I know what it’s like to be a young person trying to find direction.

For years, I followed the “traditional path” working up the ladder, but often without thinking about the impact I wanted to have, how to provide value to the world around me, and how actually to succeed in the workforce.

I’m on a mission to change the way we think about growing up. To share my journey—missteps and all—to help young people find their path through impact and find the careers right for them.

Hi! I’m Sonali Ratnasinghe, and I help people create a career and life for fulfillment. Supporting young people in thinking beyond the application cycles and employers in finding the best talent, so they can be better, together. And helping professionals build not just their talent pipeline, but their own skills in the workforce.

I have always been an entrepreneur at heart, starting a youth-led nonprofit at 16, teaching young people how to get into social impact beyond one-time volunteerism. This has led me to a career in speaking, coaching, and teaching.

The common threads of my work always align around youth, impact, and education.

I wouldn’t think about the bigger picture because I had been so focused on acing my exams and getting into university. But maybe I had it all backward?

MY MOTTO IS AND ALWAYS WILL BE

“Youth are not the leaders of OUR FUTURE, they are the leaders of today if provided the RIGHT RESOURCES”

The Professional Stuff

Keynote Speaker & Workshop Facilitator: Speaking on youth in impact, the future of the workforce, and executive presence.
Coach: Using life design and entrepreneurship frameworks to help young people find direction and purpose.
Nonprofit Founder: At 16, I founded one of my region’s largest youth-led nonprofits, Youth Ambassadors of Service, teaching high schoolers how to go beyond one-time volunteerism.
Associate Instructor: Developed the curricula for entrepreneurship, life design, and nonprofit classes.
Student: Finishing my final year at the number one public university at the University of North Carolina (UNC) - Chapel Hill.

Dog Mom: I have a little schnoodle named Marco… he’s very cute.
Travel: If you can’t find me around campus, I’m usually off traveling to another country (at least another state!).
Sit Com Fan: I have watched shows like Brooklyn 99, Friends, or How I Met Your Mother more times than you can count.
Afro House: I love house music!!