands. One mission — to help people claim what they're actually capable of, and build a life they don't need to escape from.
Six books. Multiple brands. One mission — to help people claim what they're actually capable of, and build a life they don't need to escape from.
I'm a Program Manager at a private foundation — overseeing a portfolio of active grants and helping decide where millions of dollars go each year. I've spent my entire career in the nonprofit sector, starting in New York and rooting in South Florida.
But I'm also a writer, a mother, a wife of 15 years, and someone who thinks deeply about what it means to actually show up for your life — not just manage it. That's what my books are about. That's what I talk about on stage.
I believe you can be present and ambitious at the same time. That gratitude isn't a platitude — it's a practice. And that most people are a lot closer to the life they want than they think.
I talk about the things people are actually living — marriage, motherhood, ambition, presence, and what it costs to keep showing up. Not motivational fluff. Real conversation.
You can be present and ambitious at the same time. Nobody talks about how to do both.