Kimberly Beaman: dyslexia, depression, & cupcakes

08/04/2018 55 min Episodio 38
Kimberly Beaman: dyslexia, depression, & cupcakes

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Actor, advocate, singer, and author, Kimberly Beaman, was diagnosed with dyslexia when she was five. She was humiliated, threatened, and segregated in school. By middle school, her self-esteem had plummeted. By high school, Kimberly was officially depressed. Today
she runs her own company: Accessible Books for Children. Her first children's book, My Little Cupcake, is a book for all young learners but designed specifically for kids with dyslexia and other learning differences.
In this conversation we talk about:

her first emotional breakdown at 8 years old
being bullied, threatened, and misunderstood
finding healing through community and counseling
ditching corporate life to be an entrepreneur and
her first steps in a global vision for change