Meet Linda Orji | CanvasRebel Magazine Feature

Publication: CanvasRebel Magazine

Date: August 8, 2024

CanvasRebel sat down with Linda Orji for a wide-ranging conversation covering education reform, creativity, and how she turned passion into a purpose-driven career as a writing coach, spoken word artist, author, and trainer.

On reimagining the education system

Linda advocates a ground-up overhaul that brings together creative artists, herbalists, trauma therapists, innovative thinkers, and game-changers worldwide. Drawing from her experience across public and private schools and colleges, she calls for addressing systemic issues from food quality and testing methods to teacher support and child safety.

“I’d completely overhaul the current system and redesign it with a team of creative artists, herbalists, trauma therapists, innovative thinkers, and game-changers from around the world.”

She contrasts U.S. practices with international models that emphasize emotional development, bilingualism, creativity, and critical thinking from early childhood.

Introducing Professor LO and Cracked Concrete Vol. II

Linda’s character, Professor Linda Orji (Prof. LO.), anchors Cracked Concrete Vol II: Stay. The. Course: a creative lens on reform that champions critical and creative thinking and the next generation of educators and students.

Purpose, survival, and authenticity

Linda shares how her “Ph.D. in A Unique Sense of Survival” informs her life and work. She stresses realness and lived experience, supporting women with fibroids, protecting children, and coaching writers—rooted in personal history, discipline, and faith.

“I credit my brand on REALNESS. Everything I am doing; I have been through the mud for.”

From hobbies to businesses

After leaving corporate life, Linda built businesses around writing, speaking, fitness, and childcare support. She documented the journey in Manifesting My 8:28: How I Became Stronger by Lifting the Weight of My Wait, turning side interests into revenue and purpose.

Unlearning and evolving

Key “unlearns” included reframing money, exploring how the wealthy use life insurance, and releasing pressure to pursue a medical career despite cultural expectations. The through-line: convert experience into creative output and coaching that helps others write books, scripts, and screenplays.

Image credits: Dante Bland

Meet Linda Orji — Bold Journey Magazine Feature

Publication: Bold Journey Magazine

Date: March 19, 2024

Bold Journey spoke with Linda Orji about purpose, faith, entrepreneurship, and the creative discipline behind her work as a writing coach, author, trainer, and spoken word artist.

Finding purpose by leaving the comfort zone

Linda frames purpose as service—helping others—and credits her Nigerian heritage and names (Orji, “strong tree”; Ogundu, “fighter for survival”) as anchors. Purpose, she says, is activated by faith and action, not fear or comparison.

Books that shaped the path

• The Glory of Living by Myles Munroe
• Manifesting My 8:28: How I Became Stronger by Lifting the Weight of My Wait by Linda Orji

What Linda builds

Founder of Uplift Nanny LLC in North Carolina, Linda also coaches writers, performs spoken word, and authors multi-book creative series designed to empower readers and audiences.

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Image credits: Dante Bland and Rachel Orji

“Stay. The. Course.” — Black Minds Magazine Feature (Issue 19)

Publication: Black Minds Magazine (Instagram Feature, Issue 19)

Date: October 27, 2022

Black Minds Magazine featured Linda Orji’s poem “Stay. The. Course.”—a sharp, culture-rich piece on resilience, race, and legacy. The work weaves historical references, wordplay, and social critique to challenge and uplift readers.

About the poem

The piece moves through American history and contemporary culture—calling out injustice while centering healing, courage, and forward motion. The refrain urges readers to remain steadfast: winter may be here, but summer will come.

“Do not get discouraged by their lack of racial equality. For this is Winter in America, the summer will come, undoubtedly.”

Why it matters

“Stay. The. Course.” captures Linda’s voice as both writer and spoken word artist: emotionally resonant, fiercely honest, and determined to turn lived experience into creative empowerment.

Credits

• Written by: Linda Orji
• Publication: Black Minds Magazine (Instagram)

Explore more by Linda

Follow @iamlindaorji for new poems and performances.