Teacher Bios
Patricia Aguilar
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Patricia has been a Special Ed. teacher and counselor in Costa Rica, Italy, India and the USA. She has been in the homeschool system teaching Spanish for 6 years. Learning languages and cultures is one of her passions because it opens the eyes to the world, helps enjoy the cultural differences and shows all how to respect other people. She wants to teach Spanish here to give the opportunity to the kids to travel in their minds through Latin America and Spain, while learning. She wants the students to feel curiosity for another amazing culture through language.
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Angie Cox
Angie studied business, marketing, and communications at MTSU, and biblical and educational studies at Liberty University. For 20+ years, she has taught a variety of courses at local homeschool tutorials in grades K-12, plus she has graduated 7 of our 8 children from their homeschool. She believes in developing a love for learning in children and adults of all ages, so they may become life-long students, confident in what they have learned, but recognizing in humility that they may not have all of the answers. Also, she believes that in order to be a productive and effective adult, children must understand how their faith is connected to all aspects of their lives, including the educational subjects taught to them, and be able to communicate that understanding in a clear and concise manner. She counts it a privilege and an honor to partner with parents in the education of their children.
Hailiee Emmons
Hailee Emmons will be joining MCA for her first year here. Nutrition and wellness have always played a key role in her life because of the diagnosis of an autoimmune condition that altered her life. By God's grace, she is passionately able to teach others the importance of stewarding their bodies. She has a diploma in human nutrition and her certification in Personal Training. She cannot wait to see what the Lord is going to do this upcoming year!
Gayle Hayes
Gayle recently retired from the Wilson County school system where she taught a variety of science courses over the years, with an emphasis on Chemistry. She earned her Bachelor of Science degree from MTSU, and she and her husband have lived in Mount Juliet for over 30 years. Gayle enjoys helping students master complex science concepts and she is looking forward to her second year at MCA.
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Stacey Hinchman
Stacey Hinchman is starting her second year teaching at MCA. She is a native Nashvillian and earned her BA in English from Belmont in 1991 and her MAE from Cumberland in 1997. In May of 2023, she retired from Metro Nashville Public Schools after spending 31 years teaching English, all at McGavock High School. In 2009, she was named the Metro Nashville teacher of the year. Over the years, she taught English 9-12, AP English Literature, and a variety of electives. She has been married for thirty years to her wonderful husband, Brian, and they have two sons, Jamie, who is married to Olivia, and Zach who is a junior at Tennessee Tech majoring in Mechanical Engineering. She loves teaching, and is excited about being a part of MCA!
Reba Johnson
Reba is excited to be starting her second year teaching at MCA! She is now also the Asst. Director and looks forward to working closely with all of our families. She has been a homeschool mom for 15 years and has a lifelong love of science and photography. She enjoys gardening, cooking, photography, Bible study and spending time with her friends and family. She is originally from Florida but has enjoyed living in Middle Tennessee for the past 30 years.
Jeff Leurs
Jeff has taught in homeschool tutorials for 5 years and has enjoyed passing his knowledge down. He has taught Financial Peace University for many years to both high school students and also to adults. He has numerous years of experience in home repair and building. He feels that the last couple of years teaching and watching the kids learn new things they didn’t know and get excited about investing and planning for the future has been a blessing!
Stacie Livingstone: Stacie is excited to join the team at MCA this year. She is eager to share her passion for sign language and Deaf ministry. Stacie began learning sign language in middle school and graduated from Eastern Kentucky University with a degree in Deaf Education. She taught Deaf students in Kentucky and is thankful God has opened doors for her to interpret for conferences and church services, lead Deaf camps for kids, and train Deaf pastors and plant Deaf churches in Kenya. She is praying this class will spark interest in her students that will continue for life.
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Marla Poole
Marla is passionate about serving homeschoolers! She has a degree in education and taught in both public and private schools before beginning the homeschooling journey with her own family that has now lasted 25 years. She has been blessed to teach a variety of subjects at several homeschool tutorials over the last 11 years and loves her time in the classroom with the students. She is also honored to be the director of MCA and is thankful for all of our students and families.
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Rachel Poole
Rachel Poole will be joining us for her first year at MCA. Rachel has a certification in personal training and nutrition. Rachel has been a personal trainer for both athletes and lifestyle clients for the past 2 years. To accompany PT, she has been coaching competitive gymnastics for the past 6 years. From a young age fitness was her passion and she is excited to share that with the next generation!
Wendy Sewell
Wendy studied music at Belmont University majoring in vocal performance and music business and Brevard School of Music and also studied acting at Brevard. For over 25 years, she worked in the Music Industry in Nashville, TN as a professional singer/songwriter and also in artist management. She has years of experience both in musical theater and on camera for television commercials and movies. She has multiple years both teaching in the homeschool community and privately.
Marie Trapp
Marie has been teaching students mathematics in public and private schools, at the college and university level, as a private tutor since 1982. This is her seventh year as a homeschool teacher. Marie has a Bachelor of Science degree in Mathematics Education from Tusculum University and a Master of Arts in Education and Mathematics from Western Kentucky University. She is the volunteer Associate Director of Christian Education at Saint Stephen Catholic Community where she teaches second graders and sings as part of the church's Music Ministry.
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Kelly Weaver
Kelly loves teaching, and she loves Math!! She has worked in the education field for over 35 years after graduating from MTSU with a Bachelor of Science in Education. She is from a family of teachers and that is all she ever wanted to do. She is working her childhood dream job teaching students math!!! When her twin boys were born she knew she wanted to homeschool them. She raised and homeschooled 4 beautiful children from Kindergarten through 12th grade. She has taught 7th-grade math and Pre-Algebra for the last 15 years including 4 years at Cornerstone Christian Academy and 12 years at Heritage Christian Academy. It’s a privilege for her to be able to continue teaching and serving in the homeschool community.
Mark/Kami Weber
Mark and Kami Weber have nearly fifty years combined experience teaching, training, performing, and competing in the world of dance. Between the two of them, they hold numerous regional, national, and world titles. They also compete with their students on the Pro/Am circuit. They are co-owners of Dynamic Ballroom and Performing Arts in Mount Juliet, TN. Dancing has been a huge part of their conversion to Jesus, and their desire to teach youth to dance is deeply rooted by this.
Lisa Widelock
Lisa is excited to be teaching and working with the students at MCA! She has a BS degree in Elementary Education/Early Childhood from the University of South Florida and has taught grades K-8 in the public school systems in both Florida and New York, and at homeschool tutorials in Tennessee and Florida.
Lisa and her husband, Robert, have been married thirty-four years, and have four children that have all graduated from their homeschool. She loves Jesus, her family, animals, working out, chocolate, coffee, the beach, the mountains, and living in this exceptional country. God is good all the time, and all the time God is good!