Exploring Life & Business with Dr. Shree Walker of Resilient Walker

Today we’d like to introduce you to Dr. Shree Walker. Them and their team share their story with us below:

Society often thinks people are products of their environment. As a young woman growing up in a poverty-stricken single parent home, Dr. Shree Walker refused to be victim of circumstance. Being the eldest of six children and the backbone of her family, she has been faced with many obstacles. Without any heroes to look to, she had to become her own. Dr. Walker was determined not to live as a victim or a statistic. Dr. Walker is an author, educator and motivational speaker who provides excellent professional development for life learners. She can relate to others through the pain, the courage, the conquering and the reality that there is a life after pain. Dr. Walker came to this planet to change the world.

Dr. Walker is the current Director of Special Education and Special Education Local Plan Area, (SELPA) in Los Angeles County, Los Angeles California. She formerly served as the Director of Section 504 and Special Populations for Metropolitan Nashville Public Schools in Nashville, Tennessee. She also served as an Adjunct Professor at Belmont University and served on the leadership committee for the Sexual Assault Center, Nashville Tennessee. Dr. Walker utilizes practical resolutions to support diverse learners and develops policies and procedures to ensure students have improved educational outcomes, educational stability, minimal disruptions and endless possibilities. She received a Doctorate of Curriculum and Instruction from Tennessee State University, Education Specialist of Administration and Supervision from Tennessee State University, a Master of Special Education from Lipscomb University and a Bachelor of Arts in History from Fisk University. Dr. Walker participated in a Public Education Leadership Project with Harvard University and published her first book, Resilient Walker (2018).

Alright, so let’s dig a little deeper into the story – has it been an easy path overall and if not, what were the challenges you’ve had to overcome?
The journey has been filled with peeks and valleys, triumphs and lessons. Overcoming poverty and sexual abuse as a child, failed relationships and marriage, battling emotional and mental trauma have been a few of my personal struggles. However, they have given me the proper perspective to inspire others to be resilient.

Thanks – so what else should our readers know about Resilient Walker?
Our Mission

Empowering individuals and organizations to move from broken to healed, to overcome their circumstances and rise through resiliency to success. Leaders, educators, parents, students, and employees are increasingly faced with difficult challenges in life. Through our keynotes, programs and workshops we will help you close the gap between where you are and where you desire to be. Our presentations, workshops and keynotes are thought-provoking and engaging, guaranteed to cause Magical Disruption.

“To be a resilient walker is to walk through pain and heartbreak into joy and comfort, to proceed through trials and tears, to stop to smile and play, to withstand torment, to sing loudly, to be present, to show empathy, to withstand the evil in order to do the greater good. To be a resilient walker is to realize that the world is full of monsters with friendly faces and angels full of scars. To be a resilient walker means never to be only resilient or only walking, but to marry the two, so they can hold hands with one who knows the difference.”
– Shree Walker, Resilient Walker: A Novel (self-published, Kindle Direct Publishing, 2018).

Networking and finding a mentor can have such a positive impact on one’s life and career. Any advice?
Finding a mentor can be very difficult. The best ability of a mentor is availability. Be sure that your mentor is flexible and available to spend the necessary time to teach and guide you properly. Secondly, ensure that your mentor has the appropriate knowledge and skills in the area that you wish to learn. Finally, the mentor-mentee relationship should be reciprocal in some shape, form or fashion. The mentee must be willing to pour back into their mentor by showing positive results. This gives the mentor assurance that his or her efforts are truly adding value into your life.