Manisha has been a teacher for 15 years, with special expertise in arts, special needs and bilingual education - and is a founding member of the modular team. She can support you in deciding whether Modular learning is the right course for you and answer any questions you have about the process. She is also happy to help parents plan curriculum, find teachers, classes, caregivers, full-day programs, learning cooperatives - or start any of these resources and share them with the community. Manisha is a social butterfly and loves supporting families with community building and questions around social-emotional development. Reach out to meet friends who share your values and interests. Manisha is eager to learn about what needs and questions you have around modular learning so we can work to providing better resources for all parents interested in customizing their child’s education.

Aubrey Hargis, M.Ed. is a parent coach and educational consultant best known for her empathetic approach and appreciation for the magic of childhood. As a life-long Montessori advocate and AMS certified former classroom guide, her passion has always been to bring Montessori into the mainstream. As the founder of the Child Development Institute of the Redwoods, she creates online courses and coaches parents in compassionate discipline techniques and Montessori education. Aubrey lives with her husband and two children under a blanket of San Francisco fog, where the coastal cliffs and nearby redwood trails are always beckoning for another adventure.

Monique is an educator based in Brooklyn that loves teaching and has deep expertise in homeschooling and progressive schooling! She believes what children can achieve, create, and solve is limitless! Monique espouses an interest and strength based model that incorporates continuous individual attention and support. She is currently working to reopen a private progressive democratic school she founded 5 years ago called, Freebrook. But until then, she can't help but to offer creative learning experiences to local young people! Monique can curate curriculum, help parents identify and address special needs and give advice and support around the curation of local activities.

Jacki is a poet, writer, single mom and education specialist with Ocean Grove Charter School. Jacki Rigoni writes poetry within the found spaces of single parenting her three children in the San Francisco Bay area, where she serves as Poet Laureate of Belmont, California. A credentialed teacher and award-winning copywriter by profession, Jacki’s other writing can be found on TV and the back of snack packaging. http://www.womanuprising.com/#womanup

After years of working with children, homeschooling several teens myself, and now raising two small self-directed learners, I am convinced that self-direction is the most natural and effective way to learn. I am dedicated to education that is respectful of the learner and recognizes the autonomy of each child. My ultimate goal is to help interested families take control of the reduction, self-direct independently and with confidence, and discover a way of learning that feels more like play than work.