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    • About SASA
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    • About the Founder
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    • a note to parents
    • Our SASA Team
    • A-Speakers
    • Contact
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  • About SASA
  • Schools & Program Impact
  • About the Founder
  • Partners & Sponsors
  • a note to parents
  • Our SASA Team
  • A-Speakers
  • Contact

Founder's Promise

  “The Stand and Speak Academy was created to give young people what I did not have growing up: access to voice, confidence, guidance, and the belief that who they are matters. I am committed to empowering the voices of the next generation.” 

About The Work

Lifting Lives Through the Power of Voice                                            

A 25 Year Legacy of Excellence in Education, Inspiration & S

Sheila Robinson-Kiss, MSW, LCSW

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Sheila Robinson-Kiss, MSW, LCSW is a nationally recognized mental health expert, international speaker, author, and human empowerment advocate. With more than two decades of experience supporting children, families, and communities, she is the visionary founder of Stand and Speak Academy (SASA) — an initiative dedicated to cultivating confidence, voice, vision, and value within youth.

Sheila has spent her career helping  people build emotional strength, communication skills, and a deeper sense of self-worth. Her work integrates mental health education, leadership development, and public speaking — empowering individuals to express themselves with clarity, courage, and purpose.   

At the heart of Sheila’s work, with youth, is a simple belief:  

When young people learn to understand themselves and confidently express their ideas, they unlock the power to shape their future and positively influence the world around them.


....More About Sheila's Work


....Sheila is also the founder of Rebalancing America and Beyond, a national wellness initiative that provides innovative mental health education and resilience programming to organizations, communities, and institutions across the United States.

Recognized as one of the leading voices in mental health and resilience education, Sheila has been featured as an expert contributor on MSNBC, NBCLX, and Psychology Today. She is an award-winning orator and international best-selling author of six books focused on emotional wellness, self-development, and personal transformation.

Throughout her career, Sheila has partnered with leading corporations, universities, and nonprofit organizations to deliver impactful programs that promote emotional health and life balance. Her work has reached more than 600,000 individuals through live trainings, speaking engagements, and digital learning platforms.


Her clients and collaborators have included organizations such as Warner Bros. Discovery, NBCUniversal, Teva Pharmaceuticals, Boys & Girls Clubs of America, Wells Fargo Advisors, and Rutgers University, among many others.


Sheila’s work has been recognized with numerous honors, including the NJ BIZ Blue Cross Blue Shield Mental Health Educator Award, as well as recognition as a Leading Woman Entrepreneur for the State of New Jersey and a Citrin Cooperman Woman at the Wheel. She was also honored to deliver a keynote address at the Clinton Presidential Center during the World Woman Summit.


Through Stand and Speak Academy, Sheila brings her decades of clinical expertise, speaking experience, and program innovation directly to young people — helping them discover their voice, strengthen their confidence, and develop the communication skills necessary to thrive in school, leadership, and life.


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