Trisha Roy
Speaker/Mentor/Instructor

Trisha Roy is an International speaker, writer and Influencer. Born in Kolkata, India - the city made famous as Mother Teresa's world headquarters, Trisha grew up learning about volunteer leadership skills and teaching and mentoring. As a twelfth grader, Trisha taught in her high school's free after-school education program for underprivileged children, through the Leadership Training Service (LTS) India.

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Trisha's educational background is diverse - Trisha went forward to earn a Masters degree in Ecology and Environment from the Indian Institute of Ecology and Environment. As part of her masters thesis, she was awarded a residential internship through a World Bank funded project - Project Red Panda. She was based out of the Darjeeling district and the Singhalilla National Park area in the lower Himalayas, She received a Distinction award for her Masters thesis.

Trisha also worked in tiger conservation, spending many hours as a worker on Tiger censuses, while at the same time utilizing her skills as a writer, to author many articles in India's national newspapers like The Statesman.

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Personal circumstances led to to her second Masters degree in Management, which she earned at Michigan's Kettering University (formerly General Motors Institute). Her passion and education in environmental issues led her to concentrate on the environmental impacts of the automobile industry in the Greater Flint area. She was awarded a Research Assistant-ship for her work.

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Trisha did her graduation walk with her second Masters degree, in 2002, while expecting her firstborn. And she stepped back from her education and career, to raise her boys, for the next ten years.

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Personal circumstances again led her to seek a way to support herself, emerging into a workplace with two Masters degrees in diverse, seemingly unrelated fields, and no experience. Even the local Waffle House would not give her a job, because she was determined not to upset her children's routine, and wanted to be present in the early morning to send them to school. She was also determined to remain in Gainesville, her hometown - again, to give her boys as much stability as possible, in terms of being close to both parents.

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It was at a moment of complete defeat, that Trisha remembered her love for homes, home design, and the real estate profession. And suddenly her whole world clicked into place. She obtained a license, and became a Realtor. And two years later, earned her broker license and opened her first brokerage.

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Real estate is the industry where all her skills, and her education background, every skill she had, was harnessed. And she was able to raise her boys with freedom to be present for all their life milestones, volunteer at their schools - every need she had was met by the profession of a Realtor.

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Trisha soon realized that her deep desire to help others find success, her experience in teaching, as well as her gift of writing, made her an ideal person to teach, and mentor. She obtained her Florida Real estate Instructor license.

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Over the next few years, Trisha has taken it upon herself to gain every possible skill as an instructor and mentor, gaining credentials aimed at being the best instructor she could be.

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She completed Florida Realtors'  Learning Centered Instructor Workshop, and attended their Spokesperson training. She completed a certificate course on speaking, from Cornell University, and most recently, became a Gold Standard Instructor through the Real Estate Educators Association. She is currently a candidate for her Distinguished Real Estate Instructor credentials.

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Trisha teaches and speaks around the world, leads classes and field trips and trade missions in various parts of the world.

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In her spare time, Trisha enjoys photography, writing, and spending time with her growing boys and close friends, and learns and practices Shotokan Karate - she earned her Black belt at the age of 52.

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