About Emily
Emily Zimmermann grew up in South Carolina with three siblings and her parents. She was in her freshman year of high school when she received a diagnosis of a brain tumor. She and her family’s lives were forever changed.
Emily lost her vision after many surgeries to remove the tumor, but with perseverance and determination, finished high school and went onto college. She received her Bachelor’s in Communications at Metropolitan State University of Denver.
In addition to the communications and speech classes taken at MSU for her degree, Emily was also a student of Vera Jones in her Perseverance Speaker’s Academy (www.perseverancespeak.com). This strengthened Emily’s skills, giving her the ability and confidence to share a moving message on the importance of hope to a variety of audience types and ages.
Certified with a degree in communications, a certificate from PSA, and life experience, Emily has traveled to 8+ different states and spoken to varying audience sizes, ages, abilities, and differences. From the small groups to the larger gatherings, she has spoken to thousands of people sharing the powerful message of hope. It is a message that she lives daily and a message she strives to put in the hearts of each individual in the audience. Emily’s goal is to encourage each person with the trials they are facing to hold on to hope, persevere through the pain, and overcome the labels life brings; encouraging them that Broken Crayons Still Color.
Emily lost her vision after many surgeries to remove the tumor, but with perseverance and determination, finished high school and went onto college. She received her Bachelor’s in Communications at Metropolitan State University of Denver.
In addition to the communications and speech classes taken at MSU for her degree, Emily was also a student of Vera Jones in her Perseverance Speaker’s Academy (www.perseverancespeak.com). This strengthened Emily’s skills, giving her the ability and confidence to share a moving message on the importance of hope to a variety of audience types and ages.
Certified with a degree in communications, a certificate from PSA, and life experience, Emily has traveled to 8+ different states and spoken to varying audience sizes, ages, abilities, and differences. From the small groups to the larger gatherings, she has spoken to thousands of people sharing the powerful message of hope. It is a message that she lives daily and a message she strives to put in the hearts of each individual in the audience. Emily’s goal is to encourage each person with the trials they are facing to hold on to hope, persevere through the pain, and overcome the labels life brings; encouraging them that Broken Crayons Still Color.