Maria Bryan is a trauma-informed storytelling trainer. She is the host of the When Bearing Witness® podcast and facilitates the When Bearing Witness® Trauma-Informed Storytelling Certification Program.
Maria’s work helps nonprofit leaders tell powerful and impactful stories that resist harm. Over the past 15+ years in the nonprofit and public sector, Maria has trained thousands globally in person and virtually—focusing on trauma-informed storytelling and purpose-driven marketing.
"Maria’s empathy and facilitation skills created a truly supportive space for my cohort to connect and share ideas. I appreciated the way she welcomed silence (a rare skill on Zoom!), and how she reflected our thoughts back to us with such insight. Maria always had a thoughtful answer or suggestion for every challenge we shared, and I am grateful for her wisdom."