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Youmie Jean Francois

Founder & CEO of Flex-N-Fly | Founder & President of The Flex-N-Fly Foundation | Business Strategist | Author, Speaker & Private Pilot

A serial entrepreneur, author, and licensed private pilot bringing travel and wellness to anxious travelers, and opportunity to underserved communities.

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Entrepreneurship & Founder StoriesWomen’s Empowerment & LeadershipSocial Impact & NonprofitImmigrant & First-Gen StoriesWellness & MindsetAviation

Talking points

  • Becoming a pilot, and the dream of starting her own airline
  • Immigrant origin story: Haiti at six, wrongly placed in special ed
  • The “exhaustion vs. imposter syndrome” reframe
  • Turning vacant NYC storefronts into free community programming
  • Financial literacy & money trauma work with underserved youth
  • Fundraising lessons from soliciting major gifts

The hook

Her mother was a master’s-level teacher in Haiti. In New York, none of it counted.

That experience of doors closing no matter how qualified you are became the foundation for everything Youmie has built since, from the cockpit to the communities she now serves.

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Youmie Jean Francois is a serial entrepreneur, author, speaker, and licensed private pilot with more than 20 years of leadership experience in consumer products and marketing. She is the Founder and CEO of award-winning Flex-N-Fly, a travel wellness company providing stretching, yoga, and relaxation experiences for anxious travelers. Conceived during a trip to Morocco, Flex-N-Fly bridges travel and wellness through airport-focused classes, digital resources, and travel-friendly products. Youmie also leads the Flex-N-Fly Foundation, which empowers underserved communities through travel, wellness, and entrepreneurship programs. A first-generation Haitian immigrant fluent in four languages, she brings a global perspective to entrepreneurship, wellness, leadership, money trauma, and personal reinvention. Her work has been recognized by Forbes, Travel + Leisure, and Black Enterprise, with collaborators including Airbnb, Spotify, H&M, WeWork, the FDNY, and The Academy Awards.

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