Derrick Standifer

Dr. Derrick Standifer is an award-winning educator, keynote speaker, and full-time single father who founded Life is Like a Rubik’s Cube, a platform that empowers individuals and teams to navigate life’s twists and turns through resilience, problem-solving, and innovative thinking.

Using his own lived experience of balancing single fatherhood while earning a Ph.D., Dr. Standifer brings a rare blend of intellect, emotional connection, and practical wisdom to every stage, classroom, and conversation. His personal journey marked by the loss of both parents, flunking out of two universities, and enduring a difficult divorce only amplifies his message of grit, growth, and resilience.

Through his engaging, empowering and innovative sessions, individuals and teams develop the skills to solve the Twists and Turns of Life. Dr. Standifer’s mission is simple: to help people transform their test into a testimony and to raise the next generation to do the same.