Her message of faith, hope, and love is timeless, but her story demonstrates how these values can be applied to address everyday needs in our community.
Stephen Boyle, Organizer - Bakersfield Prayer Breakfast
Teresa’s talks ignite audiences to rethink systems of leadership, community, and restoration through the lens of compassion, opportunity, and human dignity.
VIOLENCE PREVENTION PIONEER
Turned a bold vision into Old Skool Café, creating pathways of hope, healing, and opportunity for at risk youth through jobs, mentorship, and belonging.
SOCIAL
ENTREPRENEUR
Built a nationally recognized youth-run supper club model blending hospitality, workforce development, and restorative leadership into one transformative experience.
CNN HERO & AWARD WINNING LEADER
Recognized nationally for her impact through features on CNN, Forbes, Oprah’s WW Tour, PBS, ABC, and numerous leadership and community awards.
ADVOCATE FOR HUMAN DIGNITY
Dedicated her life to helping young people rediscover purpose, confidence, and family after cycles of violence, incarceration,
and instability.
STORYTELLER & SOUL CARE GUIDE
Encourages leaders and changemakers to lead with courage, compassion, and renewal through speaking, retreats, mentoring, and deeply human conversations.
As Seen On
As the founder of Old Skool Cafe, Teresa has become a nationally recognized advocate for restorative justice, youth mentorship, and community transformation.
As Seen On
As the founder of Old Skool Cafe, Teresa has become a nationally recognized advocate for restorative justice, youth mentorship, and community transformation.
The Topic: You cannot out-dream God.
Impact begins the moment you take the first step.
Through powerful storytelling, restorative leadership principles, and deeply human insight, Teresa Goines challenges audiences to release the limiting beliefs, labels, and fears that keep them from pursuing the impact they were created to make.
Key Takeaways
Release the disqualifiers
The things you think should exclude you may become the very foundation of your purpose and impact.
Build systems that heal
Communities change when leaders create environments rooted in dignity, belonging, accountability, and restoration.
Create violence prevention through community
People heal when they are seen, valued, equipped, and connected to something greater than themselves.
Dream beyond your current reality
Extraordinary impact often begins with one impossible sounding dream and the willingness to take a single step forward.
Redefine leadership through restoration
True leadership is not about control or status. It is about helping people rediscover identity, hope, and possibility.
Turn purpose into practical action
Big vision becomes real through small acts of courage, consistency, faith, and community building.
More Than a Speaker
Before founding Old Skool Café, Teresa Goines spent years working in juvenile corrections, where she witnessed firsthand how cycles of violence, incarceration, and hopelessness continued long before crisis ever made the headlines.
What she discovered was most young people did not need another system reminding them what they lacked.
That belief became the foundation for Old Skool Café, a nationally recognized youth run supper club and violence prevention program built on restorative leadership, mentorship, meaningful employment, and community.
Today, Teresa speaks to organizations, leaders, educators, faith communities and change makers about the power of building systems that heal instead of systems that merely manage brokenness.
Transformation begins when people are seen for who they can become.
More Than a Speaker
Before founding Old Skool Café, Teresa Goines spent years working in juvenile corrections, where she witnessed firsthand how cycles of violence, incarceration, and hopelessness continued long before crisis ever made the headlines.
What she discovered was most young people did not need another system reminding them what they lacked.
That belief became the foundation for Old Skool Café, a nationally recognized youth run supper club and violence prevention program built on restorative leadership, mentorship, meaningful employment, and community.
Today, Teresa speaks to organizations, leaders, educators, faith communities and change makers about the power of building systems that heal instead of systems that merely manage brokenness.
Transformation begins when people are seen for who they can become.
Whether speaking to corporate leaders, educators, nonprofits, faith communities, or changemakers,
Teresa brings warmth, wisdom, humor, and unforgettable storytelling that leaves audiences energized for what comes next.
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