Award-Winning Keynote Speaker | Author | Nonprofit Executive | Global Goodwill Ambassador
Inspiring Action. Empowering Survivors. Transforming Communities.
Turning Adversity Into Leadership. Turning Awareness Into Action.
Signature Talks
Keynotes that leave a mark.
Listening Earlier: Strengthening Communities Through Survivor Insight
Discover how survivor-informed leadership strengthens prevention, improves community response, and empowers organizations to recognize warning signs before violence escalates.
Breaking the Silence: Domestic Violence Prevention Starts With Us
Learn practical strategies for recognizing abuse, supporting survivors, creating safer communities, and preventing violence before it begins
Military Families in Crisis
Addressing military domestic violence, mental health, suicide prevention, caregiver resilience, and supporting service members, veterans, and military families.
Leading Through Adversity
How resilience, faith, lived experience, and leadership create meaningful change within organizations and communities.
Invisible Battles
A powerful presentation on epilepsy, cancer survivorship, disability advocacy, mental health, and overcoming life's greatest challenges.
About
A voice trusted by the world's most ambitious rooms.
For more than 15 years, Cynthya Pagan Hale has dedicated her life to helping individuals, families, and communities overcome adversity through education, advocacy, leadership, and hope. As the Founder & CEO of FFT Helping Others and Founder of the National Domestic Violence Rally, Cynthya has become a nationally recognized keynote speaker, nonprofit executive, author, and humanitarian. She has delivered presentations for universities, healthcare organizations, government agencies, military communities, nonprofit organizations, faith-based groups, and conferences across the United States and internationally. Drawing from both her professional expertise and lived experience as a survivor of military domestic violence and sexual assault, a cancer survivor, a person living with epilepsy, and a mother who has navigated serious family health and mental health challenges, Cynthya brings authenticity, compassion, and practical strategies to every audience. Her presentations combine evidence-informed practices with real-world insights that inspire action while equipping organizations to strengthen prevention, support survivors, and build more resilient communities. Her work has been recognized with numerous leadership and humanitarian honors, including being named one of the 20 Most Influential Women in Volusia County (2025), receiving the Global Goodwill Ambassadors Fighting Hunger Together Founders Award, the Veteran Mental Health Champion Award, and the City of DeLand Proclamation for her advocacy and community service. Today, Cynthya continues to educate, inspire, and collaborate with organizations committed to creating lasting social impact through leadership, prevention, resilience, and hope.
Praise
What leaders are saying.
Bringing light to the darkness of violence of all kinds and to all is vital and Cynthya does this well and with great knowledge and wisdom. Cynthya's heart of love is vital for this deliverance work for humanity is held captive by and in the trauma of domestic violence. Hearts are shattered and wounded and held in captivity and Cynthya is solider of Freedom and has come as powerful invading solider to set the captives free. Well Trained, Well educated and with a heart of love that can battle the front lines of an global enemy and bring peace and hope to captives of domestic violence. Thank you, Cynthya for being a well trained solider of Hope, Love and Healing. Love Pastor Deborah
My experience with Cynthya Pagan has been a tremendous one. I met her in 2019 during the domestic violence rally and we have been connected every sense. She has help me with my organization and we have partnered to do events together as well. Cynthya is very well spoken and knows exactly what she's talking about when she speaks on Domestic Violence, Sex Trafficking, Sexual Assault and many other topics. I would highly recommend her to speak and an event. She touches the hearts of others in doing so.
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