Jabali Sawicki

A little bit about Jabali

As a career, life, and purpose coach, I am committed to empowering you to find and create deep meaning and fulfillment in your personal and professional life and engage in work that is an expression of your truest most authentic self.

Originally born and raised in San Francisco, my circuitous path to coaching can be traced back to the work I’ve done and continue to do as an educator. Numerous twists, turns, and professional pivots have led me from teaching middle school science, to founding and running the country’s first single-sex public charter school serving predominantly Black males, helping found a non-profit digital learning organization currently serving over 6,000,000 students, working at a graduate school of education training and supporting teachers and leaders working in our nation’s high-needs public schools, and helping run a non-profit organization supporting youth and adults to explore, articulate, and pursue their purpose. 

My personal career journey has always been rooted in the transformative power of creating spaces and experiences that promote connection, belonging, impact, advocacy, growth, development, and joy. Whereas all of my professional experiences have been incredibly rewarding and meaningful in their own right, they’ve also served a deeper and more foundational role in my life, guiding me towards my true calling, coaching. My approach to coaching, an extension of my personal mission, focuses on helping develop expanded self-awareness and an increased capacity to live, work, and lead in greater presence and alignment to your sense of purpose. As a coach, I am committed to supporting you in your efforts to fully flourish and thrive in your career and as a human being.

My formal training was through Presence Based Coaching, a coaching framework anchored around mindfulness and somatic practices. 

When I’m not coaching I strive to maintain a life of service by serving on a number of boards including the Oprah Winfrey Leadership Academy, the Robin Hood Foundation, Summer Search National, Uncommon Schools in New York City, The German School of Brooklyn, and Breakthrough Collaborative.

I’m also a photographer, a runner, and a reader. I currently live in Brooklyn with my son. I am grateful to do this work.