Felicidy Flucas Edwards (pictured) is a homeschooling mother who currently homeschools a high school senior (c/o 22). She is co-founder of Scholarship Time with her two children Zamya and Zamira. Scholarship Time is an online class platform to assist in finding funding for college. Homeschooling high school senior Zamya has already received over $500,000 in merit scholarship funding from colleges/universities offering free rides. During her panel discussion, Felicity will share how this feat was done and what credentials were needed while also explaining why looking for scholarships seems so hard. She looks forward to sharing with homeschooling parents why each student's way of finding scholarship funding will be a different journey.
Dr. Khadijah Ali-Coleman is founding director of Black Family Homeschool Educators & Scholars, LLC and co-editor of the book Homeschooling Black Children in the US: Theory, Practice & Popular Culture (IAP, 2022). She homeschooled her daughter off and on for 13 years and graduated her in 2021. Her daughter earned an associate's degree while homeschooling for high school and was offered over a half million dollars in scholarships from almost 20 colleges/universities (some that she did not apply to). Dr. Ali-Coleman is grateful to have had the opportunity to homeschool her beloved daughter and has begun coaching parents who are homeschooling on a college pathway. She is an multi-disciplinary creative and founder of Liberated Muse Arts Group, StudentMediaOnline.com and So Our Youth Aspire. In addition, she is the founder, producer and host of the BFHES Virtual Teach-In, the podcast Contemporary Perspectives on Black Homeschooling and the podcast The Black Writer's Studio. --- Black Family Homeschool Educators & Scholars, LLC (BFHES) is the first US-based research and education group dedicated specifically to the topic of black family homeschooling. BFHES continues to engage with our community through our podcast titled, Contemporary Perspectives on Black Homeschooling and maintaining a burgeoning community of homeschool educators via Facebook. Our mission in 2020 was to provide ongoing community engagement regarding black homeschooling through (1) the publication of scholarly and trade work on the topic, and (2) the production of community events targeting black homeschool familites and entrepreneurs engaged in the practice of black homeschooling. Since January 2022, our strategic goals have pivoted, focusing on training Black parents on homeschooling best practices and youth development theory, connecting them with resources and opportunities to optimize their homeschooling practice. Learn more at http://www.BlackFamilyHomeschool.org --- Credits: Licensed music by Microsoft Produced by Khadijah Z. Ali-Coleman Copyright 2022 Black Family Homeschool Educators & Scholars, LLC
