International keynote motivational speaker and life coach, is dedicated to helping people take action to launch bold, confident and courageous lives. She is the CEO of DeLores Pressley Worldwide and founder of the Global Up Woman™ Network, a movement to empower and elevate women in business.

As a former elementary school teacher and a pioneer of the plus-size fashion and modeling industry, DeLores has inspired and helped motivate thousands to leverage their leadership voice, have a powerful presence and live confidently.

DeLores is the author of Clean Out the Closets of Your Life, Believe in the Power of You, Empower and Co-Author of Oh Yes You Can! She is a contributing writer for Smart Business Magazine in northeast Ohio and has spoken in England, Barbados, Puerto Rico, Turks and Caicos Government and hundreds of U.S. locations. Her client sampling includes Coca-Cola, Roche Pharmaceuticals, Procter and Gamble (P & G), Union Pacific Railroad, Nationwide and American Heart Association. DeLores serves on many boards and is the past president of the National Speakers Association Ohio Chapter.

DeLores has shared her story in Speaker, Glamour, Washington Post, Black Enterprise, Inside Business, Essence, Ebony and Marie Claire magazines. DeLores is the host of her own TV show; “A Purposeful Life.” She is a frequent media guest and has appeared on the Bravo's Married to Medicine and interviewed on major syndicated programs, including Entertainment Tonight and The Oprah Show.