Passionately living and working in her purpose, Rhonda Kinard is a published Author, Motivational Speaker, Certified Life & Empowerment Coach, and the Creator of A Life Ignited LLC., where she empowers men, women, and students to ignite their fullest potential, kick fear’s you-know-what, and go after all they desire and deserve with unwavering drive, determination, and belief that they can live their big "bodacious" dreams.

After 21 successful years in the financial software industry, Rhonda took a leap of faith and courageously quit Corporate America to follow her passion of igniting lives. She inspires others to take their courageous leaps of faith towards their destinies, and she reminds us that everything we want and all that we could be is waiting for us on the other side of fear. Her goal is to ignite that spark, to set fire to the soul of students and audiences as she shares her life stories of struggle to survival to triumph.

With over 25 years of experience as an entrepreneur, life coach, real estate investor, and financial software services professional, she brings an extraordinarily rich and unique flavor of knowledge, skills, and insight to her teaching, training, and coaching.