Laura E. Knights, LCSW is an author, speaker, and executive coach that has been developing professional and personal development programs for the last 16 years in the areas of youth development, entrepreneurship, leadership development, and women's empowerment.  

Whether at work, volunteering in the community, or interacting with her family; Laura believes that every experience is an opportunity to minister to others and show God’s love. Her first introduction to women’s ministry was as a Women’s Prayer Group leader for her peers during her college years. As a young woman who was seeking and growing in her own personal relationship with God, she helped her peers to remain steadfast in their faith while striving to strike a balance as college students. This experience sparked a passion in her for ministering to women and girls. 

Laura would later go on to facilitate six more girl’s empowerment groups over the years in both Christian settings and in secular settings as a social worker. After developing relationships with several teen girls in her church, she realized a need to work with those young women to help them learn about God’s Word, His love, and how it could transform their life. She then started her first group under the “Destined D.I.V.A.” title.