In this episode Mark speaks with the passionately loving parent of 9, Maria Hansen-Quine. Can we just say, we were absolutely blown away by Maria & husband Sam’s compassion, strength and deep desire to make the world a more loving and understanding place.
Along with parenting, Maria has always been passionate about diversity. Twelve years ago, while a school counselor in Washington state she created a diversity unit in which she taught regularly for 10+ years. Maria has created two children's books which are a culmination of this curriculum and her experiences as a school counselor and a mom. "Be Different & Be Kind" tells the courageous story of a character named Mariah and what it really means to be different from the other kids. Things improve for her when the school counselor comes in her class and teaches a new lesson. This book is a great resource to teach children about the beauty of diversity!
Maria has devoted the past 22 years to working with children, has worked in three different states, six different schools, two group homes, an outpatient therapy children's programs, homeless shelters, and has provided court mandated therapeutic in-home support to families.
Maria currently works as a school counselor in a beautiful inner city community in Arizona and her and her husband Sam have nine beautiful and diverse “precious jewels”, seven through adoption and two born biologically. You do not want to miss this moving and motivational episode and check out her book "Being Different and Being Kind"
Website & Blog: preciousjewelsmamma.weebly.com/
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