Student Leadership & Inspirational SEL Focused Trainings

Developing Resilient Student Leaders, Inspiring Teams, Shaping Positive School Culture.

Look Up and Beyond Programs equip students to become resilient leaders. Our customized programs develop essential leadership skills, build positive habits, improve communication skills, overcome challenges, and gain tools to confidently shape a future of hope and impact.

Student & Youth Programs Available

Teens/Students/College Student Leaders

Available in Keynote (60 minutes) or up to half-day (4 hour) trainings/ Graduations/ School Kick-Off Events

LINKS Leadership Model

Developing Resilient Student Leaders, Inspiring Teams, Shaping Positive School Culture
youth and students

The **LINKS Leadership Model** is a dynamic leadership experience where students collaborate with administrators, teachers, and parents to create a lasting, positive impact on the school community. Through monthly meetings, student leaders gain hands-on experience in planning, executing, and reviewing projects that improve both teaching practices and student performance. This collaborative approach, aligned with the school's mission and leadership training, empowers students to lead with purpose, build resilience, and contribute to shaping a positive and thriving school culture.

The Leadership Game Experience for Students

Unlock the potential of all your students, including underperforming and ESL learners, with The Leadership Game Experience. This interactive tool builds resilience, strengthens teamwork, and fosters leadership in a fun and supportive environment.

Build Leadership Skills: Help all students, regardless of academic performance or language barriers, develop the confidence and resilience to lead their peers.

Enhance Teamwork: Promote collaboration and unity, creating a stronger, more inclusive community.

Address Key Issues: Provide a safe space for students to discuss challenges and foster personal growth.

Foster Communication: Encourage meaningful discussions that improve teamwork and understanding across diverse student groups.

Ready to inspire your students to become confident, impactful leaders? Contact us to book The Leadership Game Experience today!

What others are saying

“Jessica connected with all of our students as she inspired them to look Up and Beyond. Every school needs to partner with Jessica.”

D. DELLAPORTA, MS
Student Life Specialist/ Division of Student Affairs at Borough of Manhattan Community College

“It was super fun and engaging, I loved how social and friendly everyone was.”

LETICIA
Project Connect, Imperial County

“Jessica customizes her presentations to meet the needs of her audience and keeps her momentum and energy consistent and provides multiple interactive activities to keep them engaged.”

ADRIAN GONZALEZ

Program Manager, Project Connect, Imperial County

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my story

Here is the Middle School graduation picture of my younger sister, Vicky. Vicky is a driving force behind everything I do today. My sister never had the opportunity to take her High School graduation picture or even celebrate her Sweet Sixteen birthday. Vicky and I were three years apart and very close. We were the best of friends. On that fateful day when I received the news that she was murdered, a piece of me was lost. To this day, I wonder about the type of woman she would have become if her life was not taken.

Growing up, we were surrounded by abuse, dysfunction and poverty which played a strong part in shaping our decisions. During those years, I suffered from depression. I was at my lowest. I tried to numb my pain with alcohol and drugs instead of facing my life. I thought the only way to deal with my life was to end it so, as a teenager, I attempted suicide. And when I thought things could not get worse, I was sexually assaulted. I was convinced my life was cursed and doomed for failure. I believed that if I were gone from the planet, so no one would care. I attempted suicide two more times. Vicky had her own way of dealing with the pain, including running away and surrounding herself with the wrong crowd.

Unfortunately, it cost her her life.

I learned quickly how our environment and the people we choose to associate with can make or break us.

After Vicky's death, life did not have the same meaning for me. But little by little something inside of me changed.

While I was grieving I was doing some soul searching. I discovered a new determination to live life purposefully and to use Vicky's story as inspiration to rise above my negative past.

Through a long journey of personal development and prayer I began working on myself and seeing myself differently.

Then one day I experienced a transformational moment where I separated my identity from the negative situations I had been through. The idea, “What happened to me is not who I am" changed the trajectory of my life from that point forward.

I was finally able to look up and beyond the pain and negativity to create a new vision for my life. I was able to experience professional success, marry my best friend and raise three amazing children.

Sometimes we go through the most difficult experiences so that we can be a light to others who are experiencing similar darkness.

In honor of my sister Vicky, I am on a mission to help people:

“look up and beyond”

their negative pasts, end the cycle of bad choices that can lead to tragedy, and create a future that is filled with purpose.

Everyone, especially our youth, needs to know that despite their circumstances, they matter. Their voice matters. God has a purpose for them – and it is powerful.

Read Jessica’s Memoir, ‘My Colored World’, Here

You are NOT what happened to you.

The biggest tragedy is seeing a young person live way below their potential and give up even before they've started. “Look Up and Beyond" was created to change and save lives with practical, engaging and reflective strategies that students can use to become resilient, emotionally healthy and purpose driven with a unique vision.

Every parent, counselor and mentor will want their students to know these trauma informed strategies. Jessica’s best selling book on Amazon will allow the reader to break free from their challenging past, press forward and create the bright future they rightfully deserve.

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I’M JESSICA JANNIERE

I'm Jessica Janniere, Founder of Look Up and Beyond Inc., and a nationally recognized Adversity Expert and Certified Leadership Coach. My journey in leadership has led me to national platforms where I've made a significant impact in workforce development. My passion for this work began as a teenager in the Summer Youth Employment Program (SYEP), where I saw firsthand the power of career guidance.

I've partnered with organizations like NYATEP, CWA, and Tompkins County Youth Development Services, transforming challenges into triumphs for both individuals and organizations. As a John Maxwell Certified Behavioral Analysis Consultant, I specialize in enhancing team dynamics and workplace culture, turning work environments into catalysts for growth.

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