CHILDHOOD Conference

Chelsea Lanese is the owner of Let’s Play School and a homeschooling mom of three. She began her preschool curriculum company in 2017 along with her husband, Matt. “When they’re not busy creating new activities for Let’s Play School, Matt, Chelsea, Lilly Belle, Lucy, and Liam enjoy exploring all that their community has to offer. Living in Disney World’s backyard does have its perks!”

Instagram: @letsplayschool

Stephanie Radcliffe is the founder of Stories Begin At Home, which is “has an eclectic homeschool & learning at home approach & is inspired by a variety of different learning philosophies & methods.”

Stephanie lives in Orlando, FL, and has been married to her husband Wes since 2009 and is mother to five her children. She holds a bachelor’s degree in Child Development & teaching certifications for a variety of subject areas.

Instagram: @storiesbeginathome

Paola McGarvey is a bilingual blogger and content creator. As a young immigrant, she found Florida to become home after finishing her undergrad in psychology as an international student from Paraguay and meeting her husband Christopher. She’s since then worked at the collegiate level as a Principal Designated School Official with Immigration Services assisting other international students from all over the world in their journey of coming to the U.S. for college, as well as written for several different local magazines and blogs, including her own.

Above anything else, Paola is blessed to be a wife and mom of three beautiful bicultural children. She hopes to continue inspiring other moms and multicultural families through content creation and connecting on social media.

Instagram: @paolajoannblog

Griselda is a mother, grandmother, former educator, and writer of poetry. As a Cuban immigrant who raised first generation Cuban-Americans, she is passionate about education, literacy, and service. She’s been married to her husband for 35 years, and has three children and four grandchildren. 

Amanda is an educator trained and experienced in the Montessori method and is part of the core WonderHere founding team. She is a wife and a mother to four boys. She currently leads WonderHere’s events and is part of the staff support team. She is a homeschool mama and expert cookie baker!

Tiffany Thenor is the co-owner and co-founder of WonderHere. After graduating from Southeastern University with her Bachelor’s degree in Elementary Education, she taught in a Title 1 School for 7 years before her passion for education and strong desire to see learning done differently led her on the path to launching WonderHere with her best friend, Jessica. Married to her college crush, Jeffrey, together they have three wonderful and busy little ones: Jeremiah, Ezra, and Tahlia. When she isn’t writing curriculum, blogging, or leading her team at WonderHere; she is decorating, homeschooling her children, exploring, and writing just for fun.  Everything she does and everything she is is for the Lord and she is grateful for everyday that she is here to serve her community. 

Jordan and Leslie have been married for 13 years. They have four awesome children who they have been homeschooling for the past seven years. They live in Central Florida. Jordan and Leslie are passionate about seeing people thrive in their faith and in all areas of life. We are so excited to have them host our third CHILDHOOD Conference!