Counseling & Rehabilitation
Direct service work helping individuals navigate barriers to employment, education, and independence.
Meet Kelli Frederick, M.A.
Author. Speaker. Advocate. Leader.
For over 20 years, Kelli Frederick has dedicated her career to helping people overcome barriers, reclaim their voice, and move forward with purpose.
I Pivot. I Don't Quit.
I'm Kelli Frederick — author, speaker, advocate, empowerment coach, accessibility leader, doctoral scholar, and Founder & CEO of Empowerment Coaching Global LLC. My work is rooted in the belief that pain does not get the final word.
Over the course of my 20-year career, I have worked across counseling, vocational rehabilitation, workforce development, higher education, student success, disability access and accommodations, leadership, advocacy, and public-facing service. I have sat with people in their hardest moments and helped them find a path forward.
I understand what it means to experience pain, loss, trauma, ableism, rejection, and circumstances that try to silence your voice. That lived experience is not separate from my professional work — it is the foundation of it.
Education & Expertise
Credentials & Background
Education, expertise, and a career built on purpose.
- Master of Arts (MA)Graduate-level education in counseling and human services
- Doctoral ScholarActively pursuing doctoral studies in leadership and advocacy
- Empowerment CoachCoaching practice focused on voice, purpose, and forward movement
- Accessibility Leader20+ years in disability access, accommodations, and advocacy
- Workforce DevelopmentExtensive experience in employment, education, and independence pathways
- Higher EducationStudent success, disability services, and institutional advocacy
20 Years of Service
A Career Built on Purpose
My professional journey has spanned multiple sectors — all connected by a single thread: helping people who have been overlooked find their footing and move forward. I have worked in counseling, vocational rehabilitation, workforce development, higher education, student success, disability access and accommodations, leadership, advocacy, and public-facing service. Every role has deepened my understanding of what it means to be marginalized, underestimated, and still rise.
Disability Access & Advocacy
Leading accommodations, accessibility initiatives, and systemic advocacy for people with disabilities.
Higher Education & Student Success
Supporting students — especially those from marginalized communities — in accessing and completing their education.
Workforce Development
Connecting people to meaningful employment pathways and the tools they need to sustain them.
Leadership & Public Service
Serving in leadership roles that center equity, access, and the voices of those most often left out.
Empowerment Coaching
One-on-one and group coaching rooted in advocacy, lived experience, and the belief that every person has a purpose worth pursuing.
The Movement
Why I Built This Movement
Empowerment Coaching Global LLC was not born from a business plan. It was born from lived experience — from knowing what it feels like to be in a box that wasn't designed for you, to be told your voice doesn't matter, to be overlooked in systems that were supposed to help.
I created this movement for people who are tired but not done. For people who have been wounded but are still standing. For people who need someone to say: your pain does not get the final word. You are still here. You are still becoming.
I do not believe people should be forced to fit into boxes that ignore their identity, experience, abilities, needs, or purpose. I meet people where they are — while helping them establish and pursue meaningful goals.
— Kelli Frederick, M.A.
"Pain does not get the final word."
Let's Connect
Ready to Connect?
Kelli is available for speaking engagements, advocacy partnerships, coaching, and professional opportunities. Reach out to start the conversation.