Linda Walls

 Honors:

1995 State Representative 85^th District of the State of Illinois' House Certificate: Outstanding Volunteer of Kankakee County in the Health & Human Services Category.

Junior League of Kankakee County's 1995 Outstanding Health & Human Services Volunteer of the Year Award.

Illinois State Medical Society auxiliary's 1994 Humanitarian Award.

WBBM Newsradio 78, November 6, 1994's, "WBBM's citizen of the Week."

My Qualifications:

Master Certified Coach

Graduate Certificate in Life Coaching

MA in Public Administration

MA in Communication Studies

Qualified Intellectual Disabilities Professional

Qualified Mental Health Professional

My strong desires to work in life coaching come from my personal experience as a survivor of great loss. I was stalked, and my four young children were murdered by my three youngest children's father on December 9, 1989. Because of my experiences I can relate and empathize with most survivors and victims. I also have extensive knowledge and experience as a for-profit business owner, a Qualified Intellectual Disabilities Professional (QIDP) and Qualified Mental Health Professional (QMHP), Advocate, Author, and Speaker.

I am currently pursuing a Doctor of Education in Organizational Leadership with an Emphasis in Care Administration.

Media Appearances:

 Domestic Violence- Faces of Fear. (Diane Sawyer's national documentary). Aired May 30, 1996. Topic: Linda Walls surviving her four children who were murdered by her  three youngest children’s father, and clips of her Self-Defense Against Stalking course at Governor State University

Metro Vision Cable TV's program, 4u. Aired August 2nd, 1994. Topic: Domestic Violence, and Talking. 

ABCs 10:00 p.m. news featured story. Aired: 1994. Linda surviving the loss of her four children, and anti-stalking workshop.

NBCs 4:00 p.m. news featured story. Aired 1994. Topic: Linda surviving the loss of her four children, and anti-stalking workshop.

The Oprah Winfrey Show (Guest). Air date: February 05, 1993. Topic: children murdered by parents.

 Featured in numerous local and national news articles as a survivor and active advocate of  victims of violent crimes.

Presentation:

The University of Illinois of Chicago, the Hospice epartment, and the Visiting urse Association of hicago's Memorial Service A Time To Remember. Keynote speaker (1995).

Cook County Probation Department program for parolees on the impact of violent crimes (1994).

Chicago Housing Authority (CHA) Conference: "In Our Own Hands: Strategies for Peace in Public Housing Communities." (1994).

Chicago Housing Authority's MAMA SAID program's retreat, "It's A Woman Thing." (1994).

Illinois Attorney General sponsored conference, "Conference On Violent Crimes." (1994).

Carver Preschool Parent Center's PEEP Program. "How To Survive When All Is Lost." (1994).

Lewis University, Lecture: "Life Experience and Survival." (1994).

Kankakee County Domestic Violence Program: Harbor House's Commemoration of the National Domestic Violence Week's keynote speaker, "Linda Walls tells her story." (2012).

Publication:

'STALKED.' Article published in the Winter 1994, National Coalition Against Domestic Violence Voice.