Katie Carrillo lives in Austin, TX with her firefighter husband, Patrick. They have three, beautiful teenaged daughters, all who have been home-schooled since even before their pre-kindergarten eligibility. Along this home-schooling journey, Katie has faced daunting challenges, learned valuable lessons and enjoyed many rewards. She looks forward to continuing her learning journey, firmly believing that learning happens while reading great books, drinking hot coffee, and contemplating the good life with great friends.

Tracey Leary holds an M.Ed. from Auburn University and a B.A., Music and English from Huntingdon College. Born and raised in Panama City, FL, she was an avid reader growing up and enjoyed studying music as well. She and her husband, Ross, have three boys and have been homeschooling for more than six years. She has also taught in a large homeschool co-op, served on its board of directors, and wrote and compiled its secondary humanities curriculum.

Renee Mathis has “graduated” from the classroom after finishing a combined 30 years of teaching in both her home and tutorial settings. She and her husband Steve, now relocated to central Louisiana, have five children and nine grandchildren. She has served the homeschool community in Houston in various capacities, including as administrator and teacher of the PREP Classes Tutorial. Additionally, she completed the CiRCE apprenticeship program and now leads the Gulf Coast Apprenticeship as a Head Mentor. She has a heart for encouraging and equipping homeschool moms, through CiRCE’s Hearth program as well as the Dwell Podcast.

Lisa Mayeux is a graduate of University of Louisiana at Lafayette, and a wife and mother of two children. She has spent more than a decade homeschooling her two children according to classical pedagogy. Lisa is the director of Sanctus Spiritus Scholé in Lafayette, Louisiana, has been teaching in a co-op setting since 2007, supported Classical Academic Press for over seven years, and is the Director for Scholé Communities.  

Scott Postma lives in the panhandle of Idaho with his bride of 32 years where he serves as the CEO of Kepler Education—an online consortium of independent classical Christian educators. He earned his PhD from Faulkner University, served as a minister for 20 years, and has been an educator for nearly 30 years. He and his wife homeschooled their four adult children and love being Papa & Mimi to 6 cherished grandchildren. Scott blogs at scottpostma.net and is a practioner of the ancient art of Tsundoku.

Jarrod Richey has been teaching general music & choir classes at Geneva Academy in West Monroe, LA, since 2008. Additionally, he teaches solfege musicianship, folk-dancing, and folk song research & analysis courses each July for the Kodály music teacher training program (Chenaniah Summer Music Institute) at New Saint Andrews College in Moscow, ID. Mr. Richey is the author of “BACH to the Future: Fostering Music Literacy Today” (2016). He is the general editor & contributing author to the ACCS publication “Raise the Song: A Classical Christian Guide to Music Education” (2019). Jarrod & his lovely wife, Sarah, have seven choristers in training ranging from toddler to sixteen.

Bryan Rhodes has pastored Grace Presbyterian Church in Alexandria, Louisiana since the fall of 2019. Bryan’s education includes degrees in Biblical Studies and Apologetics from Liberty University (B.S., M.A.), and he studied Systematic Theology and Ecclesiastical History at the University of Edinburgh (M.Th.). Bryan has also served as the chairman of the Grace Christian School Board since 2020. His interests include psalm-singing, amateur carpentry, and video games made before the turn of the century. He is a husband to Marissa, and a father to Abigail Joy. His wife is lovely, intelligent, and generous, and his daughter takes after her mother.