Amy holds a Bachelor of Science in Interdisciplinary Studies, with a focus on education, social sciences, and religion, from Liberty University. She worked in early childhood education for ten years before transitioning to homeschooling. Amy has continued her education by completing the CMI Core training, and she is currently pursuing her Master's in the Great Books. For the past 17 years, Amy has dedicated herself to homeschooling her children and helping others unlock their children's potential. Two of her sons have graduated from college, and she is now teaching her youngest son. Amy serves as a mentor in the Alveary with CMI, hosts a local Charlotte Mason book club, manages a local homeschool library, directs a community outreach program for homeschoolers, and has organized co-ops based on the Charlotte Mason philosophy. Her goal is to ensure that every child receives the life-giving education that Charlotte Mason advocated, teaching one child at a time.

Angelynn Ballew is a Canadian missionary kid to Brazil. She grew up in Brazil and loved the people, the rich culture, and Portuguese. Angel went to a small Christian college in Northeast Georgia, where she played volleyball and basketball, and got a Cross-Cultural Studies degree with a focus in Second Languange Acquisition. Angel married her husband right out of college, and they have three daughters ages 16, 14, and 12. She loves to sing, crochet, and be in nature. Angel and her family have been missionaries in Colombia for seven years. They homeschool, and lead a co-op of mostly new-to-homeschooling Colombian families.

Christina has been singing and performing for as long as she can remember. She has a Master of Music in Voice from the Eastman School of Music and a Bachelor of Voice from Biola University, Summa Cum Laude. She has also completed CMI’s CORE class, a teacher training course in the Charlotte Mason method. In the past, she performed in opera, musical theater, and as a recitalist in New York and the Los Angeles areas. Now she sings in church using an ancient form of music known as Byzantine chant. As a second-generation homeschooler, she spends her days raising four children ranging from middle school to a toddler, and has been using the Alveary from the start. Besides music, she loves nature, good books, kitchen adventures, science fiction, and spending time with family and friends.

Marcia Mattern completed her BS in Sciences (food and nutrition) from Eastern Illinois University and went on to work as a Dietitian for 27 years.  She began homeschooling her children in 2002 and has two children, of the six, still learning together under her roof.  She’s a nature lover and spends a lot of time out of doors in Central Illinois. Biology and Chemistry are two of her loves!  The Charlotte Mason Peoria community (CMPeoria.com) has been an outpouring of work for Marcia and her husband over the past 20 years through monthly book groups, coops, and conferences.  The community has also been a sharing of life with other families on the path of embracing a Charlotte Mason philosophy.  Marcia has been a speaker at various homeschooling conferences such as Charlotte Mason Institute, Living Education Retreat, Kansas City Area Catholic Homeschoolers conference, and the Charlotte Mason Peoria conferences.  Marcia and her husband created the first Charlotte Mason Family camp in 2017.  Marcia loves to speak on habit and virtue including practical ways of living with a large family.  Marcia hopes to ignite the love of science in your child through her Chemistry class!

Sarah-Beth (B.Ed, MA TESOL) is a Canadian-South African currently living in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa.  She teaches English literature, poetry, and writing to homeschool youth in person and online, tutors students in preparation for Cambridge English exams, and runs community classes at her home for local homeschool youth.  On the side, she teaches English to adults who have moved to South Africa from other African countries-lots of fun!

Sarah-Beth has been an English and TEFL teacher for 25 years and homeschooled her three sons for 17 years. She does work for CMI as one of the facilitators of their CORE training and Charlotte Mason's philosophy and methods have been- and still are- the main influences on how she views teaching and learning.  Her writing classes are a mix of clear thinking (writing is a thinking exercise), reading and discussing good models, experimenting and being playful, encouraging the writer's voice and personality, and teaching good style and technique.

Sharie Schnell has been a brand strategist and visual communications designer since 1991 helping nonprofits, ministries, and impact-driven businesses connect with their audiences. She likes to tell people she loves good design and designing for good. As an adjunct instructor at Indiana Wesleyan University, Sharie taught methods, principles, and tools of communication design in courses for aspiring graphic designers. She believes that in our highly visual world, everyone has an eye for design. We all make instant judgments about the quality, relevance, and credibility of what we see in order to filter through a daily tsunami of communications. We make these judgment calls based primarily on aesthetics. Learning the key principles of design can help anyone get their message noticed and taken seriously.

​Rachel holds a Bachelors of Arts in Fine Arts and a minor in Latin from Wilson College and a Masters of Latin from the University of Florida.  Her master's degree program was an innovative hybrid program that married both in person and online learning. Rachel began her adult career as a motor transport operator for the United States Army, while there she had the opportunity to live in Kentucky, Maryland, and the Netherlands.  She has taught Latin in both public and private schools for several years. Before settling into teaching Latin, Rachel worked in multiple positions in academic libraries in Pennsylvania and Arkansas.  Besides teaching Latin, Rachel enjoys reading, traveling, and playing Pokemon the card game.  She discovered Charlotte Mason in 2020 when her family chose to homeschool through the pandemic.  Since then, Charlotte Mason’s methods have heavily influenced Rachel’s approach to teaching Latin. 

Jenny has a Master of Arts in Curriculum Development and Instruction from Grand Canyon University and a BA in Sociology from Cal Lutheran University. She lives in Southern California with her husband and their six children.  She has been homeschooling for over 18 years. The introduction to Charlotte Mason (CM) was welcomed warmly after reading Real Learning: Education in the Heart of the Home by Elizabeth Foss. She started a CM discussion group, Learning Charlotte Mason in Conejo and Simi Valleys, with other homeschooling mothers in 2011.  This group blossomed into a weekly CM co-op community known as the “Large Room” from 2012-2020, which she gladly moderated.
Lately, you will find her teaching CM-inspired classes to private homeschool groups and the City of Thousand Oaks Teen Center in the Conejo Valley.  She is also part of the Alveary Curriculum Team and enjoys lesson writing.  She has been serving as a board member at IvyTech Charter School, part of the Moorpark School District, since 2022.  Through dedication to her Christian faith and the principles of a CM education, she finds grace in her daily life.