National Trainer Toshiba Rice, also known as “T. Rice,” is the founding Principal Wellness Consultant of imWell and Senior Pastor of Greater Faith Raleigh. In her role as Principal Consultant her greatest joy is seeing hope restored and stress released when creating recovery and resiliency plans for those seeking to move forward. As a pastor, she witnesses people embrace therapy and faith as it aligns with accepting that God has given us “all things“, retraining to life and godliness.
For over 25 years, T. Rice has consulted on some of the local community's most complex challenges. She has served in many citizen leadership roles, as either board chair or board member within government and community organizations such as Wake County Public Schools, City of Raleigh, Wake County Human Services, State Party Executive Committee, and the Raleigh/Wake-Apex NAACP to name a few. She uses the lens of faith and wisdom to help others see the moral need and obligation to improve pre-k to 12th academic achievement and get out the vote.
Toshiba is a well-known champion for mental health and substance use advocacy awareness and how to help. As a certified Mental Health First Aid trainer she teaches the signs and symptoms of someone in a mental health or substance use crisis across the country. Many are familiar with her story of resilience. How she triumphed over her lived experiences with a severely mentally ill spouse and children for over two decades. T. Rice brings light, hope, and a path forward when she shares her story.
She is an only child, grandmother, and mother to four sons. Two are twins. One twin died on January 14, 2022. However, T. Rice continues to use her voice to bring hope to mothers who have lost a child to fake prescription pills, causing an opioid overdose. Some say she makes life’s challenges look easy. Toshiba says she is living self-actualization on purpose with peace and resilience. She wants to be that positive voice of direction so you can have a positive and productive day!
