Lachi

Award-winning executive, globally touring recording artist, author, and TV host

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Lachi is a visionary artist, globally touring musician, author, and award-winning executive, known for empowering leaders, creatives, and changemakers to unlock their boldest selves. Born legally blind, Lachi uses her platform in music, storytelling, humor, and fashion to be an outspoken advocate for mental health and disabilities. Lachi combines artistry and advocacy, shaping narratives at the highest levels, from hosting PBS American Masters series Renegades, to serving on the National Board of Trustees at the Recording Academy (GRAMMYs). Named a 2024 USA Today Woman of the Year, a “new champion in advocacy” by Billboard, and a “foot soldier for Disability Pride'' by Forbes, she brings her passionate and entertaining keynotes on confidence, disability culture, workplace inclusivity, authenticity, and identity to brands, organizations, cultural centers, and college campuses.

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About Lachi

Lachi is a boundary-breaking artist, lyricist, author, and award-winning executive whose work lives at the intersection of Billboard-charts, global keynotes, and visionary leadership development. Lachi brings a refreshingly bold yet grounded perspective to conversations around leadership, self-worth, and emotional resilience, often sprinkling in music, humor and a touch of glam. Born legally blind and proudly neurodivergent, Lachi has mastered the art of showing up unapologetically, winning the game of life on the hardest settings, and teaches others how to do the same.

Whether performing on global stages, keynoting at Fortune 500 companies, storytelling for TEDx audiences, or consulting with cultural institutions, Lachi delivers an energizing message: authentic leadership and true creativity begins where fear ends. Her compelling blend of story, strategy, and showmanship helps audiences transform self-doubt into confidence and turn limitations into launchpads.

As the founder and CEO of the U.N.-recognized organization RAMPD (a music platform equipping the music industry with disability-inclusive solutions that partners with the likes of the GRAMMYs, Netflix, and the CMAs), Lachi leads with purpose and vision. Her forward-thinking strategies have helped companies shift culture, build inclusive ecosystems, and drive meaningful innovation.

Lachi has been named a USA Today Woman of the Year, Inc Female Founder, and Forbes Accessibility Leader, and her insights have been featured by TIME Magazine, CNBC, Good Morning America, People, and the BBC. But beyond the accolades, what sets her apart is her ability to connect, on stage, in boardrooms, and with individuals navigating the highs and lows of personal growth and identity.

A master storyteller and entertainer, Lachi’s music and lyricisms, amplifying her disability identity with confidence and swagger, have consistently debuted on national charts, gone viral on social media, and garnered her an avid eclectic fanbase, dozens of awards, and shows across the globe. Lachi empowers audiences to embrace discomfort, reclaim their voice, and lead with radical self-belief. With a deep understanding of emotional resilience and mental wellbeing, she speaks candidly about self-advocacy, imposter syndrome, burnout, and the power of inner transformation.

Her sessions are high-energy, heartfelt, practical, and entertaining, blending music, lived experience, and executive insight to leave audiences not only inspired to act, but equipped to lead with clarity and confidence.

Book Lachi if you’re looking for a speaker who will leave your audience moved, motivated, and ready to rise.
Speaking Topics

Radical Confidence in a World That Wants You Quiet

In this high-energy and empowering keynote, Lachi takes audiences on a journey from self-doubt to self-command. Sharing lessons from her rise as a visionary executive, her radio-charting career, and her unapologetic approach to leadership, Lachi challenges attendees to embrace unexpected parts of themselves to harness their true voice. Through humor, music, and masterful storytelling, Lachi empowers audiences of all backgrounds to reframe fear, overcome imposter syndrome, and lead with authenticity—even in the most high-pressure rooms.

Expect: laughter, lyricism, and live strategies for showing up unapologetically. This talk can be a keynote, a keynote concert (incorporating piano/vocal music) or a fire-side chat.

Key takeaways:
● How to rewire self-doubt into self-command
● Why radical confidence is a leadership advantage
● Daily tools to practice bold authenticity

Unlocking Your Inner Visionary

What does it take to lead, innovate, excel and win when the world keeps raising the stakes? Lachi, who “wins big playing life on hard,” offers an unfiltered and energizing talk on how adversity can sharpen leadership, deepen creativity, and clarify purpose. Revealing real-world tips and secrets on how she went from a misunderstood blend-in, to a Forbes, New York Times, and White House recognized stand out. Drawing from her experience rising through the ranks in the music industry, founding an award-winning advocacy platform, and establishing her voice in executive boardrooms, Lachi reveals how perceived limitations can become purpose-fueling launchpads when approached with intention and imagination.

Expect: powerful stories, actionable frameworks, and a musical perspective on resilience. This talk can be a keynote or fire-side chat.

Key takeaways:
● How to transform setbacks into creative breakthroughs
● Leadership mindsets that thrive under pressure
● The connection between emotional resilience and innovation

Disability Culture, Identity, and Power in a Fractured World

Disability isn’t deficit, it’s a source of untapped creativity, innovation, and resilience. In this bold, affirming keynote, I Identify as Blind author Lachi invites audiences to unlearn the myths of limitation, explore the impact disability has had on innovation and culture, past and present, delve into their own relationship with disability and neurodivergence, and understand the history of pathologization in order to deconstruct it. From pop culture deep dives to historical takes, and drawing on her own lived experience, artistic journey, and leadership work, Lachi reframes disability as a tool for adaptability, creativity, and radical self-acceptance, and visionary power.

Expect: real talk, cultural insights, and an empowering roadmap for turning perceived weaknesses into superpowers—without losing your wellness in the process. This talk can be a keynote, a keynote concert (incorporating piano/vocal music) or a fire-side chat.

Key takeaways:
● A redefined understanding of disability as identity and culture, not tragedy
● How to unlock personal and collective power through difference
● Come as you are. Leave tapped into your power

Categories: Innovation + Creativity Speakers, Art + Design Speakers, Black History Month Speakers, College + University Speakers, Diversity, Equity & Inclusion Speakers, Mental Health and Disability Awareness Speakers, Motivational + Inspirational Speakers, Performer+ Musician Speakers, TED Talks Speakers, Women's History Month Speakers
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Dis Education: Flipping The Script on How We View Disability | Lachi Music | TEDxCherry Creek Women

Live Performance of Dis Education at Disability:IN

Good Day Street Talk: Championing Disability Rights, NYC Support Systems, Activism in Music

Find Your Voice – Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs

Stories from the Stage | Extraordinary Women
Praise for Lachi

I consider her to be a […] dynamic woman who is a leader, not just in the music world, but in who she is as a human being and what she is sharing with us in the world.

— Judy Heumann, International Disability Rights Icon (1947-2023)

We were thrilled to welcome Lachi as a featured speaker to the entire undergraduate student body. Lachi serves as a wonderful role model for musicians and industry professionals of any color, gender, genre, or ability, and we are so grateful that she shared her time and her story with our students.

— New York University Steinhardt Music Business School

We loved Lachi! Her presentation was amazing, her energy was infectious, and her discussion topics were motivational, informative and thought provoking. The feedback we’ve received from attendees has been excellent.

— 3 Play Media

So many teachers and parents have commented on how much they loved Lachi’s performance and message. […] Lachi’s words resonated with everyone in the audience and inspired a fantastic evening.

— IDEAL School of Manhattan

The event was amazing! We received really positive feedback from the members that attended. [They] learned a lot and enjoyed Lachi’s engaging personality and humor.

— Discover Financial Services
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Media About Lachi

Singer Lachi’s New Book I Identify as Blind Defines Disability as a Cultural Movement — See the Cover! (Exclusive)

Lachi on Her Work With the Recording Academy and Making the Grammys More Accessible

The Biggest Shift in Music (That Nobody’s Talking About)

Blind singer-songwriter Lachi makes her name by raising canes as an activist

Legally Blind Singer Lachi Releases “Lift Me Up” to Raise Disability Awareness

RAMPD’s Lachi Music is Empowering Music Professionals with Disabilities

Blind Musician Lachi Opens Up On Coming Out Of The Disability Closet