About Us
Our Mission
Our mission is to support families, schools, and organizations that serve children through coaching, training courses, professional development, and strategic and program planning.
Our Team
Stephanie Spires (she/her), Founder
Stephanie Spires is a mother, child advocate, and family life coach. She received her B.A. and M.S. degrees from the University of Kentucky, College of Education and completed her Family Life Coach coursework at North Carolina State University.
Spires served on the Fayette County Public Schools Board of Education from 2017-2022. She was chair of the board from 2018-2021, leading the team through Covid and the unexpected death of the district's Superintendent. Before joining the board, she served as the Executive Director of Arbor Youth Services, Central Kentucky's only emergency children's shelter. In this role, she pushed city and school leaders to acknowledge and accurately count the number of homeless students in the district. She has fostered and/or provided respite for over three dozen children. Spires leads monthly training and support groups for foster and adoptive parents in Kentucky through the Adoption Support Kentucky program at the University of Kentucky. She has testified before the Kentucky General Assembly on several issues impacting Kentucky's children and developed a training for school board members across the state to understand how districts can support students experiencing homelessness and/or in foster care.
