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Invite Avaymaria Brown to Speak

Avaymaria Brown is a Tampa Bay Broker Associate, team leader, author and community connector. She speaks about intentional living, leadership and rebuilding after life's hardest seasons, with practical steps audiences can use the same week.

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Keynotes · Panels · Workshops · Fireside chats · Virtual sessions · Podcasts and media

About Avaymaria

Avaymaria leads Brown Portfolio Group at Engel & Völkers South Tampa and coaches agents and entrepreneurs on building sustainable businesses. Before real estate she worked as a quality healthcare consultant, and from 2017 to 2021 she founded and ran Maria's House, a West Hempstead, NY nonprofit supporting people facing housing instability, adolescent parents and teens aging out of foster care.

She is the author of The Luxury in Healing: Letters of a Grieving Mother and The Intentional Credit Blueprint, and she organizes and coordinates the Tampa Bay Entrepreneurial Ball.

Signature Topics

INTENTIONAL LIVING

Live Your Luxury: Intentional Living by Design

Luxury as a set of daily decisions about time, money, relationships and place, not a price tag.

RESILIENCE

Building Through Grief and Transition

How to keep moving, personally and professionally, when life changes without permission. Drawn from The Luxury in Healing.

ENTREPRENEURSHIP

Entrepreneurship with Structure

Systems, accountability and planning that turn effort into a business that runs.

LEADERSHIP

Women in Business and Leadership

Leading a team, building partnerships and growing without burning out.

FINANCIAL READINESS

Financial Readiness and Homeownership

Credit, budgeting and preparing for a first home, taught as education.

CONNECTION

Meaningful Connections

Networking that builds relationships between people, places and purpose.

Who She Speaks To

  • Schools and youth programs
  • Nonprofits
  • Professional and real estate associations
  • Women's leadership groups
  • Corporate teams and ERGs
  • Faith and community events

Engagement Formats

  • Keynotes (30–60 min)
  • Panels
  • Workshops (60–120 min)
  • Fireside chats
  • Virtual sessions
  • Podcast and media

Community Involvement

Avaymaria is an ambassador and advocate for foster care, a cause rooted in her work with Maria's House supporting teens aging out of the foster system. She champions youth development and community empowerment across Tampa Bay.

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