It takes a village to raise a child—the same goes for educating them. This is ours.
Shahla Atlas
Musician + Music Educator
Shahla Atlas is a Juilliard-trained musician and music educator from New York City, who currently resides with her husband and two daughters in Stockholm, Sweden.
Joan Benson
MSE in Curriculum + Instruction
Joan is a freelance writer, a blogger, a speaker, a retired educator/reading specialist, a wife, a mother of four adult children, and a grandmother to eight precious grands. She holds a MSE from the University of Kansas with a specialization in reading curriculum and instruction. In addition, Joan continues to write for educational publishers (K-12), including fiction, nonfiction, teacher’s guides, and assessments.
Celeste Coffman
Counselor + Entrepreneurship Coach for Women
Celeste is a homeschooling mom, a professional counselor, and an entrepreneurship coach for women. She’s a lover of true crime podcasts, documentaries, and reading memoirs. Celeste homeschools with unit studies, art, living books, online supplementary classes…but nary a nature study in sight! She practices at Thoughtful Journey Counseling in Alabama, and all over the world via Celeste Coffman Coaching. Find her on Instagram @CelesteCoffmanCoaching or @FlorenceAlabamaTherapy.
Nicole Cottrell
Stories of Color Founder
Nicole Cottrell is a passionate wife and mother whose experience as a biracial woman inspired her to begin and curate Stories of Color, a diverse, inclusive living book list for homeschool families. Drawing from her 10+ years of homeschool experience, specifically following the Charlotte Mason philosophy, she enjoys encouraging families in their pursuit of home education.
Diane Duff
B.Ed., M.A, and The Reading School Founder
Diane Duff first met a child who had trouble reading when she was a grade 7/8 classroom teacher. Dismayed at what she didn’t know about how human beings become readers—and the various reasons that process can be difficult—she set out to learn. Eventually that meant going back to school herself to earn a Master’s degree in Teacher Training and Research-Based Reading Instruction. In 2000, Diane founded The Reading School, where she and her team of English and French teachers work online with struggling readers. In addition to her focus on children’s experience becoming literate, Diane works with schools, independent teachers, and homeschooling families to coach them in assessment, instruction, and remediation.
Kelly Edwards
Homeschool Parent Coach
Kelly Edwards is the creator and founder of the 90-Minute School Day, a lifestyle approach to education. The 90-Minute School Day is deschooling method that connects children with learning in their natural environment: at home with their family. Kelly is passionate about home education, connecting families through attachment, seeing neurodivergence as a gift, learning as a lifestyle, and helping children (and parents) identify their purpose. Kelly hangs out online on Instagram and speaks weekly on the Clubhouse app. You can learn more about Kelly, her coaching, courses and other resources on her website.
Margaret Flores
M.S.Ed
Margaret has been an educator for over 20 years, currently certified to teach in NC where she lives with her husband, two sons, and their dog Odie. Margaret homeschooled her sons from kindergarten through 12th grade. If your homeschool could use a boost, visit her at the link above.
Amber O’Neal Johnston
Author + Speaker
Amber is an author, speaker, and worldschooling mama who blends life-giving books and a culturally rich environment for her four children and others seeking to do the same. She recommends we offer children opportunities to see themselves and others reflected in their lessons, especially throughout their books, and she’s known for sharing literary “mirrors and windows” on HeritageMom.com and @heritagemomblog on Instagram. Amber is also the author of A Place to Belong, a guide for families of all backgrounds to celebrate cultural heritage, diversity, and kinship while embracing inclusivity in the home and beyond.
Charlotte Jones
Podcaster + Working Homeschool Mom Coach
Charlotte is a podcaster, blogger, and working homeschool mom coach. She’s passionate about helping women who work and homeschool to find a balance with positivity and success.
She lives in a small coastal town in South Africa with her husband, twin boys, and two mini dachshunds. She loves running along the beach, red lipstick, and one cup of really good coffee a day. You can find her on her website, Instagram, TikTok and her podcast. She also has a private Facebook group for working homeschool moms.
Laurel Makowem
NFEC Certified Financial Education Instructor + Financial Coach
Laurel is the founder of Mothers Teaching Money, a financial education platform empowering mothers and their children through holistic financial education.
Laurel believes financial education starts at home, and that every parent is capable of teaching their own children about money. Her mission is to debunk the myths around money and investing, and make financial education fun, affordable and accessible for everyone. She provides a range of online resources, workshops and one-on-one coaching for parents and children from age 5 upwards. Follower her here on Instagram for more guidance.
Esther Megias
MS Speech Language Pathologist
Esther has worked the last 25 years as an early intervention therapist working with children ages birth to three.
Melisa Neilsen
Waldorf Curriculum Writer + Coach
Melisa has been coaching families in the Waldorf method for more than fifteen years, helping parents with children ages 3 to 10 learn to be in control without being controlling so they can recapture their time and rebuild their relationship with their kids! She has five children. Three are grown, but she lives with her youngest children, her husband and two super sweet hedgehogs in Arizona.
Leah Nicklaus
Charlotte Mason Homeschooler
Leah is a Midwest mama of five boys. She homeschools following the literature-based Charlotte Mason philosophy and is passionate about beautiful books. You can follow her on Instagram at @lovingleadinglittles.
Kristin Palen
Pediatric Occupational Therapist
Kristin is a pediatric occupational therapist with over 18 years of experience, as well as a homeschool mom. Kristin has solely worked in pediatrics in almost every setting possible, spanning from a sensory integration clinic, a school setting, early intervention, home-based, and a pediatric rehabilitation hospital. Kristin’s areas of interest and specialty are sensory integration, nature-based occupational therapy, and responsive feeding therapy.
Navi Riar
Credentialed Math Educator & M.A. Ed
Navi Riar is a credentialed math teacher with over sixteen years of classroom experience. She is passionate about making math accessible for all children using a hands-on approach and sharing best practices from her own teaching experience with families. She truly believes that every child is capable of learning math. She is on a mission to give math a makeover.
Mickey Richards
Music Educator + Homeschool Coach
Mickey is a music teacher turned homeschool mom of 4 boys. She has taught over 1,000 kids how to play and read music and now she is helping parents learn how to incorporate music in their home. Follow her on Instagram @homeschoolingmyboys.
Robyn Robertson
Homeschool Consultant + Coach
Robyn is a homeschool consultant and coach as well as the creator and host of the podcast Honey! I’m Homeschooling The Kids.
Kelly Sage
Teacher, tutor + consultant
Once a middle and high school English teacher, Kelly left teaching to homeschool her children and reclaim how she and her family spent their time. When she’s not homeschooling, Kelly teaches English Language Arts online from a little camper, facilitates local workshops for adults and children, and blogs about nurturing the love of learning on her website, Curiosity Encouraged. She can also be found sharing parts of her homeschool days on Instagram and Facebook. She loves to journal, travel, and be outside with her dogs and people.
Lena Massari Sawyer
Former Museum Educator at the Metropolitan Museum of Art
Lena hold a Bachelors degree in Art History from the University at Buffalo and did her graduate work at New York University.
Laurie Block Spigel
Educator + Author
Laurie is a veteran homeschooling parent who teaches popular classes, lectures and writes on alternative education and homeschooling, and runs an informational web resource for homeschoolers.
Kristin Sposito
Classical Education Homeschool Parent
Kristin Sposito is a civil engineer from the Pacific Northwest who homeschooled her kids for 14 years, mostly in New York City, where homeschooling included attending operas, visiting museums and touring the Waffles and Dinges factory. Kristin loves cooking, hiking, reading, biking, being in book clubs and traveling.
Ashley Wasilenko
Cooking Full Circle Founder
Wife and mom of boys. Lover of cheese and maker of snacks for tiny humans.
Juli Williams
Montessori Homeschool Mama
Juli is a photographer and minimalist Montessori homeschool mama living in Miami, FL with her husband and two children. Follow her on Instagram at @itsjuliwilliams.