Wani Iris Manly

Wani Iris Manly, Esq. is a TEDx and award-winning speaker, bestselling author, and lawyer who helps students and young leaders embrace change as a pathway to opportunity and success. For over two decades, she's practiced corporate and intellectual property law working with Fortune 500 companies like Mastercard and Visa while also building her own law firm and businesses.

In 2012 Wani made a bold leap—giving away nearly all of her belongings to three charities in Miami and moving to Paris after following daily signs received over a year. With less than $500, not speaking any French, not knowing anyone in Paris, she trusted the journey. That leap taught her one powerful truth: Changing changes everything®.

She’s the bestselling author of Get Out of Survival Mode and Live the Life You Really Want and has spoken at colleges worldwide, including Harvard, Cambridge, Oxford and Penn State.