Sharyon Culberson

Sharyon A. Culberson has a background in creating content dedicated to social justice, as well as facilitating and moderating conversations that promote a more egalitarian society. She has developed and presented programming on DEIB, anti-bias practices, reducing micro-aggressions, and reducing sexual violence to universities, corporations, all five branches of the U.S. armed forces, as well as to the staffers of the Illinois U.S. House of Representatives.

With over 20 years of experience in public speaking, Sharyon has been gifted with a combination of emotional empathy and impeccable comedic timing. This recipe has allowed her to be relatable to a wide range of audiences. Sharyon’s preferred topics are Power, Privilege, and Oppression, as well as ways to reduce personal bias and micro-aggressions within organizations of any size.

Sharyon’s area of expertise is delivering content through colorful storytelling that creates emotional connections with any audience, while normalizing perspectives of overlooked and marginalized societies. Attendees leave with increased empathy and ability to listen to people unlike themselves. To date, Sharyon has been published in multiple anthologies, and has placed in a number of screenwriting contests, with futurism and honoring ancestral wisdom as her main focus and inspirations.