When Alla Ramaswamy smiles, her face lights up the room, even when these days that room is on Zoom as she participates in Encinitas Toastmasters. This Russian-born speaker, entrepreneur, wife and mother of three recently tied for the Best Speaker competition with accomplished Toastmaster Mark Richter. That goes to show what impressive progress she has made as a Toastmaster in less than a year as a member.
Alla is currently working on level three in the Pathways Presentation Mastery module. Of her experience so far, she says, “I’ve learned a lot about myself and about my way of talking. There are so many aspects to voice and the speech itself! The different styles of speech communication speech were a real discovery to me.”
Professionally, Alla considers herself an expert on parenting and parent-child relationships. In fact, she has written a book for children ages three to six, Sun’s Trip, Her story helps children memorize the days of the weeks in order. “The phonetic wordplay makes it fast, easy and fun,” according to her LinkedIn profile.
Alla also consults as a Vedic astronumerologist, a discipline that is based on the interrelation between the nine planets and their respective number's vibration. She also serves as a spiritual mentor, coach and guide.
In her spare time, Alla enjoys cooking, music, art, crafts and singing. She also loves reading and posting on Instagram, which does in her native Russian language. A short-term goal for Alla is to give a TEDx talk. When she does, all of her Encinitas Toastmaster colleagues will be watching