Schwartzen Precil
HERO's take radical responsibility. H(onest) E(mpathatic) R(resilient) O(pen). Be Your Own Hero.
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Key Outcomes:
- Participants felt motivated and empowered to pursue their dreams, regardless of their past or current circumstances.
- Attendees gained a new perspective on their own lives and the lives of others, fostering empathy and understanding.
- Many were inspired to turn their pain and trauma into a source of purpose and motivation.
- Participants felt a sense of belonging and connection to a larger community, particularly those who shared similar experiences or values.
- Attendees gained practical tips and strategies for engaging with students and promoting diversity and acceptance.
Schwartzen's Bio
Schwartzen Precil is the founder of Hero Leadership Group (HLG). His HERO framework empowers youth and young professionals to transform adversity into purpose through mentorship and social-emotional learning development. Schwartzen Precil is a former foster youth and college athlete who overcame systemic barriers to become a dynamic speaker and author. HLG has served over 35,000 students and trained more than 800 educators and youth-serving professionals across 28 states. Their evidence-based curriculum, developed in partnership with schools like William C. Abney Academy Charter School, equips participants with the skills and mindset needed for long-term success in education and beyond.
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Schwartzen Offers the Following Talks
From Adversity to Achievement: Cultivating Resilient Leaders in Higher Education
Key Outcomes
Apply trauma-informed and culturally responsive strategies to improve student engagement, retention, and equity. Designed for underrepresented student population with frameworks from Hero Leadership Group.
Design inclusive, emotionally intelligent learning environments using a "Success Blueprint" to foster purpose-driven leadership.
Demonstrate increased personal and professional clarity through interactive, reflective activities that inspire sustainable motivation, build authentic connections, and translate insights into actionable change within higher education settings.
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From Grit to Gold: A Motivational Talk on Overcoming Mental Barriers for Student Success
Key Outcomes
Identify key challenges faced by underrepresented students in higher education.
Apply trauma-informed and culturally responsive strategies to support student resilience.
Learn a goal-setting method that that's pain points into purpose.
Evaluate the impact of mentorship and social-emotional learning on student success metrics.
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Be Your Own Hero: The Resiliency Mindset to Authorhood and Entrepreneurship
Key Outcomes
Honesty: Increased Self-Awareness through Honesty and Develop greater Awareness in Personal and Professional Life
Empathy: Strengthened Connections through Building Listening skills to better connect with others
Resiliency: Growth Mindset by Remembering Challenges Others have overcome
Ownership: Taking Responsibility of your choices and actions
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HERO Leadership in Motion: Guiding Teams Through Uncertainty with Purpose and Power
Key Outcomes
Define and apply the H.E.R.O. leadership values—Honesty, Empathy, Resiliency, and Ownership/Openness—in real-time team and organizational challenges.
Practice tools for leading through uncertainty that foster psychological safety, purpose-driven action, and emotional intelligence.
Develop personalized leadership strategies that build trust, resilience, and inclusive momentum within diverse teams.
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Passion, Pain & Poetry: 3 Keys to Persevere in Leadership
Key Outcomes
Reignite Their Leadership Passion Reflect on the emotional toll of educational leadership and use creative expression to realign with their personal and professional “why.”
Transform Leadership Pain into Purpose Identify a key leadership challenge they’ve faced within the charter system (e.g., staff turnover, student trauma, burnout) and reframe it as a story of resilience through poetry.
Develop a Personal Leadership Mantra Create a mantra rooted in positive affirmation and poetic expression that can be used daily to sustain motivation and emotional balance in challenging school environments.
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