Dominique Waltower

Dominique is a violence prevention advocate and a dynamic motivational speaker who has presented nationally and internationally about his journey through domestic violence. He speaks about being a victim as a child, becoming abusive as an adult and what was necessary for him to not only change his behavior but to change his thinking about abuse. Dominique speaks about the important difference between a behavior change and a heart/mind change. He speaks about a difficult topic with a candidness and sensitivity that promotes thought, understanding and introspection from the audience. Dominique provides listeners with a rare first person view into the mentality of a former abuser. His authenticity about his experience is very powerful and thought provoking. 

 Dominique holds a bachelor's degree in sociology and has worked in the social services field for over 20 years. He started working in group homes while in college and has also worked in drug treatment, probation, as an investigative social worker, high school dropout prevention, and more recently as a job coach. Dominique has dedicated a significant portion of his life toward helping and healing others. Dominique also speaks about the need to heal himself highlighting the lack of self care while working in human services. Dominique has been able to take his professional knowledge, personal experience and combine them into a powerful testimony of perseverance, resilience, courage, healing and inspiration.