DIANE K. HOUGHTON is an entrepreneur and the founder of Ursula Street, a Christian leadership academy committed to setting the foundation for people to become great leaders, starting with our youth. At Ursula Street, setting the foundation for great leadership begins with being able to formulate a vision for your future self and then having the life skills to implement it. Our goal is to remind students they were made for more and teach them how to aim for excellence in all things, under the leadership of the Almighty. At Ursula Street, we do this through a series of powerful seminars and workshops, radio and television, internet and live events, and resource materials and books. Seeding the planet with great leaders, peer mentors, and ultimately global ambassadors and influencers is how we can take back our kids and shift the global identity to be more authentic, healthy, and Christlike—one person at a time.
With a background in commercial real estate, a degree in Economics from the University of Irvine, and a Juris Doctorate from the University of San Diego School of Law, Diane brings a fundamentally different approach and perspective to her audience. She is the author of several books, including a nonfiction book, The Actor in All of Us, a middle-grade novel, Leann Shaney of Memory Lane, and Leann Shaney—This Is Your Time!, which is a leader formation guide and companion piece to the middle-grade novel of the same name and a curriculum enhancement resource for teachers, parents and educators.
Diane feels that she was created for times like this, to help pull back the numbing fog that has settled into millions of people’s lives in the form of complacency, atheism, apathy, and blame. She wants her audience to understand their role, influence, and potential impact. Her prayer is that an uncommon boldness overtake her audience so they begin sounding the trumpet as to the danger that is changing the face of our communities. Her seminars, programs, and books are designed to show her audience how to dismantle the thought programs that center around a growing sense of lack, which in turn has brought on a personal identity crisis and suffering for millions of people. As someone once said, our biggest victory in life will not be what is on the outside but what is on the inside. She does this by helping them understand the misinformation they’ve attached to so they can step into their truth and the truth, thereby giving them a different life experience. One filled with peace, joy, and impact.
Diane’s prayer for her audience is that they gain wisdom and revelation as to their calling, their divine and glorious inheritance, and God’s power to all who believe (Ephesians 1:17–19).
God doesn’t leave us where He finds us, and we can’t leave our youth where they are at. We must remind them that they are made for more and exhort them to aim for excellence in everything, under the leadership of the Almighty.
I send you to open their eyes, in order to turn them from darkness to light and from the power of Satan to God.
Acts 26:17–18