Lyla Cookson is an experienced engineer and mindset coach, dedicated to empowering women in engineering to unlock their full potential. She holds a B.S. in Electrical Engineering from Boston University and spent five years in Japan at Sanyo Electric, where she designed advanced semiconductor circuits. Her engineering career inspired a deep interest in the power of mindset and its pivotal role in achieving career and personal success.

 

Driven by her belief in a strong mental foundation, Lyla transitioned to coaching, gaining coaching certifications and training, and now equips women engineers with the tools to overcome mindset barriers and remove limits to the ways and degrees they can succeed. Her signature program focuses on building mental resilience, innovation, and focus--keys to thriving in high-pressure environments. Lyla’s expertise, combined with her holistic coaching approach, makes her a sought-after mentor and speaker in the STEM community.