I’m Michelle Salas, homeschooling mom to 3 boys, ages 9, 8 and 3 years old, and a Spanish and science teacher at STAC. I was born in Mexico and lived in and near Mexico City for 25 years. I moved to the US in 2007, and I’ve lived in Ca, NY, NV and Tx. I earned my Bachelor’s degree in Dentistry from “Universidad Tecnológica de México”, and I practiced dentistry until moving to the US. I’ve also worked as a volunteer paramedic for the Red Cross, and after moving to GA in 2013, I opened a custom cake studio, where I learned about social media marketing and management skills. As a family we enjoy hiking, walk around the neighborhood on nice evenings, read aloud time and ice cream.

Parenthood has been an incredible journey full of self-discovery and evolution. I’ve been involved in a beautiful volunteer project, named “Days for Girls,” (daysforgirls.org) for the past several years. This organization provides reusable cloth pads and hygiene kits to girls in need around the world. Every year, I, with some friends, sew and assemble sanitary kits for girls in Uganda, Africa.

libbyanne76@gmail.com

Libby Mathis has been homeschooling her three children, ages 16, 13, and 9, since her oldest was unhappy with the worksheets in preschool. She believes that learning should spark joy in young children and that later is better in regards to academics.

In her life before children, she attended Ohio University where she earned a BS in Chemistry and did graduate studies in Biochemistry. She has also worked at the The Center for Tropical and Emerging Global Diseases (CTEGD) of the University of Georgia. Then her life turned into a frenzy of having her first child then moving from Georgia to Pennsylvania to North Carolina all before baby’s first birthday. Since then, it has been a busy joyful blur of hosting messy art days at her house, exploring nature with her kids, learning so many exciting things she never learned in public school, and rediscovering her artistic side.

Libby was a member of the founding STAC Board of Directors and she has been the co-coordinator of Play Create Learn (formerly CHAOS) since September 2017.

mebholm@yahoo.com

Misty holds both BA and MTS degrees from Emory University, with majors in Interdisciplinary Studies, Religion, and Social Sciences. After eight years working in International Education, serving most recently as Assistant Director of Study Abroad Programs at Georgia State University, she left work to focus on her children. Before resigning, she was very fortunate to be able to study and/or work in Europe, Asia, Africa, and South America. Since leaving the working world, she’s had the privilege of earning several teaching certifications, including Atlanta Audubon Master Birder, Georgia Master Naturalist, Our Whole Lives sexuality education facilitator, and Listening Circle small group facilitator. In addition to eight years of homeschooling two children, she has taught/facilitated various groups from elementary school through college, including five years of teaching at a local homeschool co-op. The leap from helping lead a university Study Abroad Programs office to being a full-time mom, homeschooler, and teacher was a natural one: it’s all about getting up out of the classroom and venturing out into the real world!

kcjenn@gmail.com

Jenn Casey is a homeschooling mom of three kids and a CrossFit and kettlebell trainer. She has a Master's in Business Administration from Kennesaw State University, with special concentrations in Economics and Operations Management. Jenn has taught many classes with different homeschool groups since 2013, including Self-Organized Learning Environments (SOLE), Economics, Personal Finance, several fitness classes, and is a facilitator for teams playing the Stock Market Game (tm). Jenn served on the founding Board of Directors of STAC as Vice President. When she isn't nerding out over some economic idea, you can find her at CrossFit Kennesaw swinging a kettlebell.