Nicole is a wife, homeschooling mom, and community connector. 

A solution-oriented home education advocate, Nicole is focused on providing assistance that enables individual families to achieve their family mission. As an HSLDA Georgia Ambassador and volunteer lobbyist, she works to ensure access to and secure resources that equip, encourage, and energize underserved families to realize the educational possibilities of homeschooling.

Nicole has served her community in various educational roles including as a STEM teacher coaching Science Olympiad and FIRST robotics teams.  She currently supports her community as the President of DeKalb Christian Home Educators (DCHE), a homeschool cooperative serving metro Atlanta since 1989, by offering Crist-centered academic classes & clubs, parent-teacher training, access to educational support, and family-centric activities. She is also the Co-Founder and Sponsor Chair of the Georgia Black Home Education Network (GBHEN), a collaboration of homeschool leaders that highlights diverse and culturally rich educational choices.

Nicole is the wife of Willie Doyle, Jr., an Engineer by profession and the Science/ Math Instructor of their four children, including two homeschool graduates. The Doyles believe according to Psalms 1:3 that when they water their family in the Word of God, then the children will flourish. Nicole and her husband, Willie, seek to create a joyful and experience rich homeschool experience for their four children. Their family mission is to love, teach, and encourage their children as lifelong learners to discover and carry out God’s unique plan for their lives.

Join us on Saturday, June 3, 2023 at the University of Maryland Riggs Alumni Center to hear Nicole Doyle and many other wonderful speakers for an intimate time of inspiration, bolstering, and refreshment for all Maryland homeschool families!

Roxanne is an author, speaker, master life coach, corporate chaplain, and Petroleum Engineer. More recently she has served as Ms. Oklahoma Senior America 2022. She has a deep heart for ministering to homeschooling families.

Roxanne earned her Petroleum Engineering degree from the University of Oklahoma and practiced as an operations engineer for 10 years. She left that industry to build a large international marketing company and spent over a decade speaking to and teaching over 100,000 people internationally.

After homeschooling their 4 children and leading a large cooperative program, Roxanne became founder and president of Winter Summit Ministries Inc. Her first book is titled Are You Enough? Encouragement for the Overwhelmed and Exhausted Homeschool Mom. She has organized and led events and conferences for most of her adult life.

Because of her heart to build others in God’s truth, she earned her Advance Certificate in Christian life-coaching from Light University and is currently involved in small group and one-on-one coaching as well as intensive retreats

Roxanne authored an 11-week “Game Changer” curriculum for use at Branch15 transitional ministry where she continues to serve on the Board of Directors.

She has written 20 YouVersion Bible plans with over 1.2 million downloads. Fifteen of her YouVersion Bible plans were reformatted and published into her newest devotional book Breathe: 101 Life Giving Devotionals.

In 2022, Roxanne led 3 women’s conferences in Ethiopia and also spoke throughout the state of Oklahoma to build and encourage others as Ms. Okla Senior America. It is her joy and honor to speak to and serve others.

Join us on Saturday, June 3, 2023 at the University of Maryland Riggs Alumni Center to hear Roxanne Parks and many other wonderful speakers for an intimate time of inspiration, bolstering, and refreshment for all Maryland homeschool families!

60% advising homeschool group leaders about everything from crafting statements of faith (he prefers the Nicene Creed) to designing policies to protect children at co-ops

10% writing legal briefs (and wondering how in the world documents of 30 pages can possibly be called “brief”

10% keeping HSLDA and its sister organizations in compliance with the charitable solicitation laws of way too many competing jurisdictions

100% advocating for the fundamental right of parents to direct the education of their children.

Darren and his wife Sara homeschool as a team and have graduated the oldest two of their four children. He enjoys board games, teaching Sunday school, and speaking at homeschool conferences around the country.

Join us on Saturday, June 3, 2023 at the University of Maryland Riggs Alumni Center to hear Darren Jones and many other wonderful speakers for an intimate time of inspiration, bolstering, and refreshment for all Maryland homeschool families!

Sue Manning is a veteran homeschool mom of 3. She is still actively homeschooling a high schooler, and has two graduates – one a college graduate, and one enrolled in a trade apprenticeship program. As a military spouse for many years, Sue has experience with homeschooling throughout the US and overseas, but has spent the last 15 years in Maryland. Her areas of expertise include homeschooling 101, homeschooling special needs, and creating connections in the homeschool community.

Sue has most recently served homeschool families in Southern Maryland through the Charles County Homeschool Connector which seeks to assist new homeschoolers as they begin their journey by connecting them with experienced homeschoolers.

Join us on Saturday, June 3, 2023 at the University of Maryland Riggs Alumni Center to hear Sue Manning and many other wonderful speakers for an intimate time of inspiration, bolstering, and refreshment for all Maryland homeschool families!

Karim is originally from Guatemala and emigrated to the United States in 1992. Karim and her husband have been homeschooling their three children for the last 14 years. Their oldest daughter graduated in 2020 and is currently studying industrial engineering; their son graduated this year and is pursuing a finance degree. Besides her homeschooling experience, Karim is a certified Spanish teacher with 16 years of teaching experience in public schools. In 2014, she founded Spanish Educational Solutions with the mission to support homeschool parents, parents who only speak English, and families who want to educate bilingual children.

Karim holds her master’s degree in curriculum and online learning, earned at George Mason University in Virginia. For more than 25 years, she has been teaching and serving the Hispanic community through educational advice, mentoring, and counseling. One of her passions is to equip parents to lead their children’s education and advocate for what is best for them. She is convinced that homeschooling can bridge the academic gaps that sometimes exist in the Hispanic community.

At HSLDA, Karim dedicates her time to upholding Hispanic leaders who support homeschooling and Hispanic parents who wish to educate at home. Through her outreach work she offers leaders strategic advice and networking to help them reach and serve the Hispanic community. She also participates in conferences and offers workshops nationally and internationally, sharing her knowledge, experience, and resources. She aims to encourage parents to continue their homeschooling journey and enjoy their children.

Beyond her position at HSLDA, Karim is passionate about cultures, multicultural work, and programs that advance higher education.

Join us on Saturday, June 3, 2023 at the University of Maryland Riggs Alumni Center to hear Karim Morato and many other wonderful speakers for an intimate time of inspiration, bolstering, and refreshment for all Maryland homeschool families!