Dr. Toccara Nicole Steele is a publisher, strategist, global speaker, and certified life coach known as The Identity Architect™. She is the founder of VOS Consulting and Publishing International and the visionary behind The Authors Authority ecosystem, a movement designed to help individuals unlock their identity, activate their purpose, and turn their stories into platforms for impact.

With a passion for transformation and storytelling, Dr. Toccara Nicole has helped hundreds of authors bring their books to life, with her youngest author being just five years old. She empowers faith-based women entrepreneurs, justice-impacted individuals, students, and aspiring authors to build authority, create opportunities, and live intentionally through authorship.

She is the co-founder of The Authors Authority Authorship Guild, a community that equips writers with the tools, support, and confidence needed to publish and lead boldly. She is also the creator of The Authors Authority Lounge TV Show and The Authors Authority Classroom podcast, platforms that amplify voices and provide education through real stories and lived experiences.

Dr. Toccara Nicole is also the founder of Tapping Into Authorship, a nonprofit organization dedicated to helping youth, seniors, and justice-impacted individuals become published authors and discover the power of their voice.

Her work has been featured in Forbes, NBC, Fox, Yahoo Finance, and InfluencHER Magazine. A proud graduate of the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, she also holds a master’s degree in management and an honorary doctoral degree for her commitment to community development.

Her message is simple yet powerful: choose to live a life on purpose, for purpose.