Crystal Lindsey, MBA could have died a thousand horrible deaths leading up to the night that her mother tried to murder her. She was 11 years old when her mom, a schizophrenic, bipolar drug-addict, disappeared with everything Crystal owned after attempting to kill her with an ice pick handle. Shortly after, Crystal's biological grandmother informed her that she was disowned from the family. She didn't know her biological father's identity. Crystal was all alone in the world with nothing except the clothes on her back. From this auspicious beginning, entirely without support, Crystal created a system that allowed her to both survive and thrive! Today Crystal is a passionate public speaker, educator, and advocate helping change the way that foster youth learn. She is passionate about sharing the techniques she has used to build her incredible life. Crystal has spent over a decade public speaking to help underserved youth access higher education and empowering entrepreneurs to leverage Live video, After designing all of the education and employment workshops for Contra Costa County Independent Living Skills Program (ILSP) and hosting events of 100-400 people, Crystal is well-equipped to work with audiences and make them laugh while they are learning. Crystal has been honored to speak about social media marketing to entrepreneurs and executives from Fortune 500 companies such as, LinkedIn, Oracle, Intel, Google, Clorox, Walmart, and many more! Crystal thrives off of audience participation and focuses on finding creative (and often interactive) ways to reinforce the learning outcomes for audiences of all ages.