Grief Amplifies Their Voices and Empowers Ours.
Tragedy to Healing. Pain to Purpose. Loss to Meaningful Change.

Imagine your event leaving attendees with a deeper understanding of victim impact, practical healing tools, renewed courage, and clarity on how to turn grief into purposeful change.
Amber Wood speaks from lived experience—transforming profound loss into powerful conversations on victim impact, grief, public safety, and healing. Her work challenges systems, honors lives taken too soon, and equips audiences with language, perspective, and courage to move forward with purpose.
Amber Wood is a homicide grief survivor turned victim advocate, policy reformer, podcast host, and live storyteller who has shared her story internationally, with people from several different countries. Whether the topic is grief, advocacy or survival and growth, Amber captivates & empowers audiences to harness and impact forward.
Honest. Real. Informational. Healing.

Why Book Amber?

Homicide Grief Survivor | Podcast Founder & Host | Lived Experience Speaker | Victim Advocate | Coach |Award Winning Business Owner, Photographer & Artist

Audiences walk away with clarity, tools, connection, and a renewed awareness on grief, power in speaking their truth and ways to take actions for healing or growth or even advocacy. — not just inspiration.Amber Wood has been saying her daughter’s name since that cold November night when Karly Rain was killed by repeat violent offenders — individuals who should not have been free.Four-time felons released back into society, offenders under so-called “supervised” release, and failed public safety policies changed everything. Her beautiful, thriving, hardworking daughter was gone. What followed was not only a waking nightmare, but a revelation of systemic failures that should never be allowed to occur.Before tragedy reshaped her life, Amber was an entrepreneur, artist, and photographer — ever evolving as she navigated single motherhood while raising two strong, independent daughters who explored their talents, creativity, and athletic abilities. Life demanded resilience again and again, and each time, Amber fought through. The unbearable pain of losing Karly became the catalyst for a journey Amber never chose, but felt deeply called to walk.“This isn’t a job I want — it’s a job I have to do for my daughter.”What began as unimaginable loss transformed into a mission: to fight for her daughter’s stolen life, to honor victims whose voices were silenced, and to challenge the systems and policymakers that continue to fail families, communities, and the innocent public.Amber has taken this path head-on — evolving, learning, and expanding her skill set to support others navigating trauma-filled realities. Her work bridges lived experience with restorative justice principles, victim advocacy, public safety reform, healing processes, and self-care practices that support long-term survival and growth.Amber has spoken internationally, to audiences made up of people from 4 continents and several countries, including Africa, the United Arab Emirates, the United Kingdom, Ireland, the United States, Spain, Canada and more. Her voice resonates because grief, injustice, healing, and the need for change know no borders."Bullets don’t discriminate — and neither does strength."Amber understands that grief does not disappear. It stays with us.
Rather than presenting loss as something we “get over,” she meets people where they are — with honesty, courage, and compassion — and invites them forward, sharing secrets and tools she has discovered and uses herself.

IMAGINE YOUR AUDIENCE LEAVING WITH:
• A deeper understanding of victim impact beyond the headlines.
• An impactful voice telling karly's story impacting life decisions and the ripple effect of those.
• Tools, practices and secrets to navigate grief, recognize certain emotions and how to keep moving.
• Motivated and armed with ways to take some power back and find the voice for you with their angel.
• Renewed courage to speak, advocate, and act — even when it feels uncomfortable
• Ways to get involved in advocacy or giving back through Karly's Angels and Projects
• Practical insights into how systems, policies, and people intersect
• Permission to reclaim strength, voice, and purpose after hardship
• Preventative ways to move, stay safe, grow life skills and gain a sense of purpose for young adults.

Amber doesn’t offer inspiration without substance. She offers truth, perspective, and pathways forward — empowering individuals and organizations to confront hard realities while fostering healing, accountability, and change.Every angel has a story.
Every survivor tells it differently.Get inspired. Journey with her.
Heal. Rise.

Meet Amber

Amber is a Midwest-born entrepreneur, award winning photographer, business owner, artist, and now a homicide grief survivor, victim advocate and public speaker whose life was forever changed when her daughter, Karly Rain, was murdered by repeat violent offenders.Karly was known for her striking appearance, bright smile, kindness, work ethic, creativity, talents and love of all things animal, beauty and fragrance. A light that left a lasting imprint on everyone she met. Her death not only shattered Amber’s world, but forever altered the life of her sister, Autumn, leaving a once dynamic trio torn apart. Karly's family friends, colleagues, clients & customers were devastated.Today, Amber uses her lived experience to advocate for victims, challenge failed public safety policies, and create spaces for healing and truth. Through speaking, storytelling, and legacy-driven work honoring Karly’s spirit, random acts of kindness projects, memorial drives and a mission for her foundation start, she invites others to walk alongside her — finding strength, voice, and purpose in the aftermath of profound loss.Amber has used her voice to change legislation in the public safety areas and is working more changes in policy, accountability and reforms at the county, state and National levels.
Karly Rain was a force and her mother is making sure people know her name.

"Amber has a powerful message and keeps the audience involved and wanting to hear more." Troy - Mexico

Types of Audiences & Clients

Each presentation is tailored to the audience and delivered with truth, lived experience, courage, and compassion.● Universities & Schools
● Law Enforcement & First Responders
● Awareness Audiences
● Companies & Teams
● Youth Focused Programs
● Policy Makers & Voter Groups
● Churches & Survivors
● Self-Care & Grief Groups
● Young Women & Ladies Groups
Boundaries, restoration, and the permission to get just a little sparkle back.
● Hospice & Palliative Care Professionals
● Grief & Bereavement Support Events
● Social Workers & Therapists
● Funeral Homes & Aftercare Services
● Teachers & Public Health Educators“Bad policies don’t just fail systems — they fail people. And that’s not okay.”

Speaking Topics

Boundaries, restoration, and the permission to get just a little sparkle back.

Each presentation is tailored to the audience and delivered with truth, courage, and compassion. Each presentation will share portions of Amber's story and Karly's spirit.● Victim Impact - Ripple effects of violent crime and consequences to all involved.
● Grief to Healing to Empowerment - Skills and techniques to help take power back from the pain.
● Homicide Grief & Healing -Surviving alongside the ultimate grief, navigating trauma surges, and rebuilding identity after profound loss.
● From Loss to Voice - Reclaiming power, purpose, and identity after tragedy without minimizing the pain.
● Victim Advocacy & Public Safety Reform - Failed policies impact real people, why accountability matters, & how survivors drive change.
● Resilience, Single Motherhood & Survival - Leading through loss while raising strong humans and continuing forward with intention.
● Self-Care After Grief - Boundaries, restoration, and the permission to get just a little sparkle back.
● Show Up & Glow Up- Getting that sparkle back, grace in grief.“Bad policies don’t just fail systems — they fail people. And that’s not okay.”