About The Signal Fire
The Short Story
Matt Sandoval has spent 19 years lighting signal fires in nonprofit leadership, has experience in clinical practice, and regularly presents in rooms that create transformation.
He continues leading with clarity, compassion, and a refusal to accept being dehumanized by systems that take from leaders and other professionals working for the greater good.
At The Signal Fire We Learn to Turn Pain Into Fuel for Change
You lead from values. You care. You sit with people in their darkest places. You hold what others can't. You go home carrying weight no one asks about.
Signal Fire is for the leaders, teachers, helpers, social workers, and healers who give language to the unspeakable - and need someone to do the same for them.
Motivational Speaking, Leadership Training, and Mutual Support
You're the reason someone trusted others enough to hope again. You're why the garden grows. But no one tracks your emotional labor on a spreadsheet. This is for helpers who deserve to be held the way they hold others.
You're tired of being the only one who sees clearly.
Tired of carrying weight no one asks about. Tired of excellence met with silence. Tired of giving depth and getting bureaucracy back.
You're not looking for applause - you're looking for witness. Someone who can hold what you hold without flinching. Signal Fire exists because you shouldn't have to do this alone.
Come be seen.
Presentations that land
"Resistance is Love" - On protecting what matters when systems fail
"Invisible Leadership" - On doing the deep work without recognition - and why it matters anyway
"The Signal Fire" - On lighting the way for others while navigating your own darkness
"Transformational Alchemy" - On values-driven leadership in a world that rewards performance
Custom themed presenations are available with consultation.