Hope Drives

Hope Drives: Overcoming Adversity covers important mental health content such as:

- Developing Resiliency

- Dreaming Big

- Being Intentional

- Selfcare

- Paying It Forward

Elizabeth Ann Maldonado is a Certified Teacher, Certified Life Coach, Ordained Minister, and Motivational Speaker. She earned her Bachelor of Arts degree in Interdisciplinary Studies with a concentration in Generic Special Education from The University of the Incarnate Word. She graduated with honors: Cum Laude. She is a San Antonio, Texas native. She graduated from Oliver Wendell Holmes High School which is on the west side of San Antonio, Texas where she still resides. Her passion has always been working with at-risk youth. She created her own educational homeschooling program called Innovative Approaches to Education. www.ia2ed.com

She later created Elizabeth's Life Coaching as a continuum of services for the people who needed a more one-to-one approach to break through plateaus and overcome obstacles. She has served as a special education teacher for over twenty years. She is very active in her community and enjoys working collaboratively with other entities to improve people's quality of life.

As we travel down the roads of life with all it's twists, turns, potholes, and detours. We must remember that hope drives. It is hope that will get us to our destination.