Tuwan Spencer

Tuwan Spencer is an award-winning, nationally and internationally recognized speaker, author, entrepreneur, Emotional Regulation Expert, Certified Mental Health Coach, and founder of LIONH3ARTED. Through powerful storytelling and practical frameworks, he equips leaders, professionals, organizations, and emerging generations to understand how emotional regulation, resilience, self-leadership, and accountability shape the way people perform, lead, communicate, and navigate adversity.

Spencer’s perspective is rooted not only in professional expertise, but in extraordinary personal transformation. After experiencing incarceration at 17, he rebuilt his life through education, entrepreneurship, authorship, and service, ultimately transforming lived experience into work that reaches audiences across sectors. He holds degrees in Early Childhood Education and Business Administration, is a multi-published author, and has been recognized for his leadership, entrepreneurship, and community impact. Today, Spencer brings a rare ability to connect the boardroom, classroom, workforce, and community, challenging audiences to move beyond inspiration toward measurable personal and organizational transformation.

His message is simple but demanding: Understand Yourself. Regulate Yourself. Lead Yourself.