Dr. Dorina Ebuwa is a 2026 National Teacher Hall of Fame Finalist, a Top-4 Finalist for National Teacher of the Year, and a Florida Teacher of the Year. Affectionately called “Miss Dorito” by teachers, students, and commnities, Dr. Dorina was recognized by First Lady and Educator Dr. Jill Biden for excellence in equitable teaching practices and advocating for Multilingual Learners with empathy, compassion and her famous TLC squared: tender loving care and tough love culture. With her unique teaching and speaking style, Dr. Dorina has spent the past 28 years empowering ALL students and educators 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, teachers and communities, Dr. Dorina strongly believes that “Lens of Life” teaching, connecting content to community, “Reflequity”, Transformative Emotional Intelligence (TEI), and educator authenticity make up the true learning experience.
As an expert and certified coach in Transformative Emotional Intelligence (TEI), Dr. Dorina 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, learning and leading looks like for the current 2026-2027 school year and beyond, Dr. Dorina encourages all educators and community leaders 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 Pine Tree Path: a non-profit safe space where districts, schools, and positive community organizations come to build their teams through trust, TEI, laughter, connection, and some good old fashioned bucolic bliss. Ask Dr. Dorina about the Grand Opening coming soon! Contact her today, if you B.E.L.I.E.V.E.!