From Setbacks to Strengths – Leveraging Your Life Lessons

Life doesn’t always follow a straight path. Sometimes, the setbacks and curveballs along the way can leave us feeling behind, unqualified, or like we’ve missed our shot. This keynote invites attendees to reflect on their life experiences and recognize the strengths they’ve developed along the way. Whether it’s learning to stretch a dollar, navigating unfamiliar spaces, or finding ways to keep going through uncertainty, those challenges have built resourcefulness, resilience, work ethic, and self-advocacy. We’ll explore how to turn those lived experiences into tools for financial stability, career growth, and long-term success.

ABOUT KESHIA BUTLER
Keshia Butler is a Certified Financial Education Instructor who knows what it's like to scrape your knees financially and still muster up the strength to get back up. Growing up with little guidance on money, she stumbled through early adulthood living paycheck to paycheck, getting evicted, and drowning in debt. Determined to break free from that cycle, she dove into the industry of financial services at 20 years old, in order to gain hands-on experience as a personal banker, loan underwriter, and licensed insurance agent. By applying the job training to her own life, she was able to pay off her debt, buy her first home, and discover the financial confidence she once thought was out of reach.

Now, Keshia brings that journey full circle as the founder of Scraped Knee Finance, a financial education company built for underserved communities. She designs workshops and content that are transparent, relatable, and culturally grounded, helping people move from survival mode to stability with practical, behavior-focused guidance. Today, she’s here to show you how to learn from the missteps, take control of your money, and hit milestones you once thought were impossible.