Essie Faye is an international bestselling author, speaker, psalmist, and interpreter. A veteran bilingual educator with National Board Certification, she holds degrees from Northwestern University and Rockford College. Essie is CEO of KenMar Press and The Essie Faye Collection, author of Finding the Love You Deserve and Empower Youth series, and a contributor to The Kitchen Devotional. She writes devotionals for the Devotionals From the Heart Blog and the YouVersion Bible App. A Chicago native and worship leader, she has helped build bilingual ministries at five churches. A survivor of divorce, domestic violence, and abandonment, she is passionate about encouraging women, youth, and minorities to pursue God and purpose. Learn more at www.essiefaye.com, listen on SoundCloud, and follow her on Instagram and Facebook.