Jan Bloom and her husband Gary are owners of Books Bloom. Jan is also the author of the "Who Should We Then Read?" series, available online. Jan and Gary travel 8 months out of the year, attending homeschool conventions and hosting BooksBloom Seminars, an opportunity for booklovers to browse thier inventory of over 4,000 carefully chosen vintage and out-of-print books free of the distractions of a busy conference.

Carlita Boyles is a homeschooling mother of three children and has been happily married to John Boyles for over 20 years. Early in her homeschool journey, Carlita developed a method of teaching math that used life experiences instead of textbooks. In 2007, at the request of some moms in her homeschool group, she and John created Math on the Level, a math curriculum designed especially for the homeschool family. Carlita shares at homeschool conventions throughout the country, presenting workshops that are friendly and encouraging. Her sessions equip parents to teach math with confidence, while modifying instruction to meet the needs of each child.

Carlita has an extensive background in education. Prior to homeschooling, she was a teacher in the California public school system and has degrees in Child Development and Special Education. In addition, she has both California Multiple Subjects and California Specialist in Learning Disabilities credentials. She began officially homeschooling her children in 1998 when her oldest daughter reached Kindergarten age, although she is convinced that homeschooling actually begins at birth. Besides traveling and adventuring, Carlita enjoys reading, sewing, camping, and spending time with her wonderful family and friends.

Matthew Bullington is a homeschool graduate, and the oldest of six children. He attended Middle Tennessee State University where he was paid to go to college (receiving scholarships in excess of his total costs). In 2006 Matthew was awarded the "President's Award" by the university, the highest honor given to a student at the college. Matthew graduated Summa Cum Laude with Honors Distinction in December of 2006 with a degree in Economics.

Matthew's knowledge of the college application process comes from personal experience, as well as the experiences of two of his siblings who are both fully funded in their studies at the University of Memphis and Vanderbilt University. His father, Dr. Kimball Bullington, is a professor and has been advising incoming students for over 12 years. While attending school, Matthew advised numerous incoming students on the application process, gave tours and talks to visiting students and incoming freshman, and was singularly requested by the university on multiple occasions to be the host and tour-guide for prospective homeschool students.

Matthew has been working since 2007 to help students, especially homeschoolers, prepare for college or trade school. He volunteers as a discipling mentor and speech coach. Matthew is the owner of HomeschoolCollegePrep.com and UniversityReady.com, has written and produced a variety of resources to help in the college preparation process, is the high-school columnist for the Home-Educated Family magazine, and has spoken at numerous workshops and events across the country.

Karrie Emms is a homeschooling mother from Northern Ontario, Canada. She has two children, a daughter 11 and a son 13. She keeps busy managing a competitive gymnast and a son who plays football and competes in Karate. But when you add homeschooling, writing, work as an associate artist at a jewellery gallery and university courses to the mix life gets really hectic.

Ms. Emms holds post-secondary diplomas in print journalism, interactive multimedia and small business management. She is currently pursuing theological studies while working from home in order to provide homeschooling for her youngest child. Her son recently entered a local high school for his grade 9 year. As a family Ms. Emms and her children enjoy camping and spend a vast portion of the summer months volunteering at several youth camps.

With three self-published children's books, countless articles and stories and years of experience in journalism Ms. Emms enjoys putting a little of herself and a lot of her faith into all she writes. She draws her characters and settings from camp experiences and many travels throughout Ontario.

Ms. Emms displays her jewellery at www.dreamweaverjewellery.com, is a regular columnist/contributor to Home Educating Family Magazine and their blog.

Christine's passions are her faith, family life, writing and law. A long-time homeschooler, she has written numerous books and now devotes her time to serving homeschoolers through the ministry of www.HomeschoolLegalAdvantage.com

Kelly Hancock and her husband, Bradford, are the owners of FaithfulProvisions.com. Faithful Provisions is a successful national blog featuring daily deal posts, a coupon database and even a recipe box. Since 2005, Kelly has been an exile from corporate America and became a full-time mother to their then-only child. She knew she had to learn quickly how to live on less than half of their former income. With no special training and an initial repulsion to budgeting of any kind, she figured if she could learn how to do it, anyone could. As she mastered the principles of what she calls, "Grocery Savings" she began sharing her knowledge with others. The concept caught on among her friends and family members and she became passionate about saving money and helping other families to do the same.

More recently, Bradford lost his job and joined Kelly's efforts, and now Faithful Provisions is a full-fledged home-based business. Kelly and Bradford have traveled around Tennessee and to other parts of the Southeast taking the message and methodology of Faithful Provisions with them. The success of the business itself is a testimony to God's faithful provision!

Kelly resides with her family in the Nashville, TN area and is an active wife, mother, home educator, blogger, writer, and speaker.

Jill Hardy is a homeschooling mom of five, in addition to working part-time as a freelance copywriter. You can read some of her day to day struggles and triumphs on her blog The Crib Chick.

Linda Johnson is a former public school teacher who has spent the last 14 years homeschooling her four children whose ages range from 8 to 18. She and her family served as missionaries for twelve years in the Middle East.

Linda has a passion for encouraging other parents to homeschool with passion. She maintains that homeschooling can and should be a journey of joy-filled days both for the mother and her children and she has dedicated her life to sharing ways to accomplish this by thinking outside of the cultural norms. Her goal is to raise children who are passionately in love with God and who are able to relate the gospel of the Kingdom to the many, rather than the few.

She currently resides in Northeast Texas and is learning the ins and outs of gardening, taking care of cows, goats, chickens and avoiding copperheads. You can find more of her writings at CharlotteMasonHelp.com where she shares practical ways to implement Charlotte Mason's educational methods in the home and school.

Rebecca Ingram Powell is a pastor's wife, a veteran homeschooling mom of 15 years, and a nationally known author and speaker. Rebecca's writing and speaking ministry launched in 2000, with the publication of the new mom's devotional, Baby Boot Camp: Basic Training for the First Six Weeks of Motherhood, and has grown steadily through the years.

Since 2003, Rebecca has been a monthly columnist for ParentLife Magazine (LifeWay Christian Resources), writing the popular feature, "A Mom's Life." Rebecca has served as a keynote speaker at homeschool conventions across the United States, and she is also a speaker for the Pure In Heart Conferences for moms and their tween daughters. She holds a recurring guest spot as the Parenting Contributor on Nashville's top-rated news show, "Tennessee Mornings," and has been featured on the FamilyLife Today and Revive Our Hearts radio programs.

The author of several books and Bible studies, Rebecca's latest release is Season of Change: Parenting Your Middle Schooler with Passion and Purpose. Rebecca and her family are members of First Baptist Church, Madison, TN, where husband Rich serves bi-vocationally as missions pastor. She continues to homeschool her teen sons, David and Derek, while daughter Danya, a homeschool graduate, attends Belmont University.

Beatrice Scalf is a wife, mother of 3, and a home educator. When not occupied with running her home and teaching her children, she can be found indulging her passions for reading and writing. Beatrice is currently preparing her first collection of short stories for publication.

Rob Shearer has been a student of history all of his life, and a history teacher for the last 30 years. He and his wife Cyndy are the Directors of the Francis Schaeffer Study Center in Mt. Juliet TN. He is also the founder and publisher of Greenleaf Press.

Angelina Stanford has a Master's Degree in English Literature and was a classroom teacher for ten years before beginning homeschooling 8 years ago. She and her three children (age 5-13) spend thier days reading, discussing, laughing, learning, and enjoying Cajun culture in Southern Louisiana.

Jim and Karen Stobaugh have four home educated adult children. They have a strong burden for the new leadership group that God is calling forth from the home schooling community. Jim is a Merrill Fellow at Harvard University and holds a B.A. cum laude from Vanderbilt, an M.A. from Rutgers University, a M.Div. from Princeton Theological Seminary, and a D.Min. from Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary. An experienced teacher, Dr. Stobaugh is a recognized leaders in homeschooling and has published several books for students and teachers. Dr. Stobaugh and his wife Karen live near Hollsopple, Pennsylvania, and travel widely to speak about literature, teaching, SAT/ACT Preparation, and education.

Natalie Wickham is the oldest of six children, and was homeschooled from fourth grade through college. She has assisted in homeschooling some of her younger siblings, and is an Independent Music Teacher who loves developing creative ways to help her students acquire real knowledge and understanding. Natalie has a passion for equipping and challenging upcoming generations of homeschoolers to be godly leaders in the world. This passion led her, along with a group of fellow homeschool graduates, to found the Adventures in Character children's program. This same passion inspired her to develop a Drama and Public Speaking course, which she has offered to high school students. She is the author of the book, Pajama School – stories from the life of a homeschool graduate, and producer of the CD, Journey to Self Publishing - 12 steps to successfully publish your book.

John (Jay) Younts is the author of Everyday Talk: Talking Freely and Naturally About God with Your Children, What About War?, In Touch with Paul Stewardship Series. An elder in the Associate Reformed Presbyterian (ARP) Church, John has taught on and studied issues related to biblical child rearing for over thirty years. John is a frequent speaker for parenting conferences, church seminars for parents, and youth meetings. He has been interviewed on radio stations around the country. Jay also manages and writes for the Shepherd Press Blog. He and his wife Ruth have five grown children and reside in South Carolina.