A children’s author, motivational speaker, entrepreneur, and founder of the nonprofit EmpowerLIt – Literacy & Beyond, Gina Casazza empowers people to master their mindset and achieve breakthroughs in every aspect of life as she has.

Raised with the tools to get through anything in life, Gina was taught resilience from an earlier age and to always keep her word when it came to anything she committed herself to.

Knowing she would have to figure things out on her own, Gina became very determined at a young age to achieve her goals no matter what it took.

Not very verbal as a teen, one would never think Gina would end up on stage someday.

But in her 20s, that is exactly where she ended up, cracking jokes to a live audience as a comedian.

Even after a disheartening night with fel ...