Mali Phonpadith is an entrepreneur, author, poet, speaker, and CEO of Mali Creative, a creative messaging and marketing firm. She is also and the Producer/Director of Tea with Mali. Mali specializes in helping her corporate and individual clients SOAR (See, Own, Articulate, Release) their uniqueness by aligning their personal gifts and professional talents with their passions and purpose. Her SOAR Mapping programs are offered as 1 hour seminars, 2 day retreats, and full day workshops to individuals, entrepreneurs, associations and corporate executives who want to uncover their gifts and talents and powerfully articulate their unique differentiators to their intended audience. A Million Fireflies, Mali’s memoir about her voyage from war-torn Laos to America is her first publication and she also Coauthored, Seen and Sustained: Best Practices in Communication that Increase the Visibility of Small and Diverse Businesses with coauthors, Akia Garnett, Jane Lovas, and Tamecia Bradshaw.