Speaking
A room can change when people feel invited in.
Erika brings lived experience, literary craft, and honest questions to conversations about fear, wholeness, self-determination, authenticity, and leadership.
Signature presentations
Choose the conversation.
From a literary keynote about perfection and worth to focused lectures on entrepreneurship and leadership, each presentation keeps the people in the room at its center.
The Universe Spoke
A literary keynote about perfection, worth, and the moments when fear deserves examination rather than automatic obedience.
→Grow Your Garden
A practical conversation about cultivating a business while employed, reclaiming time, and building greater economic agency.
→Transgender Leadership
A lived-experience perspective on recognizing the leadership qualities people already carry and using them with authenticity and care.
→Ways to gather
Built for the shape of your event.
Erika’s work can meet a large conference room, an intimate reading, or a thoughtful panel. Final scope and audience fit are confirmed together.
- Keynotes
- Lectures
- Storytelling
- Poetry readings
- Panels
- Q&A sessions
- Audience interaction
The best format begins with the audience, not a template.
Beyond the keynote
Choose what serves the room.
- Chapter readingsSelected passages presented with space for reflection and discussion.
- Poetry readingsIndividual poems or a curated sequence shaped for the gathering.
- StorytellingA focused narrative experience grounded in lived experience.
- Moderated conversationsAn exchange guided by an interviewer, host, or facilitator.
- Audience Q&ADirect conversation that gives the room an active part in the event.
- Panel participationThoughtful contribution to a larger conversation among several voices.
Each can stand alone or extend a larger event. Timing, access needs, and audience participation are agreed in advance.