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Nearby: Vasavi Kumar Dedicates Her Life to Helping Others Find Their Purpose

Kumar has created an online life coaching web site, VasaviKumar.com

Vasavi Kumar, a North Bellmore native, remembered being teased as a child for being different.

"I was one of the few Indian people in North Bellmore and I was bullied a lot and beaten up," she said. "That could have knocked me down, but it brought me up and made me have compassion for others who are suffering."

The 31-year-old life coach and social worker has dedicated her life to helping others define what they want in every area of their lives through her online coaching site, VasaviKumar.com.

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The site includes coaching videos and seminars that help people deal with life's occurrences.

"I have experienced being in a dark place," she said. "I want people to know that you can have anything that you want in this life."

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Kumar, who resides in Kansas, was born in Coney Island and moved to North Bellmore when she was 1-years-old.

She went to Saw Mill Road Elementary School and Grand Avenue Middle School. She graduated from Boston University and then received a Masters in Special Education from Hofstra University and a Masters in Social Work from Columbia University.

After she completed her studies, she worked with sex trafficking survivors in India for a year. She then participated in an accredited coaching training program and began to counsel others at the time. 

Kumar started her business in 2010.

"I was born to be an entrepreneur," she said. "I wanted a global reach because my business is online."

Kumar now has clients all over the country as well as in India, China and Belgium.

She also hosts retreats, speaks at events and has created a new program, The Art of Taking Confident Action.

"This will help people discover what they want in life and then make it happen," Kumar said.  

She said that in order for people to be any good for others, they have to be good to themselves.

"You have to make sure your life is handled so you can help other people," she said.

To that kid that is being picked on for being "different," Kumar had a message.

"When someone is not nice to you, they don't like themselves," she said. "Don't ever let what they say about you define you. Let it be your fuel to succeed."   


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