Deo Mwano is a captivating speaker with a compelling personal story as well as expertise in business, community-building and DEI.
Book Deo TodayMwano’s presentations are inspiring, educational, thought-provoking and ignite action. He uses his background as a performer to keep audiences engaged and participating. His ice breakers are famous for getting everyone moving.
Mwano began sharing his story when he was just 11 years old after escaping war in Congo and moving to the USA as a refugee.
DEO'S STORYHis family history has been featured on Dancing with Stars, Tedx, The Moth, and Q Idea. Today he is a sought-after presenter for conferences, expos, conventions and fundraisers with compelling messages for a variety of industries including banking, tech, healthcare, real estate, K-12 schools, universities and community colleges.
"When I served as president of the New England Chapter of the American Dance Therapy Association (NEADTA), we had the honor of hosting Deo Mwano as keynote speaker at our 2019 conference, "Dancing Along the Continuum: Dance/Movement Therapy and Social Action." Deo started our conference on the literal and figurative right foot with his engaging presentation, "Ignite Your Creativity and Trust the Process." Through movement and words, Deo shared his experiences with teaching dance in various communities and publicly telling his story as a refugee. Deo demonstrated the transformative power of dance as a communicative art form, and highlighted the importance of openness and trust throughout the creative process."
"Deo Mwano masterfully led our Board through a tremendous amount of information, balancing the systemic and individual scales and grounding concepts in the specific kinds of work that we do and challenges we face. His training was engaging and compassionate and it continues to inspire important conversations in our organization"
Millicent Alhamis
Program/Project Manager