"People can forget what they hear but always remember how they were made to feel."
Working at the intersection of leadership, mental health, neurodiversity, and faith, for audiences across the GTA and beyond.
TEDxOntarioPublicService · 3rd Place, Speaker Slam Grand Slam Finals
Rimshah Ahmed started as a spoken word artist, the kind of speaker who says the thing everyone in the room is thinking but hasn't found words for. A TEDx talk and a 3rd-place Speaker Slam finish later, she's still doing exactly that, just from bigger stages.
She's a neurodivergent mother of three and a proud Muslim woman who has built a career refusing to shrink either of those things to fit a room. Her talks sit at the collision of faith, mental health, and identity, the parts most people are trained to leave offstage.
"My mission is to help people reconnect with their voice, lead with presence, and treat their identity as a strength instead of something to manage."
On identity, faith, and being seen fully, not despite the hijab, but through it.
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On the story behind that trophy, and what it actually took to earn it.
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On resilience, visibility, and the cost of shrinking to be palatable, drawn from her Speaker Slam Grand Slam Finals run.
Watch on YouTube →"She has lived experience and speaks it deeply."
Available for keynotes, workshops, and featured talks at conferences, corporate events, educational spaces, and community gatherings across the GTA and beyond.
Rimshah also takes on a limited number of 1:1 voice coaching clients, select it above if that's what you're inquiring about.