Studies show 64% of college students with mental health issues drop out. The need for resilience and emotional coping skills has become an urgent call across all campuses.
International speaker Janet Perez Eckles is a fresh and powerful illustration of the impact of resilience when facing mental strain and life’s overwhelming demands for students.
She engages them with riveting details of her own college years fighting a blinding disease. Yet, persevering through the trauma, she reached graduation. Once in the professional world, her complete blindness didn’t defeat her, instead, it fueled her resolve to fight in a sighted world and become an award-winning author, international speaker, founder of JC Empowerment, and an award-winning leader in a demanding language interpretation industry.
It's this real-life example of tenacity, strength, and resilience that empowers students to do the same — become strong, become creative, and discover how to win in a world that throws challenges at them.
Janet engages students with unexpected humor, captivates them with powerful actionable insights, and transforms their mindset as they learn to “see” beyond their limitations.
“Attending your presentation and seeing your genuine happiness and joy despite trials has proved to me that my circumstances do not determine my success. You have given me the encouragement and steps I need to take so I can finish college.” – Nicole Josey, PBA University
Bounce Back Stronger: Building Unshakable Resilience in College Life
This dynamic keynote empowers students to transform stress into strength, teaching practical strategies to overcome academic pressures, social challenges, and self-doubt. Rather than merely surviving college, they thrive and finish strong.
Beyond Limitations
In this eye-opening talk, students discover how resilience isn’t just a concept. It’s the power that fuels their determination to persevere, remain calm, and become wise to stay on track. Students will walk away with real tools to build mental toughness and turn setbacks into fuel for growth.
From Surviving to Thriving
This keynote gives students a clear, actionable blueprint for developing confidence, boosting motivation, and finishing what they started. They will be equipped to handle inevitable difficulties with confidence and graduate with a clear mission and purpose.
Janet would love to partner with you to raise retention rates by transforming students’ mindsets all the way to graduation.
Contact Janet:
Office: 407.855.1565
Cell: 407.433.1085