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KEEPING THE HOPE ALIVE A 10th Anniversary Special Feature

Sarita Maybin

S P EAKER

Extraordinaire

By Judith A. Habert

Photos by Dawn Nicoli/Nicoli Productions

HE CROWDED ROOM and graduate degrees. Her seling to impart what she had
Texpels a collective laugh life’s ambition was Academia, learned over the years. Her
as Sarita Maybin reels off utilizing her undergraduate focus was in an area she felt
those famous words that degree in psychology and her was so important, particular-
almost all of us recall hearing master’s degree in counsel- ly in the existing corporate
from our Moms when we ing to hold the position as climate, the ability to success-
were growing up. Starting University Dean of Students. fully communicate.
the phrase and challenging Although she loved her Sarita’s alignment with a
the audience to complete interactions with students, marketing partner and a few
it “If it ain’t broke… sticks the quiet office in the back of speaker’s bureaus soon had
and stones may break my the administration building her traveling not only the
bones… If you can’t say did not fulfill a need in Sarita, country but the world. She
something nice…” Of course, who was at her best when is an international speaker
the chorus of answers comes she was communicating with and communication expert
loud and clear from the people. When her ex-hus- whose audiences have fun
audience, because for the band, previously stationed at learning how to stay positive.
majority of those in the room, Camp Pendleton, was given “When people ask me my
this was how we learned life a recruiting assignment back mission statement it is simply
lessons. Sarita Maybin brings east, Sarita gave her notice to stated, “Helping people work
these lessons back to us, but the University and decided it together better” at least this is
with an updated twist allow- might, in fact, be time to pur- my formal mission statement,
ing us to understand how sue a career that was more but several of my clients have
our communication skills in line with who she was and said a better one would be
may have been learned many what gave her joy in life. “Helping people play nicely at
many years ago, but now On a whim, Sarita sent work.” Sarita has successfully
“with just one small adjust- a video to CareerTrack who been doing so for over 23
ment,” we can make it work in was impressed and brought years.
today’s world. her on board as an inde- Since 1993, Sarita has
Sarita was an Army brat pendent contract trainer. spoken in all 50 states, Puerto
growing up all over the Several years later, when that Rico, Mexico, Jamaica, Cana-
world, the oldest of four contract abruptly ended due da, England, Asia, and Iceland.
children. She graduated from to a reorganization, Sarita She was also voted a 2012
high school in Germany and started venturing out on the Top 5 Communication Speak-
came back to the states to at- speaking circuit, utilizing her er and had the privilege of
tend the University of Mary- impressive backgrounds in speaking on the prestigious
land for both undergraduate both psychology and coun- TEDx stage.
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