Path of a Homeschooler

With over 20 years of homeschooling her 10 children, Amber shares invaluable insights into her family's journey in home education. "Homeschooling saved my life." Amber herself was homeschooled during her high school years, and she shares about the reasoning why her parents decided to pull her out of traditional school setting and how it's impacted her life. Other topics we cover in the interview include: inspiring passion & desire for learning, helping older kids gain ownership over their education, setting boundaries, building vibrant & healthy relationships with your children, and her homeschooling WHY. Please rate & subscribe our podcast! The mission of Path of a Homeschooler is to provide practical, actionable, and uplifting resources for you & your homeschooling journey. Curriculum Amber uses with her children: https://www.sonlight.com/  

Clarissa is a 29-year-old homeschool alum living in the DC area. Her early childhood was spent living overseas. After her family's embassy tour came to an end she became a Virginia resident, growing up in the green foothills of the Shenandoah. A graduate of George Mason University, Clarissa received a Bachelor of Arts in Music with an emphasis in classical piano studies and a minor in ethnomusicology. After a seven year career as a premier nanny, Clarissa is back in school and currently pursuing graduate studies in clinical mental health counseling at Marymount University in Arlington, Virginia. Clarissa is an avid reader & loves the good yoga flow. She enjoys long solo hikes, playing Rachmaninoff on the piano, and traveling as much as possible all over the world. 

We have a great show lined up for you today! An interview with entrepreneur and graduated homeschooler, Mark Duran. We have a wide ranging conversation about education funding, his story as an entrepreneur, gaining mentors, his biggest takeaways from his homeschooling journey, and what advice he has for current homeschoolers. Mark was raised in an entrepreneurial family. While being homeschooled and playing sports for the local public and private schools, his K-12 education experience offered a personal understanding of the alternative schooling space and early lessons in leadership and sound business management. After being dual enrolled during high school in a technical college and trauma medicine school, Mark graduated and earned an offer to be personally mentored by a successful founder and work at his multi million dollar company in Louisiana. This experience helped further train him in leadership and business management best practices. After this, Mark went on to start his own property management business and scaled it until a successful transition. From there he went into the tech sector and took roles in marketing, auditing, and partnerships to further broaden his experience before co-founding Student First Technologies. Experiences like this, paired with his business acumen, deep understanding of education funding systems, and clear vision for growth and impact now embolden Student First Technologies' business strategy. To learn more about the show, check us out and subscribe to our newsletter at 21stcenturylearners.com Give us a follow on Facebook & Instagram Any feedback or suggestions to improve the show can be directed at [email protected]  

In this episode, we explore Alex's experiences as a clerk for two United States Supreme Court Justices (Justice Gorsuch & Justice Kennedy). We also talk about the story behind his book Do Hard Things, his decision to go to college, and how his time as a homeschooler prepared him for Harvard Law School. Alex shares his experiences growing up as a homeschooler, and gives advice on how to homeschool effectively. Please send us feedback or suggestions for topics or guests at [email protected] to our newsletter for future episodes, blog posts and more at pathofahomeschooler.substack.com      This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.pathofahomeschooler.com