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A woman with short gray hair, wearing glasses, a red blazer, and patterned pants, sitting against a wooden background, smiling with her hand resting on her cheek. Text overlay with her name, Tricia Creason-Valencia, and her roles as a speaker, filmmaker, and community builder, including a tagline about storytelling and mental health.

MeetTricia!

Our stories connect us.

I guide educators, creatives, parents, and leaders in harnessing the power of personal storytelling & creativity to explore identity, improve mental health and spark change in themselves and their communities.

Tricia Speaks! offers keynote speeches, creativity workshops, educational consulting and retreat facilitation.

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As Seen On

NBC Bay Area
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Testimonials

  • A woman with purple hair and glasses speaks at a Rotary Club event, standing behind a podium with a Rotary Club banner. She is wearing a floral dress and a necklace, with a presentation slide visible in the background.

    Thank you for sharing your story. I’m so grateful to know you and to take some of your life lessons to heart. Your strength, kindness, compassion, and perseverance are deeply admired

    Karen, President of Rotary San Jose

  • A woman and a young girl are standing and smiling while holding smartphones in a room with electronic equipment and a laptop in the background.

    Tricia is an amazing female role model. Because of her mentorship and teachings, I am forever changed. She is making the world a better place one student and one film at a time.

    Santa Clara University Student

  • A woman with short gray hair, glasses, and a black top, sitting in an office chair, smiling and gesturing with her right hand.

    Tricia is a rockstar. She empowers. She is infectious. She helps others shine in the mirror of her own luminosity!

    Ashley, Creative Workshop Participant

  • A middle-aged woman with short gray hair and glasses speaking into a microphone on a stage, with a colorful, patterned jacket and a teal top, gesturing with her left hand.

    The content was fascinating and eye-opening. Thank you for making me push past my comfort zone.

    Workshop participant

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View fullsize I got to say something I deeply believe in this interview with @kqedarts: Everyone is creative. In this article highlighting the #WeCreate408 campaign, I talk about the healing power of creativity, with an educator twist. I'm grateful to the San J
View fullsize As part of the #WeCreate408 challenge, my friends and I took a “play walk” through @artwalksj. I was looking for moments that exuded playfulness, connection & joy. The live Variety TV Show Extravaganza on @creatvsanjose at @open.san.j
View fullsize What a lovely morning at the YMCA Project Cornerstone @projcornerstone breakfast! Natalie Nakase @natalienakase head Coach for the Golden State @valkyries, spoke about being a (super) competitive person, a walk on (!) for the UCLA’s Women&rsquo
View fullsize “Mama’s big purse” is a concept my kids grew up with, an essential part of the Creason commitment to sneaking candy into the movies. My dear friend, Erin Salazar @mauv.es custom painted my purse for me, inspired by my mama’s
View fullsize Then and now. I’ve felt deep joy alongside devastating pain. I still interrogate the female gaze. I’ve gained wisdom. I will always seek the magic. First photo: my headshot from film school circa 2000. Second photo: last week at Powe