Audra Degesys Lykos., Founder of Gen Legacy Learning

I am the founder of Gen Legacy Learning, where I partner with families, mission-driven institutions, schools, and cultural organizations to build the systems that sustain identity across generations. As a heritage and legacy architect, I help communities transform their most important values into structures that endure so their story continues with purpose and intention.

My work spans both family settings and institutions. I support multilingual households, independent schools, cultural and faith-based programs, and mission-driven institutions, to strengthen their identity narrative, clarify strategic purpose, and design legacy frameworks to guide their long-term growth.

With master’s degrees in Bilingual Education and Conflict Resolution, fieldwork in anthropology, and more than two decades of work across four continents, I have built learning, cultural, and identity systems for institutions of every scale. My experience includes designing programs and strategic narratives working with the U.S. Department of State, the United States Agency for International Development, the Peace Corps, and Sesame Street, where I contributed to bilingual and cultural initiatives shaping community identity and early learning. I have also supported heritage programs, multilingual families, and institutions in developing research-based frameworks that preserve language, culture, and core values. This work—spanning education, cultural preservation, and systems design—now informs my approach to institutional legacy architecture: helping mission-driven organizations clarify their identity, strengthen continuity, and build structures that endure across generations.

At Gen Legacy Learning, I help families and institutions create this architecture through a systems-based, future-ready approach grounded in four pillars:

• Heritage & Identity — Clarifying the story, values, and origins that shape who you are
  
  

• Heritage Language — Sustaining or reviving language as a living, joyful practice
  
  

• Financial Stewardship — Building intergenerational financial wisdom and confidence
  
  

• Digital Leadership & Enterprise — Preparing young people to use AI ethically, think critically, and develop entrepreneurial courage
  
  

Through collaborative assessment and design, I work with you to develop custom legacy blueprints, governance guides, identity maps, cultural learning systems, and strategic narratives that work for your family and/or institution to translate heritage into daily practice—at home, in schools, and across institutions.

My mission is to help families and institutions protect what matters most to them: language, culture, values, and purpose so the next generation can lead with confidence and clarity.

Speaking & Engagements

I have spoken internationally and across the U.S., and I now offer talks and workshops on heritage language preservation, cultural sustainability, intergenerational legacy systems, and AI-ready education. My presentations support audiences committed to strengthening identity and future-readiness in their families, communities, and institutions.

I offer keynotes, workshops, and customized sessions for:

• Schools and universities

• Cultural and faith-based organizations

• Family literacy initiatives and community programs

• Leadership retreats and professional development events

• Podcasts and media platforms focused on identity, belonging, and the future of education
  
  
  

Signature topics include:

• Designing Multi-Generational Legacy Systems

• Heritage Language as a Daily Practice

• The Architecture of Identity

• Raising Future-Ready, Ethically Grounded Kids in an AI Era

• Strategic Storytelling for Schools and Mission-Driven Organizations