Daria Burke is a speaker and possibility strategist who crafted her intriguing memoir, Of My Own Making, which tells the gripping story of her childhood growing up under the shadow of an absent father and a mother debilitated by drug addiction. Her existence was marked by neglect and poverty.

More than a story of personal triumph, Of My Own Making is a soulful and scientific exploration of the power to shape one’s destiny. In facing the stark reality of her past, Burke reminds us that every moment demands a choice, and that we owe it to ourselves to reparent our inner child and reclaim the lives we deserve.

Despite these fractured beginnings, she forged a triumphant path out of Detroit and into fashion’s C-Suite. After 10 years of therapy, she believes her healing journey is complete.

A marketer by trade and a seeker at heart, Daria is storyteller and sense-maker, weaving together personal experience and the science of healing and transformation to explore new ways of understanding how we choose who we become.

As a chief marketing officer, Daria was named a 2020 Ad Age Woman to Watch whose creativity and impact have been recognized by Women’s Wear Daily, Forbes, Vogue, Teen Vogue, Town & Country, and New York Magazine’s The Cut. She has written for Fast Company, The Huffington Post, Black Enterprise, and has appeared on The Melissa Harris-Perry Show on MSNBC.

From Detroit, Daria is a distinguished alumna of NYU Stern School of Business (MBA) and the University of Michigan (BA). Learn more about her by visiting https://www.dariaburke.com/