Welcome to She Heels Her, She Heels the World
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Our Vision
Our Speakers
Our Speakers
The vision is to create an open, safe and purposeful space of healing, community, and growing. More importantly remembering, reclaiming and redefining your voice! The reality is, when a woman commits to her healing journey, she commits to herself and when that happens, she begins to heal the world!
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Our Speakers
Our Speakers
Our Speakers
Our speakers are dynamic women who have made a commitment to building community, creating sisterhood and sharing their superpower(s). Through authentic conversations, raw emotions, and transparent discussions, our speakers will spark the drive to embrace your purpose, overcome those barriers, and TALK the WALK!
Our Purpose
Our Speakers
Our Purpose
The purpose of this conference is to show you that YOU are the starting point of your healing, and that YOU are the curator of your peace. Your voice matters and this conference is ready to hear it, because it is your voice that will begin your healing which will then begin to heal the world!
What is She Heels Her, She Heels the World?
Come Meet Your Community!
Ladies, have you ever gone somewhere, met another woman, and before your exchange with her ends, she has somehow changed your life? Now imagine that happening, except in a room full of those life changing women! The She Heels Her, She Heels the World women's conference is an annual gathering of women who recognize the importance of healing, community and creating personal safe spaces. Over a 3-day span, my goal is to enrich every participant with a sense of comfort and stability as they walk their personal journey of healing.
The theme for2026 is, Give Her a Voice! October 23-25, 2026, we will be pouring into you the courage, strength, and vulnerability to ensure her voice is always heard. No more silence ladies! You were born with two sets of lips; it’s time to stop leading with that unseen. It is time to GIVE HER a VOICE!
2025 Sunday after our Power Breakfast & powerful closing!
Meet your 2026 Conference Speakers
Coach Shonda McCray
Coach Shonda is a survivor, motivational speaker, author, and founder of F3 Women Empowerment Inc. (Friendship. Fashion. Freedom.). Her work is rooted in lived experience, helping women confront trauma, unlearn shame, and reclaim their voice. Through coaching, speaking, and mentorship, she creates spaces where women can show up honestly without pressure or performance.
A survivor of molestation, rape, abandonment, religious trauma, and cancer, Coach Shonda speaks from the scars she once tried to hide. She challenges the silence around trauma, motherhood, shame, and survival, leading by example through raw honesty and accountability. Her mission is to help women stop performing healing and start living in truth, freedom, emotional wellness, and authentic leadership while supporting them through every stage of their journey.
Dr. Stacy shepard
Dr. Shepard is a dedicated educator, leader, and empowerment advocate hailing from Goldsboro, NC. She is a proud graduate of North Carolina Central University, where she earned her BA in English. Dr. Shepard began her teaching career in 2007 as a Language Arts teacher in Wayne County schools, and later served as a district coach, supporting beginning teachers throughout their first three years. In 2014, she earned her PhD in Educational Leadership and Administration from Capella University. Dr. Shepard’s career in education spans various roles, including academic facilitator, testing coordinator, and dean of students with Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools. In 2019, she joined KIPP North Carolina as an assistant principal and currently serves as the principal. Her leadership philosophy emphasizes building strong partnerships with families to ensure that scholars are college and career ready, equipped to lead choice-filled lives. Beyond her work in education,
Dr. Shepard is the CEO of AriseNOW, an Empowerment and Transformation Hub designed to inspire and uplift women. Through AriseNOW, she motivates women to embrace their potential, celebrate resilience, and foster positive change. Dr. Shepard is also a published author of Finding Beauty in Shattered Glass, a certified life coach, a public speaker, the podcast host of, A Note from the Principal’s Desk streaming on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, IHeart Radio and Amazon Music, and breast cancer survivor. Her passion for empowering young adults and women shines through both her educational work and her outreach through AriseNOW, where she helps others reach their fullest potential by sharing their stories and embracing the power within themselves. Dr. Shepard is committed to creating impactful partnerships with the community and helping everyone she serves to lead lives filled with purpose and fulfillment
Tiffany McCoy, CFEI
Tiffany McCoy, CFEI®
Founder & CEO, Money Smart With Tiffany, LLC
Financial Educator | Author | Speaker | Financial Literacy Advocate
Tiffany McCoy is a Certified Financial Education Instructor℠ (CFEI®), author, and founder of Money Smart With Tiffany, LLC, a financial literacy brand dedicated to empowering youth, families, and communities with practical money skills that build stronger financial futures.
With nearly two decades of experience in the financial industry, Tiffany began her career in 2007 at a local brokerage firm and worked her way up through determination, persistence, and a commitment to continuous growth—an experience that fuels her passion for helping others recognize that where you start does not define where you can go.
As an author, Tiffany created Money Smart: A Financial Literacy Guide for Teens and The Money Smart Club children’s book series to help young people build financial confidence early. Through workshops, speaking engagements, school partnerships, and community programs, she equips youth and families with practical tools for budgeting, saving, credit management, investing, and building lasting financial habits.
Driven by her mission, “Teach money early. Change futures forever”, Tiffany believes financial literacy is more than learning about money—it is building confidence, creating options, and changing generations.
As a woman, mother, educator, and entrepreneur, Tiffany brings authenticity, real-life experience, and a passion for empowering others to step into greater confidence, purpose, and financial well-being. Through Money Smart With Tiffany, LLC, Tiffany continues to inspire communities to build stronger financial foundations and create brighter futures.
Tiffany Harris
Tiffany Harris is an award-winning entrepreneur, international speaker, educator, and CEO of Kustom Kreationz Wholesale LLC, The Startup Circle, and the Millionaire T brand. Known for helping entrepreneurs build profitable businesses with strategy, AI, and automation, she has empowered thousands to turn their ideas into income while creating lives rooted in purpose and peace.
After surviving a stroke at age 32 and two heart attacks at 38 caused by chronic stress and overwork, Tiffany made a life-changing decision: success would never again come at the expense of her health. Today, she teaches women how to pursue ambitious goals without sacrificing themselves in the process.
Her message blends practical business strategies with powerful life lessons on resilience, boundaries, healing, and redefining what true success looks like. Whether she’s speaking on entrepreneurship, leadership, financial empowerment, or personal transformation, Tiffany equips audiences with actionable tools that inspire lasting change.
As a wife, mother of three, educator, and The Blox Season 16 “Most Investible Business” award recipient, Tiffany believes every woman has the power to heal, lead, and build a legacy that impacts generations.
Kris Brit
Kris Brit is a Richmond, Virginia native, Realtor, real estate investor, entrepreneur, and advocate for building wealth with intention. Licensed in real estate since 2018 and consistently ranked among the top 15% of Realtors in Central Virginia, Kris brings more than a decade of experience in finance, tax preparation, customer service, and real estate to the work she does today.
Through her real estate business, Kris helps first-time buyers, move-up sellers, new construction buyers, homeowners, and investors make confident decisions about buying, selling, and building wealth through property ownership.
But for Kris, real estate is about more than transactions. It is one of the ways she is intentionally building a legacy for her family and creating opportunities for others to do the same.
Whether she is helping someone purchase a home, build an income stream, or simply recognize the possibilities already in front of them, Kris encourages people to think beyond earning a living and start investing in their future.
Tanisha M. Tate, M.S
Tanisha Tate, M.S., is a leadership educator and founder of The Phenomenon Collective and BWP University. Drawing from psychology and lived experience, she teaches emotional intelligence as a strategic leadership skill, challenging how Black women lead and perform.
Meet Your Conference Host
Kanya Ford, MS
Meet Kanya Ford, best known as Coach Kay, your 360-lifestyle coach!
Coach Kay is a wife, mother and serial entrepreneur who has a huge passion for seeing her clients succeed in life, love, and business. She has worked in the cooperate space for several years and during this time, acquired a number of valuable business skills and knowledge. As her career advanced, she was motivated to pursue more! This “more” came in the form of a BS in business, a MS in business management (HR concentration), certifications in clinical sexology, women’s entrepreneurship and doulaship; all of which have aided her on her entrepreneurial journey. While she appreciates and values the degrees and certifications, she recognizes that it is the lessons of life that has been most valuable while serving her clients. Coach Kay understands the necessity and connection of each of her educational choices when it comes to having a successful, productive, and healthy life and business. So, are you ready to create the lifestyle that you crave? Contact Coach Kay to get started!