Veronica coached me for my TEDx talk. She has two awesome skill sets rolled into one amazing person: she’s a classically trained opera singer, so she understands the technical and physical aspects of the voice. For example, she taught me how to stop swallowing my R’s by shaping my mouth differently (I didn’t even know I swallowed my R’s until she made me listen to myself!). And, as a Peabody award winner, Veronica knows how to craft a great story. Because of her, I stood on that red dot with confidence, poise, and pronounced all of my Rs!