Zachary Delano Middleton is a young adult fiction writer, digital content and motivational speaker that desires to see young people connect the dots between their experiences at school and the “real world” as adults. In addition to the aforementioned he partners with schools and organizations to do one of three leadership workshops; 12 Ways School Matters in Real Life, Workplace Professionalism or How to Self Publish a Novel.
Zach was born and reared in Orangeburg, SC. He is the great nephew of civil rights martyr, Delano Middleton, killed in the Orangeburg Massacre in 1968. A 2010 graduate of South Carolina State University, he holds a Bachelor’s in Business Management. As a student, Middleton was the SGA president and a member of two MEAC Championship Football teams.
His work Running after Delano has been highlighted as the Editor’s Pick in the Times and Democrat, an Orangeburg SC Newspaper. It has also been featured in the “Happenings” Section of the Post and Courier, a Charleston, SC newspaper. Middleton also received the opportunity to interview the featured guest Mr. Robert Caldwell (who was the friend of Delano Middleton) for the NPR Storycorps podcast series entitled Unresolved.
Middleton is committed to the local church, works as a life advisor for Oliver Gospel Mission in Columbia, SC and his favorite passage of scripture is 1st Corinthians 15. He is the owner of Grace to Cultivate LLC. Grace to Cultivate LLC. is a company that focuses on the next generation working smarter and not just harder.
He has written two books; Running After Delano and Rashard Freeman Teenage Entrepreneur (Book#1: The P.U.S.H. Collective). He is currently working on his third entitled The Backstories of the Trampoline Academy (Book #1 - The Launch)
He also has a passion for cooking. He has a big hairy audacious goal of launching a business that would put Healthy, Efficient, Affordable, Re-imagined Tasty (HEART) Food in food deserts through America and beyond. In addition to Grace to Cultivate LLC. content he will also post HEART food content and recipes.
For questions or for booking email — zach@gracetocultivate.com
For more on his life skills / publishing business called Grace to Cultivate LLC. check out his website gracetocultivate.com or this 7 minute video summary. Link here - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GHSWGLhq7Ts
