Gabriella Van Rij, Author & Advocate Takes On Bullies, Intolerance And Adversity, On Dare To Dream.

PRLog (Press Release) - Jul. 17, 2012 - No stranger to adversity, Gabriella van Rij is an individual that has dared to live life with all her might. Born in Pakistan and adopted into a Dutch family at the age of three, Gabriella understands what it is to not fit in and to deal with all forms of intolerance and adversity. It is these experiences that have propelled her in life and guided her journey of self-acceptance.

Gabriella, and her multicultural team at We Open Doors, strives to educate audiences worldwide concerning the issues of racism, intolerance, prejudice, bullying, adoption, and multiculturalism. She is viewed as one of the leading experts on these issues in North America, regularly contributing to media outlets and news sources. As an advocate and an activist, she also takes the initiative to raise awareness on these issues through presenting in schools across the country.

With All My Might is her first book currently available in English, Spanish, French, German, Dutch, Arabic, Hindi, and Punjabi. Her second book, a children's version of With All My Might, titled I Can Find My Might is currently available.  www.gabriellavanrij.com

Gabriella's book, With All My Might (www.withallmymight.com), chronicles her life's journey from an orphanage in Pakistan to adoption into a Dutch family in the 1960s and the racism, intolerance, and bullying that she endured and how she has overcome those very obstacles and embraced her uniqueness, identity, and individuality. Her experiences have helped establish her as one of the leading experts on these issues in North America.

Gabriella is an accomplished interviewer as she has appeared on WGN; CBS affiliates in Tampa, Sarasota, St. Petersburg, Miami, Atlanta, Phoenix, and San Francisco; Global TV in Canada; Conversations with Cyrus Webb; The Total Tutor Education Network and other numerous radio interviews, and Fox 5 in Las Vegas.

Launching a US media tour conducting interviews to address women's issues in the workplace; intolerance; the anti-bullying initiatives in the States and Canada; Gabriella reviews/critiques Bully: The Movie and serves as an interim spokesperson. Gabriella's interviews are all located on YouTube.

To learn more, listen to Debbi Dachinger as she interviews Gabriella van Rij on Dare to Dream radio, on live radio or on podcast at: http://www.deborahdachinger.com/interview-archives. Debbi Dachinger’s Dare to Dream radio show is a syndicated, multi-award winning program, featured in news sources around the world. Dachinger is the bestselling author of the book Dare to Dream: This Life Counts.

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