Dawn DiPaola, Life Lectures for Teens® Speaker

Dawn DiPaola is a motivational speaker for middle and high schools.  She has achieved great life success despite spending her childhood in the projects of Buffalo, women’s shelters, detention and foster homes where she experienced poverty, violence, neglect and bullying. Speaking from her heart and history, she has a unique ability to reach and inspire struggling teens from all backgrounds.  Her presentations are dynamic, highly interactive, and down-to-earth.

Dawn's assemblies have made front page news in cities across the country. She has been featured in the Buffalo News, the Connecticut Post, Jamestown Post, Cheektowaga Times, the South Florida Sun Sentinel and the Palm Beach Post. 

Dawn has also appeared on such news programs as Dateline NBC's "Power of Persuasion" which addressed how attitude and appearance affects our treatment in society. Most recently she appeared on Access Sacramento's Live Wire where she was interviewed on her Bullying Prevention Program for middle schools.

Dawn is a graduate of the American Musical and Dramatic Academy of NYC.  In 2006 she was crowned Ms. Florida and later went on to capture the national title of Ms. United States.  She has appeared in countless local and national television commercials as well as in episodes of Law and Order and Sex and the City. 

Dawn is a national spokeswoman for Child Lures Prevention, a groundbreaking personal safety program committed to keeping children and teens safe from abduction and internet crime.  She also works with such organizations as Hugs for Kids, Childsplace at Homesafe, The Miami Crisis Center, Women for Women International, the Milagro Center, the Boynton Beach Senior Center, and the American Cancer Society.