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About

Lisa Banks

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Founder & CEO | Certified Women's Life Coach | Published Author

I am the Founder and CEO of W.I.N. Empowerment Network, Inc., a nonprofit organization dedicated to empowering women to overcome adversity, discover their God-given purpose, and build lives rooted in hope, confidence, and self-sufficiency. As a Certified Women's Life Coach, published author, speaker, and mentor, Lisa uses her own life experiences to inspire women to believe that their past does not determine their future.

A native of Lima, Ohio, I am a proud 1986 graduate of Lima Senior High School and a 2024 graduate of Life Breakthrough Academy in Cary, North Carolina, where I earned my certification as a Women's Life Coach. She is also the author of Saved, Single and Satisfied: Developing Into the Woman of God with Purpose, a book that encourages women to embrace their God-given identity and live with purpose, faith, and confidence.

My Life Experience

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My journey has been one of extraordinary perseverance after traumatic events in my life starting at four years old with sexual abuse. I became pregnant at the age of 14, which led to an abusive marriage at 17 still in high school, and was divorced by 19.  By the age of 20, I was raising two young children on my own while navigating the hardships of early adulthood. Years later, after welcoming two more sons and experiencing a season of stability, life took an unexpected turn. While working tirelessly to provide for my family, I lost everything and experienced homelessness. In 2016 and again in 2018 when me and my youngest son in his senior year of high school what was to be the best time of his life, we relied on the kindness of churches throughout the surrounding communities, moving from one church basement to another in search of safety and hope not understanding how a woman of great faith has succumb to this life. only to find out later it was for my purpose to help other women and teen girls. The experience with abuse and financial struggles help build up and equipped me to make a difference, I do understand what a divorce woman who suffered abuse going through, I do understand what a teen girl facing pregnancy's going through I understand the struggle of a single mother. I definitely understand the mother with children who is homeless is going through financially and mentally. I KNOW YOU CAN GET THROUGH IT AND COME ON TOP! This is why I do what I do, why I care with a heart of compassion.

 

Rather than allowing those experiences to define me, I chose to let them refine me. Through unwavering faith in God, determination, and a commitment to personal growth, by transformed my pain into purpose. my journey became the foundation for W.I.N. Empowerment Network, Inc., where I now help women who are facing many of the same struggles she once endured.

 

Today, I'm providing coaching, mentoring, education, leadership development, and community outreach that empower women to heal from past trauma, rebuild their confidence, develop life skills, and pursue economic and emotional stability. My mission is to remind every woman that setbacks are not the end of her story—they can become the beginning of a life filled with purpose and possibility.

 

I believes that every woman deserves the opportunity to win, regardless of her circumstances. Through W.I.N. Empowerment Network, I want to continue to inspire women to rise above adversity, embrace their worth, strengthen their faith, and become leaders in their families and communities. My vision is simple yet powerful: to build stronger women, stronger families, and stronger communities—one empowered woman at a time.

Be Blessed Be Encouraged

Coach Lisa R. Banks

Founder & CEO

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