Dr. Dorina Ebuwa is the Top-4 Finalist for National Teacher of the Year and a Florida Teacher of the Year. Affectionately called “Miss Dorito” by teachers and students, Dorina was recognized by First Lady and Educator Dr. Jill Biden for excellence in equitable teaching practices and advocating for Multilingual Learners. With her unique teaching style, Dr. Dorito has spent the past 28 years empowering ALL students of diverse backgrounds at the K-16 and adult learner level. An expert in building solid relationships that result in successful learning experiences for students and teachers, Dr. Ebuwa strongly believes that “Lens of Life” teaching, connecting content to community, and Transformative Emotional Intelligence (TEI) make up the true learning experience.
As an expert and certified coach in Transformative Emotional Intelligence (TEI), Dr. Dorito takes her classroom and coaching experiences, collaborative educator workshops, and internationally recognized doctoral research with her around the globe inspiring, motivating, empowering, and celebrating teachers, leaders, students, communities, stakeholders, and educational organizations. From innovative, personalized professional development filled with successful and differentiated strategies to authentic “real talk” about what teaching and leading looks like for the current 2025-2026 school year and beyond, Dr. Ebuwa encourages all educators to B.E.L.I.E.V.E.! – Be the Educated who Lead to Inspire and Empower Via Empathy!®
Dorina truly “practices what she teaches” and believes in the importance of living a passionate life outside the classroom or educational setting by setting boundaries for self-reflection and self-preservation. Therefore, when not wearing the many hats of an educator, consultant, author, purposeful PD maker, and inspirational motivational impacter, Dr. Dorito dons a Stetson and works on her “Franch”, tending to her beloved rescue and special needs cows, goats, chickens, ponies, Sicilian mini donkeys, Great Pyrenees,Anatolian Shepard guard dog, and sneaky barn cat named “Cool Ranch”. She is diligently working on turning The Franch into The B.E.L.I.E.V.E.! Center of Emotional Intelligence, a non-for-profit safe space where districts, schools, and positive organizations come to build their teams through trust, TEI, laughter, connection, and some good old fashioned bucolic bliss. Ask Dorito about the Grand Opening! Contact her today, if you B.E.L.I.E.V.E.!