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Kimberly Souba is a Catholic author, speaker, educator, and survivor of childhood sexual abuse who shares powerful, faith-centered messages of hope, healing, and resilience. With more than 30 years of experience working with youth and families, she brings both professional insight and personal authenticity to every presentation.
Through her signature program, From Victim to Thriver, Kimberly helps audiences understand that their past does not define their future. Her message empowers individuals, especially children and teens, to find their voice, recognize their worth, and move forward with courage, purpose, and hope.
What Sets Kimberly Apart
Through her signature program, From Victim to Thriver, Kimberly helps audiences understand that their past does not define their future. Her message empowers individuals, especially children and teens, to find their voice, recognize their worth, and move forward with courage, purpose, and hope.
What Sets Kimberly Apart
- More than 30 years of experience in youth ministry and education
- Former teacher and Director of Religious Education
- Certified catechist through Christendom Graduate School of Theology (Notre Dame Graduate School)
- A Master’s degree in education (Valley City State University)
- Communications specialist with a passion for storytelling
- Author of multiple books centered on faith, healing, and courage
Signature Speaking Topics
From Surviving to Becoming: Finding Hope, Healing, and Purpose
A deeply impactful presentation that weaves together Kimberly’s personal journey, faith, resilience, and mission to help others move beyond merely surviving and begin living with renewed hope, purpose, and authenticity. Through honest storytelling and practical encouragement, audiences are invited to explore healing, identity, perseverance, emotional resilience, and the courage to become who they were created to be. This presentation offers hope that transformation is possible even in life’s most difficult seasons.
An age-appropriate and empowering presentation that equips children with the language and confidence to speak up, set boundaries, and seek help when needed.
Faith Under Pressure: Guiding Teens in a Complex World
Based on themes from her novel Light Still Stands, this talk helps teens navigate doubt, pressure, and uncertainty while remaining grounded in faith and truth.
Finding Your Voice Through Writing
An engaging and inspiring presentation on the writing process. It encourages individuals to share their stories and use writing as a tool for healing, connection, and transformation.
A deeply impactful presentation that weaves together Kimberly’s personal journey, faith, resilience, and mission to help others move beyond merely surviving and begin living with renewed hope, purpose, and authenticity. Through honest storytelling and practical encouragement, audiences are invited to explore healing, identity, perseverance, emotional resilience, and the courage to become who they were created to be. This presentation offers hope that transformation is possible even in life’s most difficult seasons.
- Audiences: High school students, college students, adults, women’s groups, retreats, conferences, churches, educators, and community organizations
- Focus: Healing, resilience, identity, hope, purpose, faith, authenticity, overcoming adversity, and personal transformation and growth, courage, perseverance
An age-appropriate and empowering presentation that equips children with the language and confidence to speak up, set boundaries, and seek help when needed.
- Audiences: Elementary schools, churches, parents, educators
- Focus: Safety, confidence, communication, empowerment
Faith Under Pressure: Guiding Teens in a Complex World
Based on themes from her novel Light Still Stands, this talk helps teens navigate doubt, pressure, and uncertainty while remaining grounded in faith and truth.
- Audiences: Middle school, high school, youth ministry programs
- Focus: Faith, identity, perseverance, moral courage
Finding Your Voice Through Writing
An engaging and inspiring presentation on the writing process. It encourages individuals to share their stories and use writing as a tool for healing, connection, and transformation.
- Audiences: Students, aspiring writers, educators
- Focus: Creativity, storytelling, self-expression, healing
Available Formats
- School assemblies
- Parish events
- Retreats, including half-day and full-day options
- Parent and educator workshops
- Conference presentations
- Virtual events