Join your Illinois School Counselor Association colleagues to celebrate success, November 14–15 at the Westin Chicago Northwest in Itasca, Ill. View details and register
John Nwosu, Keynote Speaker
John Nwosu is a human developer who inspires, relates, and leverages the power of school counseling to help students and communities. He grew up in Austell, Ga., a suburb of Atlanta. He is a product of a Nigerian and African-American family with lots of love, support and high expectations. After years of chronic underachievement caused by stress, anxiety and depression, he graduated from Georgia Southern University with debt and a degree in chemistry. John is currently the 2024 Georgia School Counselor of the Year. He is a middle school counselor in one of the largest school districts in the nation where he shows scholars how to show up, grow up, glow up and show up better. John is also a licensed mental health counselor, national speaker and trainer and the founder of the counseling and leadership consulting company Think D.I.F., LLC. He currently lives in metro Atlanta with his wife, Chanelle, and their children John and Amara. View the conference schedule