About Tanya Torp
Tanya Torp, is an agent for social change and has spent her career engaging in community-based initiatives as convener, speaker, trainer, writer, and consultant.
Her full-time job as Executive Director at Step By Step, Inc encourages and equips young single mothers, ages 12-24, with a mission “to empower and embolden young single mothers to improve their lives, their families, and their communities through healing, encouragement, faith and education”.
She is also the Founder and CEO of Be Bold, which encourages young women ages 9 to 18 to break stereotypes, support one another, embrace the collective, challenge norms, and become leaders in their own communities. She developed the motto for the organization, “Your body is NOT your currency” to divulge and explore alternatives to unrealistic and damaging societal and media representations of women that decrease the inherent value of women and girls.
Tanya is a Keynote speaker and workshop leader in the areas of strategic planning for nonprofits, equity & inclusion, volunteer management, community liaising, female empowerment, radical hospitality, and connecting disparate groups and individuals together through social innovation.
She lives in the East End of Lexington and is currently revising her forthcoming book: “Justice House: An Every Day Guide to Radical Hospitality”.
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