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Hi! I am
Dr. Ai
I am an award-winning college professor turned life coach
I specialize in working with high-potential teenagers and young adults
I help them overcome self doubt and procrastination, so that they can unlock their potential and elevate their confidence and motivation, and achieve success in school and beyond
Dr. Ai , thank you so much for teaching me the key things I need to know in life, and most importantly, thank you for pushing me out of my comfort zone! You’ve changed my life.
Flora
High School Student, Saudi Arabia
WELCOME TO
Over the last twenty years, I have worked with more than 2,500 teenagers and young adults, helping them overcome their fear of failures and procrastination, reclaim their confidence, motivation, and discover their career and life direction.
Our goal at Classroom Without Walls is to teach young people critical skills that they are not learning from school but are important to their success at school and beyond. For example, as we help young people overcome their stress and self doubt, they learn how to regulate their own emotions and build their resilience and mental toughness. As they learn how to overcome procrastination and reclaim their drive, they learn neuroscience to optimize their transformation and enhance their executive functioning skills
These are the skills and concepts that I wish I learned when I were a student trying to figure out school and life.
Because I didn't have these skills like time management and resilience, I struggled a lot to achieve success
So, I created Classroom Without Walls with the pure intention to help your child achieve success without going through the struggles that I went through.
Sure, this About Page shares a little bit about me, but it's really about YOU and YOUR CHILD
It's about how you and your child can leverage the knowledge and experience I've gained over the last twenty years to finally break through their self doubt, stress and anxiety, procrastination, screen addictions, or any other challenges, so that your child can achieve the results and success that they deserve.
How It All Started
"Dr. Ai, will this be on the exam?"
"What's your favorite part of school? Recess"
"Next week's class is canceled. Celebration and joy in the classroom."
I used to joke with my students that school is the only place where you pay lots of money but don't want to get the service.
After ten years of that, I came to the realization that the current education model is missing lots of links that are critical to a young person's career- and life-readiness and success.
The way that we are evaluating students is hurting our students. It is not helping them develop the growth mindset that they need to become confident, motivated, and lifelong learners who can succeed in an increasingly competitive and uncertain job market
This realization inspired me to ask myself a question that has profoundly changed my life.
Here is the question that I asked myself: do I want to continue being a part of the problem by perpetuating the current education model, or do I want to be part of the solution and create a new model?
It was a resounding yes to be part of the solution and create a new model that can complement what the current model lacks.
And that decision was what gave birth to Classroom Without Walls.
Since then, I have perfected a unique process to help young people overcome self doubt and procrastination, and be empowered with confidence and motivation, so that they can achieve success, regardless of their academic performance or where they attend school.
How I Struggled With School
Growing up, I struggled with school and grades. I din't fully understand the point of school and why I had to do these things that didn't seem to be relevant to my life at all.
But, just as any good girl would do, I followed the conventional wisdom and believed that earning good grades was critical to my success. I believed good grades would get me into great schools which are a guarantee to fulfilling, secure, and high-paying jobs.
So, I did exactly that, except I did so at the cost of my physical and mental health. It was no good when your self worth was tied to grades and academic achievements.
I struggled with low self-esteem which led to an eating disorder for four years. I was told and discovered that I had no friends but only competitors. I hated my life. I stopped talking to my parents as I felt my parents and the entire world were against me. I carved "hate" all over the walls in my room. I started to isolate myself.
Building The Expertise
My struggles with school with education taught me a powerful lesson.
That is, succeeding in school versus in real life requires two different sets of skills and mindsets.
Just because one is good at school like in my case with two advanced degrees from two prestigious universities in the US along with numerous academic awards, I still struggled to have real life success.
Even after I became a college professor, I still struggled with a lack direction, purpose, and fulfillment in life.
I was miserable and unhappy. Life felt meaningless to me. Even though on paper, I had the perfect life and had already achieved success.
So, what were the contributing factors to success? That's the question that I asked myself for a long time.
I embarked on a search.
I invested thousands of dollars in my own learning and working with top-tier coaches, and attending conferences and events to figure out the answers to success, and how to generate income, impact, and fulfillment.
I have also interviewed some of the most successful leaders, educators, and entrepreneurs in the US, such as Dr. Esther Wojcicki who is the mom of the CEO of YouTube, and Seth Godin who is a globally renowned leader, entrepreneur, and educator.
My learning and endeavors outside the classroom helped me discover the missing pieces in formal education, and then create a curriculum that has incorporated these missing pieces.
This curriculum has helped me reclaim and elevate my own confidence and motivation. It has also helped me achieve success without joy and ease, instead of stress and anxiety.
In fact, the success of my Classroom Without Walls has attracted major national and global media attentions,
Please see below for a few examples, including my collaboration with Katie Couric Media and Glamour Magazine, TEDx talk which is featured on the main TED platform, keynote and talks at Adobe Education, and distinguished alumni from my undergraduate school.
RECEIVING RECOGNITIONS
"This Former College Professor Wants To Shake Up Education in a Major Way"
My exclusive interview with Katie Couric, featured in Glamour Magazine's Daring To Disrupt series
During this interview with Katie Couric, I shared my own struggles with school and education. I also shared the success that I have achieved at Classroom Without Walls through my own coaching programs and unique curriculum in working with teenagers and young adults. You can read the published article on Glamour Magazine here, click on the video below, or watch it on Katie Couric's YouTube channel.
What Are The Missing Links In Education
Please watch my TEDx talk below which is also featured on the main TED platform
Keynote and Talks at Adobe Education Summit
In summer 2021, I did the opening keynote for the annual Adobe Education Summit. Besides this keynote, I had done several talks at various Adobe Education Summits in different headquarters.
Some Additional Keynotes and Invited Talks
Received The Distinguished Alumni Award
Received The Advisor of The Year Award
HELPING YOUR CHILD SUCCEED
Our Life Accelerator Program
I took what I have learned outside the classroom and combined that with my six years of professional training in graduate school and 10+ years experience as a college professor.
The final masterpiece is the Life Accelerator program
The program is the essence of my twenty years of experience in education. It captures what matters the most to your child's confidence, motivation, and future success
Life Accelerator is the signature program at Classroom Without Walls. It is my proprietary framework, developed based on more than twenty years of experience in education and working with more than 2,500 young people.
The Life Accelerator program is what I wish I had when I was at your child's age and when I was struggling with school, low self-esteem, and procrastination.
But I didn't. That's why I created one for your child and future kids. If my personal struggles are what I need to create the Life Accelerator program, then I am at peace with my past and myself.
So, I did the research. I paid my dues.
And I consulted and worked with the best in the field of education, mental health, executive functioning, and career- and life-readiness..
I put in the hours and years of work and invested in the money so that you don't have to do the same to figure out how to help your child
What is presented to you is a tested and proven roadmap and system to help teenagers and young adults overcome self doubt and procrastination, and become confident, motivated, successful in school and beyond.
Your Child's Transformation Is Now
Today, the transformational results in our students have attracted media attention from the United States and worldwide.
Classroom Without Walls and our flagship Life Accelerator program have been featured in Glamour Magazine, Forbes, TED, Adobe, LinkedIn, Katie Couric Media, Pearson Education, to name a few.
And I have the honor of working with so many powerful teenagers and young adults who all joined the program when they were at a low point in their lives.
But today, they have all fully awakened the superheroes within them. They are now showing up in life with confidence, motivation, grit, perseverance, and resilience.
Parents oftentimes thank us with joyful tears in their eyes for giving their child back, and a stronger and better version of themselves.
And I want the same for your child.
Are you ready to help your child cross the river of change?
If your answer is yes, click the button below to apply to book a complimentary consultation with Dr. Ai
Our son was privileged to be coached by Dr. Ai in her Life Accelerator program. The coaching, mentoring and active program that he experienced including site visits to leading start up companies has opened up a whole new world through an incredible and positive learning experience ! Thank you Dr Ai !
Angela
Mom of a high schooler, Ireland
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At Classroom Without Walls, we are committed to empowering every young person to achieve success—no matter their academic background/performance or the obstacles they face. We believe that potential is limitless, and with the right support, every young person can thrive and elevate their confidence, motivation, and success.
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