Have you ever wished there were things in your life that you had learned at a younger age?
I didn’t have much guidance growing up because I was raised in an abusive home, however there was one thing that kept me connected to the LIGHT inside of me and that was the unconditional love of my Nonna.
As I got older, I realized the power that came from her simply being present with me and her reminding me of my beauty. Nonna gave me the gift of her consistency and a genuine feeling that I mattered.
After spending over a decade, as an educator, in some of New York City’s toughest schools, I discovered the biggest transformation in my students came from showing up for them the way Nonna did for me.
Throughout my career as a speech-language pathologist I continued to further my education not only professionally but personally. I pursued educational administration and became fascinated with learner-centered and humanistic models of education. I also spent thousands of dollars and countless hours on self-development.
I began to realize the most important relationship you will ever have is the one you have with yourself. I also learned the power that comes from knowing you are both the author and director of your life and at any time can choose to rewrite your story. This knowing further highlighted for me the many gaps that existed in traditional education.
This inspired me to embark on an unschooling journey with my two daughters who were 10 and 5 at the time. This partly consisted of a 7- week road trip from New York to California and back and everywhere in between, all in the confines of our little Honda. The trip re-solidified for me that the most important lessons in life don’t happen in classrooms.
It was then that Lessons For My Daughters was born - a transformational workshop filled with simple yet powerful lessons that impacted my life in profoundly, positive ways. I remember feeling sad wishing I had learned these lessons sooner, knowing they would have completely changed the trajectory of my life, preventing many unnecessary challenges and heartache.
