Cocoa Pugh

Cocoa Pugh is a Certified Coach Practitioner, published author, transformational speaker, mentor, and passionate advocate for emotional wellness, personal growth, and purposeful living. She is the Founder and CEO of Go Be Her University (GBHU), a faith-centered personal development and coaching organization dedicated to empowering women and men to heal, rediscover their identity, strengthen their confidence, and boldly pursue their God-given purpose.

With more than 20 years of experience in leadership and management, along with a diverse professional background in healthcare, mental health, entrepreneurship, and community outreach, Cocoa brings a unique combination of professional expertise, compassion, and lived experience to everything she does.

As an author of The Journey to Becoming Her: From Broken Pieces to Purpose and Behind Her Emotions: The Battles That Tried to Break H.E.R., Cocoa uses her personal journey of overcoming adversity, navigating difficult seasons, and rebuilding her life to inspire others to recognize that their circumstances do not define their destiny.

Beyond her professional accomplishments, Cocoa is a devoted wife, mother, foster and adoptive parent, and community leader who believes deeply in the power of faith, healing, service, and transformation.

Through her coaching programs, speaking engagements, mentorship initiatives, workshops, and GBHU Virtual Campus, Cocoa creates safe, empowering spaces where individuals can have honest conversations, experience meaningful growth, and receive the encouragement and practical tools needed to move forward.

Her mission is simple yet powerful: to remind others that no matter what they have experienced, they are not too broken to heal, too far behind to begin again, or too late to become who God created them to be.

Cocoa lives by the belief that becoming is not about perfection. It is about healing, growing, evolving, and having the courage to walk in purpose—one intentional decision at a time.