Public Speaker. Pathway Coach. Prevention Specialist. - The World’s #1 Transformation Advocate 

Malani Shelrese Mitchell is a dedicated youth advocate and prevention professional with over 10 years of experience working with youth in various sectors, including mental health, housing, academic education, and juvenile justice. With a deep passion for inspiring youth to engage with healthy habits and positive change, Malani has developed and implemented programs that address the unique challenges youth face searching for discovery. 

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Throughout her career, Malani has worked with diverse populations, offering therapeutic interventions, prevention counseling, and crisis management in settings ranging from schools and community centers to residential facilities and correctional institutions. Her expertise and passion champion youth through significant phases in their lives. She has discovered many tools along the way that will aid the next generation to become thought leaders, community curators, and sustainable entrepreneurs.

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Using the “Social Emotional Learning” style, partnered with “Comprehensive Soft Skills” methods, she has mastered the unique skill to facilitate lessons and forums that prompt youth to participate and transform. She is relatable, captivating, and her commitment to change the trajectory of “out-of-school time” education is her top priority. Children flourish when they are supported in their autonomous efforts to imagine possibilities, innovate the unthinkable, and draw closer to seems to be distant. Choosing Malani for y(our) youth means choosing chance.    

  

In her current role as a Pathway/Prevention Specialist under a GA based “DBHDD” grant, Malani leverages her extensive background to design and implement impactful and interactive training workshops to deliver unorthodox learning for long-term transformation!