Leslie Priscilla

Founder of Latinx Parenting and Certified Parent Coach

Leslie Priscilla is a first generation non-Black Xicana with Rarámuri lineage. She is a mother to three bicultural children and a certified Parent Coach with over 14 years of experience. Leslie shares her medicine by offering coaching, workshops, support and advocacy for Latinx/Chicanx families locally, nationally and internationally via Latinx Parenting. Leslie’s vision is of a movement rooted in children’s rights, social and racial justice, the individual and collective practice of nonviolence and reparenting, intergenerational and ancestral healing, cultural sustenance, and the active decolonization of oppressive practices in our families towards liberation.

Quality Day Foundation

Kym is a native of Kansas City but resides in Texas. Kym is the Founder and Executive Director of Quality Day Foundation. She is also the CEO of Bead the Purpose that supports the mission of Quality Day Foundation. Kym has written an e-book called Teen Talk about Respect & Love that brings awareness to teen dating violence. She loves to make bracelets and travel.

Zero Abuse Project

Zero Abuse Project is a 501(c)(3) organization committed to transforming institutions in order to effectively prevent, recognize, and respond to child sexual abuse.

Our programs are designed to provide cross-disciplinary education and training, advocacy for systemic legal change, guidance for survivor support, and leadership on emerging technologies. We take a holistic approach by also recognizing and addressing the intersecting forms of child maltreatment in connection with child sexual abuse.
Zero Abuse Project is working to eliminate child sexual abuse in all of its forms.

Maple

Maple is an all-in-one household management app that keeps your home organized and working together. Free for all users, Maple enables families to plan, schedule, share lists, work together, and stay organized from anywhere.

Maple’s mission is to improve the quality of life for families. Managing a household is chaotic, and much of that responsibility often falls on a single primary caregiver. Maple helps families work together through better visibility, communication, accountability, and automation. Maple is the first tech product of its kind that is truly built for home management.

Greer Kirshenbaum PhD

Nurture Neuroscience

Greer Kirshenbaum PhD is a neuroscientist, educator, doula, infant sleep professional and author. Greer brings together decades of research experience with years of working with families, to support families to nurture their baby’s brains towards lifelong mental health. Greer is leading The Nurture Revolution to transform the next generation towards health and thriving.

Katherine Sellery

Founder of Conscious Parenting Revolution

Katherine Sellery, CEO and Founder of Conscious Parenting Revolution, helps individuals minimize misunderstandings and melt-downs in order to communicate with more collaboration, cooperation, and consideration.

A creator of the Guidance Approach to Parenting, a program that applies conflict resolution skills to communicating more effectively with children, Katherine has positively influenced relationships for generations and brought about healing and reconciliation in families that were suffering from disconnection. For over 20 years, she has taught and coached thousands of parents, educators, social workers, and medical professionals in half a dozen countries through her popular workshops, coaching programs, TEDx talks, 250 page comprehensive training manual, and Ebook.
Katherine is a 3x TEDx Speaker, frequent guest on many news channels, and the Amazon bestselling author of “7 Strategies to Keep Your Relationship With Your Kids from Hitting the Boiling Point.”.

Dr. Ashley Soderlund

Nurture and Thrive

Ashley is a mom and a child psychologist who spent over 15 years studying children’s emotional development in the academic world. On her website, Nurture and Thrive she shares sciece-backed tips and tools so you can thrive as a parent.

Ashley believes that good parenting is a combination of instincts and learning. Knowledge can help you trust the instincts you already have and give you a new perspective that helps you understand your child’s behavior in a new light. Ashley helps you find the tools and knowledge to raise children with big hearts and strong minds.

Dadditude

Parenting Coaching Platform

Dadditude is a parenting coaching platform created by dads specifically for dads, with the support of parenting professionals, therapists and academic researchers. The community is vibrant, caring and supportive of each other’s circumstances and challenges. Dads can ask questions to other dads, post comments and tips, or read any of the 50+ guides on self-care & parenting, written for dads. Download the app on iOS or Android devices.

WithAll

Supporting Recovery Inspiring Prevention & Well-being

WithAll is a nonprofit committed to supporting those recovering from an eating disorder. But supporting recovery is not enough. We must prevent eating disorders from developing in the first place. Through our What to Say initiative, with you, WithAll fiercely works to prevent eating disorders and inspire well-being. It must be simple & it can be.

Learn More at www.withall.org

Dr. John DeGarmo

Founder and Director of The Foster Care Institute

Dr. John DeGarmo is an international expert in parenting and foster care and is a TEDx Talk presenter. Dr. John is the founder and director of The Foster Care Institute. He and his wife have had over 60 children come through their home as foster parents. He is an international consultant to schools, legal firms, and foster care agencies, as well as an empowerment and transformational speaker and trainer for schools, child welfare, businesses, and non profit organizations. He is the author of several foster care books, including Keeping Foster Children Safe Online: Positive Strategies to Prevent Cyberbullying, Inappropriate Contact, and Other Digital Dangers and writes for several publications. Dr. John has appeared on CNN HLN, Good Morning, America, and NBC, FOX, CBS, and PBS stations across the nation. He and his wife have received many awards, including the Good Morning America Ultimate Hero Award. He can be contacted at drjohndegarmo@gmail, through his Facebook page, Dr. John DeGarmo, or at The Foster Care Institute.

Michelle Madrid

Author, Speaker, and Adoptee Empowerment Life Coach.

Michelle Madrid is a former foster and international adoptee turned author, speaker, and adoptee empowerment life coach.

Michelle was placed in foster care, in the United Kingdom, and adopted by Americans. She is known as a brave voice within the adoption community and works to speak truth to both the shine and shadow of the experience.

Michelle is trained as a life coach through the Institute of Life Coach Training and has also studied within the Tony Robbins Platinum Partnership and Lions Group. She holds both a Master of Arts degree and Bachelor of Science degree.

As a former Emmy-nominated television news journalist, Michelle has authored several books including a new project scheduled for release in Fall 2023 through New World Library, and an award-winning children’s book, Coco & Olive: The Color of Love which explores family formation through adoption and the beauty of diversity.

Michelle is a high-impact public speaker who shares stories to educate and elevate the adoption conversation while deepening understanding.

Connect with Michelle here:
IG: @themichellemadrid
FB: @LetHerBeGreater

Dr. Cindy Hovington, Ph.D.

founder of Curious Neuron

Dr. Cindy Hovington, Ph.D. is the founder of Curious Neuron, a scientifically-backed parenting resource. She is a mom of 3 and holds a doctorate degree in neuroscience. Her goal is to break down research focused on child development and parenting into digestible and applicable advice for parents. She also covers parenting mental health and wellness because it is important for parents to know how to nurture themselves first before nurturing their child. She is an international speaker and is a consultant for companies in children’s toy and media companies. Dr. Hovington shares her content on Instagram @curious_neuron, on the Curious Neuron Podcast, and on her website curiousneuron.com.

Matt Larson

Human Improvement Project and creator of The Happy Child App

Matt Larson is a parenting/relationships researcher, technology entrepreneur, investor, and philanthropist. He has been interviewed about the science of well-being on NBC, ABC, CBS, Fox, Sirius XM, Telemundo, public radio, and websites like Parentology.com and Mom.com. He spends most of his time on the Human Improvement Project’s Happy Child App, and is also the chairman of two software companies.

Sarah R. Moore

Dandelion Seeds Positive Parenting

Sarah R. Moore, MFS, is a certified conscious parenting coach and master trainer. She’s the founder of Dandelion Seeds Positive Parenting, an author, an armchair neuroscientist, and most importantly, a Mama. She’s a lifelong learner with training in child development, improv comedy, trauma recovery, and interpersonal neurobiology. She helps bring joy, ease and connection back to families. Her first parenting book, Peaceful Discipline: Story Teaching, Brain Science & Better Behavior, will be released in 2022. You can follow Sarah on Instagram,  Twitter, YouTube and Pinterest

Dr. Kirnel Grishby

President and CEO of REACH A.K.G. Education Consultants LLC

Dr. Kirnel Daniel Grishby is a native West Indian from the island of Dominica. As an immigrant and first-generation scholar, Dr. Grishby is a product of the urban public school system and has fostered a passion for supporting youth from marginalized, underserved, and underrepresented populations in cultivating their often un-tapped potential.

Dr. Grishby graduated with a Bachelor of Arts from Agnes Scott College, majoring in Psychology and minoring in Education. She then earned her Doctor of Philosophy in School Psychology from Georgia State University, specializing in urban school psychology training and practice, both at the university and school district level.

Personifying the term, “Virtual School Psychologist”, Dr. Grishby is passionate about creating a supportive online network for practicing and prospective urban school psychologists. Through her love for psychology and education, Dr. Grishby bridges the gap between urban parents, teachers, and school psychologists.

Her mission, encourage dialogue and establish collaboration in a safe space. Such collaboration directly addresses the complex needs of youth who are “at-risk” of academic, cognitive, social, behavioral, and emotional difficulties, as well as those from racially and ethnically diverse backgrounds.

As the President and CEO of REACH A.K.G. Education Consultants LLC, Dr. Grishby is a full-time entrepreneur and small business owner with experience in both the public school system, as well as in the private practice sector. She provides the necessary training, resources, and support to collectively facilitate systemic change, and to dismantle the deficit discourse within urban schools.