Dave Ursillo Jr.

Dave Ursillo is a healer, teacher and writer who creates containers for personal discovery and purposeful transformation through the art of self-expression.

Once an aspiring presidential speechwriter and public servant, Dave abandoned his young career after falling disillusioned to the partisan world of politics. Since quitting his job and taking a chance on writing in 2009, he has built a reputable platform as a writer who advocates soulful self-knowledge and personal leadership in an age that desperately needs it.

He has published over 500 articles at his online home, DaveUrsillo.com, while self-publishing 6 books and being published in 6 more. His work as a teacher of writing, creative self-expression, storytelling and yoga has led him to work with over 4,000 students from 30 countries. He has been seen on CBS News Sunday Morning, Psychology Today, INC, Forbes and Chicken Soup for the Soul, among dozens of other outlets, podcasts and blogs.

When he’s not writing about writing, Dave is a blue-eyed Renaissance man with a secret love affair for Les Misérables and English Premier League soccer (well, football). He was born and raised in Rhode Island and has a recent obsession with international travel, having visited 24 countries since 2013 (including Cuba, India, Turkey, Peru, Iceland, and beyond).