About Us
At Express Yourself Now, we are a passionate team of coaches with over 30 years of combined experience in public speaking, youth coaching, and personal development. Our diverse backgrounds reflect our shared mission: to help young people communicate with confidence, clarity, and purpose.
Margaret Gilmour
Margaret has over 30 years experience in coaching public speaking, working with Glasgow University designing and delivering training all over Scotland. She has a masters degree in Journalism and spent 7 years working as a TV producer and news journalist with BBC Scotland at Pacific Quay. She is also a film and documentary maker. For more than 20 years, Margaret coached and mentored young people, and spent 7 years taking young apprentices through their SVQ qualifications with Glasgow City Council's Glasgow Guarantee Scheme. She is a qualified SQA Assessor and Verifier, and CIPD Trainer. Margaret is an expert in motivational interviewing—skilled at helping people unlock their limiting beliefs, and realise their potential.
Olivia Nelson
Olivia is trained in Child Development through North Lanarkshire Council and has four years experience coaching young people. She is an award winning public speaker and drama performer, and started training in public speaking when she was 5. She is accredited through The London School of Music for speech and drama, once achieving a perfect score of 100 (extremely rare). Olivia has twice won the prestigious Donaldson Award at the Glasgow Music Festival—an achievement never before accomplished in the festival’s 100 year history!
Catherine Nelson
With a Master’s degree in Quantum Physics and professional credentials as a Chartered Accountant and Mathematician, Catherine brings analytical precision and creativity to her coaching. She has over seven years experience tutoring and coaching young people, taking them from shy, nervous speakers - to confident, articulate communicators. Catherine has won multiple awards for public speaking, and has been performing at festivals since she was 5. She is also accredited in speech and drama through The London School of Music, achieving distinction year on year.
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