Summer Owens hosting the University of Memphis Distinguished Alumni Awards

Take Back the Power from Your Problems!
Say, "S.O. What!"

Summer Owens has a proven system for resilient leadership
and life success in spite of any challenge

Watch Summer in Action

When It Comes to Youth Motivational Speakers,
Summer Owens Has What it Takes to Inspire
Student Success

Life doesn’t come with an instruction manual. While school and parents do their best, there’s just so much more to learn to get through life— especially when it gets tough.

We can’t control who we are, where we are born, or all the circumstances of our lives, but we can control how we respond to them.

My life was turned upside down when I was 15 and became a teenage mother. Despite the odds, I graduated from high school, college, and graduate school with honors, was a student leader, and enjoyed an amazing corporate career all as a young, single mother.

In the face of this curveball life threw me, I persevered by saying,

“S.O. What!”

I’ve made it my personal mission to help others achieve success no matter their circumstances too. If you’re looking for a speaker or program to inspire your students to success in spite of their challenges, then let’s talk.