Nichole founded TLC in 2014. She has been homeschooling her three children for twelve years and just graduated her first student in 2023! Nichole continues to direct our group of amazing families with the help of an incredibly talented crew of other homeschool parents. She also tutors our Concepts 3 class and organizes our field trips. In her spare time, she can be found teaching self-defense to women, organizing homes, playing board games with her family, camping, exploring, or searching for her tiny home dream house!

Nika lovingly serves in many capacities at TLC. In addition to admin assistance and tutoring our youngest class, Nika homeschools her three boys. In her spare time, Nika can be found teaching ESL, working alongside her husband in ministry, and running her own bookkeeping business.

Cristal leads our Core students each week in basic music theory, tin whistle, and a composer study in the spring semester. She is a curious, multitasking homeschool parent of five, who is passionate about researching and advocating for topics close to her heart, such as lactation support, autism spectrum disorders, and other developmental disorders.

Breanne enthusiastically tutors our middle school Concepts class. She has been homeschooling her three children for ten years, some of which was abroad. When not facilitating rhetorical discussions, Breanne can be found reading, reading, and reading...oh, and learning Arabic and traveling the world.

In addition to leading our timeline memory work, Laura facilitates our Core presentation time each week, assisting a small group of our youngest students in learning the art of rhetoric and public speaking skills. She has been homeschooling her son for a few years now. In her spare time, you can find Laura color-coding her Excel sheets, investing in her friends and family, acting and doing voiceovers, and watching every Aaron Judge game.

Yahve facilitates our Core presentation time each week, assisting a small group of our youngest students in learning the art of rhetoric and public speaking skills. She has been homeschooling her son for a few years now. In her spare time, you can find Yahve hosting a plethora of visitors in her AirB&B, investing in her friends and family, commuting her son to his many activities, and swimming in waterfalls.

Karen has been Nichole's lifeline and support from the very beginning. She has been homeschooling her seven children for twelve years and also graduated her first student in 2023! Even after relocating from the Bronx to North Carolina, Karen still faithfully serves as TLC's Connect tutor via Zoom. In her spare time, she can be found raising chickens, loving on her children, husband, neighbors, and friends, laughing hysterically, and renovating a house on a budget.

Dayi creatively tutors our youngest students in art composition and artist studies. When she is not also homeschooling her two children, she can be found trying new recipes and thrift shopping.

Marysol leads our youngest students in weekly science lessons and hands-on experiments. She has been homeschooling her two children for five years. In her spare time, you can find Marysol exploring the expanse of the city on bike, working in the fashion world, sewing, and crocheting.

Pastor Ramny graciously provides TLC a home base for our community meetings. He and his wife, Dayi, homeschool their two children. When he is not also magically transforming the church space to materialize Nichole's elaborate ideas, he can be found pastoring the church, reading, playing and watching sports, and spending time with his family.

Starr facilitates our Core presentation time each week, assisting a small group of our youngest students in learning the art of rhetoric and public speaking skills. She has been homeschooling her daughter for a few years now and plans on doing the same for her baby boy in the future. In her spare time, you can find Starr drinking tea while watching her resident hedgehog in her backyard, baking, and event planning.

Our new Spanish tutor will be announced soon. We are very excited to offer this new afternoon class beginning in the spring semester! This class will be for Core students.