Dawn Jewel Fraser

Activist, Artist, Athlete, Brainstormer, Care taker, Change Agent, Educator/Teacher, Entrepreneur, Explorer, Global soul, Idea generator, Performer, Producer, World traveler

Dawn J. Fraser, MPP is a storyteller, podcast host/ producer, and nationally acclaimed communications coach based out of San Jose, California. She’s the Founder and CEO of Fraser’s Edge, Inc, which provides coaching and consulting services for businesses, thought leaders and advocacy based organizations to develop their leadership potential through storytelling. Past clients have included Google, the Gates Foundation and the US State Department, as well as many notable celebrities. Dawn serves as a Senior Producer at the Stanford Storytelling Project, a Lead Instructor with The Moth and was featured among some of the nation’s top innovators at TED@NYC. She has also performed her own stories in shows nationwide including The Moth Mainstage, Story Collider, RISK and The Unchained Tour. Dawn received her undergraduate degree from UCLA and a Masters in Public Policy (MPP) from Harvard’s Kennedy School, where she was awarded the Barbara Jordan Award for Women’s Leadership. She loves being a twin, a Trinidadian, and and touch-baseable at www.dawnjfraser.com

Hosting, Leadership Development, Podcasting, Professional Coaching, Professional Development, Public Speaking, Storytelling

TED@NYC 2013: Runner Dawn J. Fraser was known as the “Turbo Toothpick” and dreamed of Olympic Gold – until an injury ended her career. In this talk, she shares the experience of watching her twin brother, Duane – also a runner, who has Down syndrome – compete in the Special Olympics and how he taught her that the real point of competition isn’t to finish first, but to make sure everyone crosses the finish line. https://blog.ted.com/the-quirky-talks-of-tednyc/

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