Waswa Kempadoo-Millar
Waswa Kempadoo-Millar — A Mindful Multidisciplinary Educator Redefining Purpose
Waswa Kempadoo-Millar is a private educator, martial artist, sports scientist, and multilingual creative whose life has been shaped by curiosity, resilience, and a relentless commitment to personal growth. With eight years of experience in education and fluency in six languages, Waswa has built a career rooted in learning, discipline, and human connection.
Raised with a homeschooling background and navigating life as a mixed-race individual, Waswa has always carried a unique perspective on identity, culture, and self-development. His early life revolved around Judo — a sport he excelled in with the hopes of one day becoming an Olympic athlete. But when health issues made that path impossible, Waswa faced a life-changing moment of identity loss, grief, and reinvention.
Instead of giving up, he redirected his energy into amateur competition, where he rose to become one of the best athletes in his field. This chapter shaped his psychology, discipline, and ability to rebuild — lessons that now influence his work as an educator, coach, and mentor.
Today, Waswa is entering a new chapter entirely: dance. Blending athletic discipline, storytelling, and emotional expression, he is exploring the dance industry with the same focus he brought to sports. His mission now is centred around a beautifully simple philosophy:
“Love to learn and learn to love.”
Through education, movement, travel, and creative exploration, he hopes to cultivate environments where people feel safe to grow — and where learning becomes an act of love, not obligation.
Waswa admires internationally recognised dancer Sam Javi, whose energy, presence, and authenticity embody the type of creative freedom he aims to express in his own journey. As he continues to transition between disciplines, careers, and versions of himself, Waswa remains grounded by listening to others, embracing vulnerability, and engaging with stories that deepen his own.
On Legacy Bench, Waswa opens up about losing one dream, finding another, and navigating purpose while balancing his life as an educator and aspiring dancer. His story represents what Legacy Bench is built for — reinvention, courage, clarity, and the desire to grow beyond what life once dictated.
