My name is Emmanuel Velasco, and I’m the founder of “I Learned It From The Internet” (ILIFTI) — a global movement helping people unlock their God-given potential through practical tools, deep inner work, and unapologetic leadership.

But I didn’t start here.

My story begins in a place of silence — not because I had nothing to say, but because I didn’t believe my voice mattered. For years, I carried unhealed parts of me, trying to hold it all together while quietly breaking inside. But I discovered something: what breaks us can also build us — if we let it.

This talk was created for the ones who feel like they're one decision away from becoming who they were always meant to be. For the leaders in hiding. The dreamers who forgot how to dream. The parents, the healers, the builders — anyone who’s ever wondered if now is their time.