I had the absolute honor of sitting down with Toni Purry on my podcast, Carrie On!, and let me just say: you’re going to want to hit play on this one.

Toni is a powerhouse. She’s an award-winning PR strategist, TEDx speaker, author of My Hype Book, the Founder of Shaping Narrative™, and the highly acclaimed speaker development coach behind Ready for Ted™—an eight-week experience helping women craft their signature talks and claim their space on powerful stages. 

But before all that? Toni was a determined college student trying to pay her tuition… and she ended up making history as the first Black Miss Alabama USA!