Orla McKeating

Orla McKeating is an entrepreneur, coach and a TEDx speaker from Belfast, Northern Ireland.

Orla co-founded STILL I RISE – Diversity Story Telling for kids in 2019 in order to share stories with young children with true representation and role models, stories that celebrate different types of families, abilities, race, people, abilities, emotional well-being and more through stories and workshops to promote kindness and acceptance for our little humans to make impact as our next generation on our planet.

She an international accredited life coach trainee specialising in marginalised women to see more diversity in leadership positions, reaching goals and more diverse role models. Orla works with under-represented women to fight bias, build self-confidence and belief to move forward with integrity and vision both in a professional and personal level.

Passionate about equality and influenced by extraordinary women, Orla’s writing and public speaking raises awareness in issues typically attached to stigma. She maintains an outstanding commitment to learning and sharing time, knowledge and experience to those around her.

Orla was recently featured in the 13 Women Who Break the Bias List 2022, she was awarded a fellowship with 2021 Acumen Academy UK, was nominated for UK Positive Role Model 2021 in the National Diversity Awards featured in the Diverse In Global 145 Inspiring Women Leaders of 2020, is on the UK #iAlso f:Entrepreneur Top 100 2019 and was featured in the Northern Ireland 40 Under 40 List 2018.

Orla is a Single Mother to Elliot, aged 9.