Lara Izokaitis speaks internationally about achieving dreams in the midst of adversity, and addresses beauty, eating disorders and other real life issues young women face. Despite her own set of hardships as a young women raised in an immigrant community in the Southside of Chicago, Lara watched her life dreams become a reality when she earned a full athletic scholarship to play volleyball for the University of Kansas, and later when she landed a two-year modeling contract with one of New York City’s top agencies. Lara's passion for women to see their true beauty in who they are & in what God says about them will challenge and encourage you to live with real beauty and to see your dreams become reality . Lara currently resides in Lawrence, Kansas, where she can't help dreaming about her next fun hat.