About Lorna

Lorna Blake

Born to a poor, teenage mother in rural Jamaica, Lorna experienced poverty, abandonment and abuse. She boarded a plane to Canada on her own as a teenager with no guarantee of a visa, eventually gaining citizenship. Lorna defied the odds, overcoming poverty to graduate from university with an honors degree in social work while becoming the mother of two young children. Her passion for learning and helping people transform their lives has led her to work in 6 different countries, where she’s taught, coached, spoken and inspired thousands globally. Lorna is a published author. Her recent memoir Born To Rise: A Journey From Setbacks To Comebacks & Lessons Learned is an Amazon best-seller. It’s an autobiographical account of her life and lessons learned from the school of setbacks.