Hot Cocoa & Women: Global Voices, Empowering Narratives

When: March 8, 2025

Where: Virtual, Trinidad and Tobago

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The Hot Cocoa Cafe invites you to a powerful International Women’s Day event designed to ignite transformation and accelerate personal and professional progress.

Through compelling storytelling and expert insights, speakers will share practical strategies for self-liberation and economic empowerment, helping you turn challenges into opportunities.

Join us for an inspiring event with Nikkia Reveillac (US), founder of Birds Uncaged and former global research leader for Twitter and Netflix, alongside Gulnaz Brennan (UK), founder of the SheInspires Foundation.

MEET OUR SPEAKERS

NIKKIA REVEILLAC

Uncaging the Power Within: Transforming Challenges into Freedom

Nikkia Reveillac is a trailblazing leader, speaker, and mentor who has built a career out of transforming obstacles into opportunities.

Based in Brooklyn, New York, and married with two beautiful daughters, Nikkia’s story is one of resilience, reinvention, and purpose. She has adeptly navigated adversity throughout her life, turning every challenge into a gift, and now inspires others to do the same.

As a seasoned research leader, Nikkia has guided global teams at big brands like Netflix and Twitter to uncover powerful insights that drive innovation and growth. She’s also deeply passionate about empowering women.

As the co-founder of the Who She Feel She Is initiative during the pandemic, she helped women across the Caribbean diaspora break barriers to thrive in every aspect of their lives by bringing inspirational voices together to share their stories of flourishing.

This commitment to uplifting others extends to her ongoing mentorship, where she has supported countless individuals in achieving their personal and professional goals.

Nikkia is also the creator and host of two podcasts: The Significance of Others, which celebrates the beauty and complexity of adult friendships, and Culture Unfit, where she shares her wisdom on navigating and reshaping corporate culture while staying true to oneself. Both platforms reflect her commitment to connection, storytelling, and creating spaces for meaningful dialogue.

She’s also the founder of Birds Uncaged, a community dedicated to helping beautiful and brilliant souls reclaim their voices, and accelerate their impact.

Nikkia embodies the theme of “Accelerate Action” every day. Her journey serves as a powerful reminder that with courage, self-awareness, and allyship, women can break free from limitations and soar.

Nikkia will share her inspiring story and practical tools to help you step into your power and create a ripple effect of change for yourself and others.

Talk Description:

What does it truly mean to be free? In a world where women are often expected to wear multiple hats, meet impossible standards, and push through adversity without pause, freedom can feel like an abstract, distant concept.

Yet, the truth is that freedom isn’t something we wait for—it’s something we claim by breaking the cages of expectation, fear, and self-doubt that hold us back.

In this transformative talk, Nikkia Reveillac, founder of Birds Uncaged, invites you on a journey of inner liberation.

Drawing from her own life of overcoming adversity—turning obstacles into opportunities—and her work guiding others toward meaningful transformation, Nikkia will show you how to break free from what limits you and step into the fullest version of yourself.

Talk Topic: Unlocking Women’s Potential: The Power of Financial Literacy and Seed Grants

Do you have an innovative idea to create lasting change in your family and community? What would you do if you had access to funding? Are you one of the many women worldwide driving innovation, employment, and economic growth through microbusinesses?

In this enriching talk, Gulnaz Brennan of the SheInspires Foundation shares how they are empowering women to take bold action through financial literacy programs and seed grants.

Through real-life examples and her own journey, Gulnaz will inspire you to unlock your potential, transform your future, and step forward with confidence as an entrepreneur and economic changemaker.

Gulnaz Brennan is a force for women’s empowerment. As the founder of the SheInspires Foundation, she’s on a mission to equip women with the financial tools and resources they need to turn bold ideas into thriving businesses.

Through financial literacy programs and seed grants, she’s helping women take charge of their futures—creating impact that ripples through families and communities. With a vision to reach 50,000 women and girls globally, Gulnaz is proving that when women rise, we all rise.