Featuring Kevin Harrington · featured author / original Shark Tank investor
Kimly Hoang-Nakata — our founder at Achieve Education — is a featured author of The Impact Leaders, a collection of stories from global change makers. A #1 Amazon Bestseller in 5 categories, as reported by the publisher.
That line is on the back of the book. It’s our founder’s life.
Kimly’s journey
Before the boardrooms and keynote stages, there was a child finding her first way into language.
Chapter 01
Born in post-war Vietnam, Kimly arrived in the United States at nine without English. In American classrooms, she was labeled “mute.” Then one bilingual book opened a door: language became a place she could enter, and learning became a light she could follow.
Before a child can learn, they need to feel safe enough to be themselves.
Chapter 02
Kimly earned her M.Ed. from San Diego State University and spent 17 years in the classroom. She went on to found Achieve Education and MindSmart Learning, shaping the Glow Philosophy around one conviction: light creates growth; pressure creates resistance.
When a child feels proud of who they are, they become unstoppable.
Chapter 03
In 2026, Kimly continued Harvard Medical School Executive Education and carried her work to keynote stages in Paris, Tokyo, and New York City. Now her story is bound in the same collection as Kevin Harrington, featured author / original Shark Tank investor.
Growth isn’t about the title you hold. It’s about the mindset.
The collaboration
Featured author / original Shark Tank investor
A pioneer of the “As Seen On TV” industry, Harrington appears in these pages as a featured author of The Impact Leaders — his story bound alongside fourteen co-authors, including our founder’s.
USA Today bestselling author · founder, International Impact Book Awards
Fifteen authors share one movement: leaders whose lived experience becomes a way forward for someone else.
“Success is what you achieve. Impact is who you empower.”
The movement
The world took notice
The Impact Leaders reached #1 Amazon Bestseller in five categories — from Business Motivation & Self-Improvement to Business Leadership — as reported by its publisher, the International Impact Book Awards.
1#1 bestseller
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“Your Story Has Power. Your Voice Creates Impact. Your Leadership Builds Legacy.”— Kimly Hoang-Nakata, M.Ed
Inside the book
Why she wrote it
That is the work behind the chapter. Kimly’s Glow Philosophy begins with a simple idea — light creates growth — and carries it into classrooms, leadership, and every space where a person needs room to become fully themselves.
Good to know
It’s a collection of leadership stories from global change makers — real accounts of resilience, reinvention, and impact, with mindset shifts and strategies you can carry into your own work and life.
Her personal journey from struggle to success — arriving in the United States without English and building a life in education — along with practical ways parents can support their children in achieving success in school.
Yes — The Impact Leaders reached #1 Amazon Bestseller in five categories, including Business Motivation & Self-Improvement and Business Leadership, as reported by its publisher, the International Impact Book Awards.
Yes. Kevin Harrington — an original Shark Tank investor — is a featured author, and Kimly Hoang-Nakata appears as a featured co-author alongside him. His appearance in the anthology does not imply an endorsement of Achieve Education.
Hardcover and Kindle, both through Amazon. The buttons on this page take you straight to the listing.
No — this one is for the grown-ups: leadership stories for adult readers. You’ll find her bilingual children’s books in the Achieve Education store.
