Message from TEDxTrafford Curator
Martina Witter is a Civic Leader, Vice Chair of GMCA Race Equality Panel, EDI Lead for CIPD Manchester and a Workplace Wellbeing Consultant and Award Winning Mental health Speaker, speaker coach.
As a Speaker Coach she is committed to unlocking human potential through storytelling, empowerment, and community connection.
As the Curator of TEDxTrafford, Martina brings a wealth of experience in coaching, public speaking, and psychological wellbeing. With a background as a Cognitive Behaviour therapist and Workplace Wellbeing Expert and Founder of Rapha Therapy and Training Services, she has spent over 20 years helping individuals and organizations build emotional resilience and lead with purpose.
Martina is deeply committed to curating conversations that matter those that explore identity, adversity, and transformation. Her work champions underrepresented voices, celebrating the richness of diverse perspectives rooted in lived experience, culture, and community.
The 2025 theme, "Rooted & Rising: Stories of Identity and Community Resilience," reflects Martina’s personal and professional mission: to honour where we come from, so we can grow into who we’re meant to become together.
The 2026 theme ; Future proof: human by design captures Martina's belief that as technology, work and society rapidly evolve, our greatest advantage is designing a future rooted in humanity, inclusion, resilience and purposeful connection.
Through TEDxTrafford, Martina invites speakers, creatives, and changemakers to rise from their roots, share their truth, and spark powerful change.
