An evening celebrating diversity with authors of different backgrounds, Imperial As One’s Meet the Author series continues to drive authentic and interesting authors to bring together community and perspective.
Dr Lynda Ince-Greenaway was born in Barbados and grew up there for the most formative years of her life. She emigrated to the UK with her mother and siblings in 1965 after the death of her father. She completed her formal education at Shephalbury Secondary School in Stevenage Hertfordshire, and began her career as a nurse, but later changed careers and became a credentialed social worker. She acted in the role of manager of two social work teams gaining most of her experience in child protection work. With the intention of making a difference, she became successful after setting up her freelance business and consultancy services. She was awarded a finalist certificate in 2001 for Black Business owners in the Social and Humanitarian category.
Over a period of ten years, Dr Ince-Greenaway worked as a senior lecturer on the Child Care Diploma, BA and MA in Social Work courses at the University of Hertfordshire. She received an MPhil from Brunel University West London and her doctorate from the University of Birmingham, school of social policy. She wrote her first book in 1998 which resulted from her MPhil dissertation about the lived experiences of young black people transitioning out of the local authority care system. Dr Ince-Greenaway also published her work in edited textbooks and monographs.
She became a Performance Life Coach and a certified trainer in coaching the success principles having earned the certified code of ethics. Dr Greenaway established another arm of her business to include her coaching services. Currently, she is a Leadership and well-being Life coach. She is an educationalist, freelance trainer, certified life coach and motivational speaker.
Dr Ince-Greenaway recently published her memoir, Hard Truth: Growing out of Adversity. It tells the remarkable story of her journey towards healing and resilience. Told through Christian lenses she describes the moments that drastically changed and shaped her life as well as the values that sustained her through a bitter experience. Hard Truth is a compelling and dynamic story of triumph over adversity, progress over brokenness and success over misfortune. It is written for audiences everywhere, for people of diverse cultural groups and for people of all faiths and ages.