Author: Lin Rajan Thomas is the author of the multicultural children's fiction book, Every Sparrow was Made to Fly. #EverySparrowWasMadeToFly . She is a published author with Chicken Soup for the Preteen Soul 2 and Preteens Talk, part of the NY Times best-selling series, published in over 32 languages and 100 countries. She has published with ProjectManagement.com run by PMI (Project Management Institute). Coach & Entrepreneur: Ms. Thomas is the Co-Founder of Yay Learner, Learning with a Yay. Yay Learner conducts workshops in Creative Writing, Public Speaking, Python Programming and Effective Communications. She was Primary Coach for a team that competed at the Worlds Finals of Odyssey of the Mind Tournaments. She was also a Core Values Robotics coach and a Math coach.
Speaker: Ms. Thomas is the winner of 7 awards at Area and Division Level of Toastmaster's International contests. She is the Host of the highly ranked podcast - A 5 min shot of Motivation & Positivity~ The Yay Learner Podcast
Accomplishments, Awards & Certifications:
Certificate in Exercising Leadership by HarvardX, Harvard University
Intelligent Property Award (IP) for her leadership
Project Management Professional (PMP) by PMI since 2011.
The Yay Learner Podcast was listed as #9 in the Top Podcasts of 2020 on Positive Attitude by PlayerFM.
Podcast listed #3 in the Top Podcasts on Pandemic -How To by Pod.Casts.Io
Toastmaster International awards at Area and Division levels for International Speech, Table Topics, Humorous and Tall Tales categories in 2020 competitions.