Opening Session

Mari Fitz-Wynn

Parenting the Child You Have

With a genuine passion for helping families find creative ways to disconnect from their devices and connect with one another, Mari Fitz-Wynn has founded Creating Connections Conferences.  She is also the Executive Director of Heart for Home School Ministries, Inc.   Mari has been an education advocate for over twenty-five years, worked for fifteen years as a lobbyist for the state home school organization (NCHE).
 Having home-schooled her own six children,  A regular contributor to the GreenHouse magazine for home educators and numerous magazines for women, she is also a popular speaker and teacher, and has addressed many home school conferences and women’s events throughout the USA and internationally. She is the author of two books Take Heart 26 Steps to a Healthy Home School and Connect the D.O.T.S.  She is currently writing the first book in a series of historical fiction novels.
Mari holds a MURP degree and has completed several certificates in Christian Counseling (CH Mason system of Bible Colleges- Interdenominational Theological Center ITC).

She blogs on occasion at:  http://marifitzwynn.com/ and http://www.heartforhomeschool.org