Tom Anderson

Chemistry Professor, Tutor and Homeschool Teacher
Saint Paul Tutoring

A trained scientist, woodworker, and long-time LEGO enthusiast, Tom brings a fascination with the natural world to helping his boys (and others) teach themselves how to learn.

facebook.com/saintpaultutoring/

Vanessa Arboleda

Lifelong Learner

I am an artist, soon to be elementary school teacher, and a lover of adventure! I love trying new things, meeting new people, and reading good books. Working with children is my passion because their imaginations and creative minds inspire me.

Kim Chase-Kozak

Instructor, Cat Herder, and Wishful Violinist

Kim Chase-Kozak has degrees in math and computer science from the College of Science and Engineering at the University of Minnesota. She worked as a software engineer for many years before becoming a homeschooling parent to her own two quirky kids. She has worked with groups of kids from preschool age to college on many things over the years and think it is especially fun working with homeschooled kids!

Katelynn Dinslage

Business Owner and Homeschool Mom

I am the owner of Carry You, LLC, developing stroller/mobility accessory products, overseeing production, and managing fulfillment. As a Chemical Engineer and homeschool mom, I love hanging out with my three kids and learning something new everyday! I also enjoy teaching at Connections Co-op, working on yearbooks, organizing projects, traveling anywhere, and hanging out with my wonderful husband, Matt.

Dana Kernik

Lindamood-Bell Learning Processes
Center Director

Dana is passionate about helping people reach their potential, working directly with children and their families. During the summer of 2014, Dana managed Seasonal Learning Clinics in Singapore and Tokyo. Currently, Dana oversees operations, instruction, and outreach at Twin Cities Learning Center.

3300 Edinborough Way, Suite 206, Edina, MN 55435
lindamoodbell.com/location/twin-cities-learning-center

Michelle Lehman

Team Manager/Volunteer
Destination Imagination

Michelle is a dabbler, a wanderer and a tinkerer with a passion to create. A factotum and self proclaimed pantologist of sorts who wears the hats of homeschool mom, teacher, costume designer, Destination Imagination team manager, and volunteer extraordinaire.

www.destinationimagination.org

Eric Muchowski

I see myself as a continual student. Learning and trying to improve in all aspects of my life. As a Homeschooling Parent, Kung Fu Instructor, Woodworker, Chiropractor, and on and on and on ….:)

Emily Oaks

Biology Professor
State University of New York Oswego

Dr. Oaks is still teaching anatomy and physiology, although she has partially retired to spend more time enjoying restoring her land to a native habitat, restoring her Model A car to its original condition, traveling, canoeing and river rafting, and knitting sweaters for her family.

David Peters

Professional Grandpa

Wishes he had been a grandfather all his adult life. He’s in contention for the “most miles hauling grandsons to events” championship. He’s taught his grandsons the value of doing good work. Now they can shovel a driveway better than he ever could!

Jess Peters

Homeschooler and Mother Extraordinaire

I am most passionate about being in nature and listening to what nature has to teach us. I hope to pass on to my children the sense that they can have a positive impact on others and on the world in which we live. By default I live with three pet rats named Patches, Poppy and Petunia.

Toni Peters

Professional Grandma

She cooks, washes, cleans, cheers and hugs…often at the same time! She has more energy than the total of the next three people you’ll meet. She loves spending quality time with her grandchildren and she still loves to read books with them.

Theresa Redfern-Hall

Instructor, Peabody Tester & Co-CEO of the Redfern-Hall Family

Interests: family, her Newfoundland dog, Crayola crayons, history, weird facts and genealogy.

Motto: Question Everything!

Julie Roemen

Homeschool Mom

I am a homeschool mother of one. I enjoy spending time with my family exploring Minnesota as we are not natives. My family also enjoys in capoeira and travel.

Marlo Rosenau

Pilot. Outdoorswoman. Adventurer. Animal lover.

I've been an airline pilot since 1994 and a captain at JetBlue since 2007. I enjoy traveling. I have been to the Galapagos Islands and hiked to Machu Picchu, through the Grand Canyon, and from Mount Blanc to the Matterhorn. I enjoy fixing what's broken. But the best thing is being an aunt!

Nic Rosenau

Event Organizer

My passions are exploring possibilities and discovering the world with my child, who is the source of all my best ideas — including the Imagination Fair! I also love making the Imagination Fair happen, organizing group outings, and developing the websites for HSAdventures and HomeschoolRecess.

hsadventures.org | homeschoolrecess.com | imaginationfair.org

Tiffany Skidmore

Professional Composer and Vocalist

Tiffany's award-winning work has been performed throughout the United States and Europe and she regularly performs with The Gregorian Singers and other local professional vocal ensembles. She currently homeschools two of her three children, with her oldest now attending college.

Walt Skidmore

Software Developer

Walt has been developing software for over fifteen years in a variety of languages, positions, and capacities. He also enjoys making music and hanging out with his family.

Erin Souster

Minnesota Homeschoolers' Alliance | Planet Homeschool

The state says I'm a homeschooling educator. But really, who's the student and who's the educator in this wibbly wobbly bit of time in our children's snapshot of growing to adulthood!?! Life is busy with three boys, two dogs, a consistently confused spouse, working part time, and forever being on guard from the inevitable war of the spiders. Don't laugh, they're preparing. Although the constant vigilance of protecting the homestead from probable spider invasions takes up a majority of my energy, a few years back it was time for me to stop riding other homeschoolers' coat tails and do my part within the homeschool community. Minnesota Homeschoolers' Alliance and Planet Homeschool never knew what hit them.

homeschoolers.org | facebook.com/mnhomeschoolers | facebook.com/groups/Mnhomeschool
homeschool-life.com/mn/planethomeschool | facebook.com/planethomeschool

Lindsey Wild

World adventurer/explorer. Pilot.

Lindsey studied anthropology, languages, and cross-cultural communication at Brown University. She has been a kayak instructor and trip leader, landscaper, and photographer, among other things. Her many interests include world travel, hiking, languages, cultures, technology, alternative energy, inventing, design, art, photography, nature, animals, pretty much everything. She learned to fly at age 30, and now is a pilot for United Airlines flying internationally.

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