Aimmee Kodachian Riley is a Middle Eastern Armenian woman and the author of Tears of Hope, an inspiring true story that recounts the many tragedies she faced while living through the 1975 Lebanese Civil War. Because of a severe learning disability (dyslexia) and the war shutting down the country's infrastructure, she was forced to drop out of school in the fourth grade. Aimmee thus lost her dream of helping others by becoming a teacher.

She escaped death three times, experienced poverty and physical and emotional abuse. At the age of 14, she was persuaded to enter into a marriage which quickly became as turbulent as the war. She gave birth to a daughter a year later and was abandoned by her husband shortly after. By age 17, Aimmee was a single mother, and by age 26 she had buried thirteen close family members.  

In 1988, Aimmee came to the United States. She had no sponsor and barely any money. She had no skills or education. She did not speak English and had a young daughter to raise. After years of determination and persistence, she became an entrepreneur, author, motivational speaker and life coach.  

Over thirty years after the first bomb came crashing into her living room, destroying her dreams, Aimmee has become the teacher she always wanted to be. Although not a teacher in the traditional sense, Aimmee is educating and helping many people by sharing the lessons she learned. Using her powerful abilities and personal examples, she gives people HOPE and guides them to the realization that, even during the most difficult times of their life, they can have peace within their heart and mind. She leads people to recognize their own power, find their inner strength and reinforce their ability to challenge adversity. She shows them how they can turn obstacles into opportunities, claim their uniqueness, live with excitement and fire up their possibilities! 

Today, Aimmee is a faculty speaker for iLearningGlobal.tv, a company which brings together the world's top educators, teachers and speakers in the area of personal growth and business development. She also sits on the board of a nonprofit organization, the Institute of Quantum Healing and Biofeedback for Trauma Survivors.