Request A THSC Speaker
Request A THSC Speaker
Texas Home School Coalition would love to be part of your next event! Whether you’re hosting a gathering for parents and families, organizing a co-op graduation, or bringing together your community to learn and connect, our experienced speakers are here to inspire, equip, and encourage. We’re excited to partner with you to make your event memorable and impactful!
At Your Service to Advocate & Educate
At Your Service to Advocate & Educate
Nathan Macias
THSC President
Nathan Macias
Nathan Macias is a native of San Antonio, earned a BS in civil engineering from Texas A&M in 1982, and has three Master’s Degrees: MBA, MPA, and MEd. A retired USAF Lt. Col., he commanded several units during his career. Nathan served as a Texas State Representative from 2007 to 2009, is currently the executive director of Patriot Academy, and he serves on the THSC Board. Nathan and Susan, his bride of 37 years, have seven children from ages 33 to 19, five children-in-law, and eight beautiful grandchildren. They home educated their children for 27 years. Their children now serve in a variety of vocations, including a firefighter, political consultant, worship leader, photographer, and law student.
Jeremy Newman
THSC Vice President of Policy & Litigation
Jeremy Newman
Anita Scott
THSC Public Policy Director
Anita Scott
Beginning in the 80s, Anita, along with her 7 siblings, were homeschooled by her mother and father in a 3-bedroom/1 bathroom home before her father went and leased a building so they could begin homeschooling other children. Anita worked at her parent’s homeschool Christian school before graduating and then working on her undergrad degree while tutoring and teaching in nearby community colleges and universities.
Joining THSC has laid the foundation for Anita to learn how the legislative process works in order to ensure it benefits the families of Texas – not just in theory, but. One of her favorite verses is Psalms 68:6 She has seen God put her in a big family and has simultaneously mirrored that love by, as a single woman, fostering teenage children. Her mantra: God puts the lonely in families.
Some of her hobbies include snowboarding, horseback riding, napping, and spending intentional moments with family and friends. She has already bungee jumped and skydived, so next are paragliding and riding a giraffe.
Favorite Verse: Psalms 68:6 (NIV)
The earth shook, the heavens poured down rain, before God, the One of Sinai, before God, the God of Israel.
Susan Macias
THSC Events Director
Susan Macias
Susan is a voracious reader who devours historical-fiction, biblical history, and biographies. She also loves to entertain her friends and large family, especially her fifteen grandchildren.
Favorite Bible Verse: Psalm 18:1-2 (NIV)
I love you, O LORD, my strength. The LORD is my rock and my fortress and my deliverer, my God, my rock, in whom I take refuge, my shield, and the horn of my salvation, my stronghold.
Heather Young
THSC Membership Support Manager
Heather Young
Heather Young is the Special Needs Specialist for the Customer Relations Team. After nearly ten years of teaching Special Education in public school, her family began their homeschool journey and now has been homeschooling since 2013. Heather joined THSC in 2021 as the Special Needs Specialist for Customer Relations after being a THSC Homeschool Mentor. Heather and her husband, Joshua, are homeschooling their 8th grader and 5th grader. Her goal is to encourage families to hold fast to a firm foundation in Christ, to let go of what holds one back, and find the creativity and blessing that homeschooling can foster. She enjoys reading, cooking, exploring history with her family, and perusing the various homeschool curriculum available in her spare time.
Vicky Garcia
THSC Spanish Customer Relations Representative
Vicky Garcia
Vicky is a native Spanish speaker born in Mexico. She has a degree in Christian Outreach Service from Trinity Bible Baptist Bible College in Arlington, Texas. She married her loving husband, Azael Garcia, in 2007, and they have been blessed with three wonderful children. They, together, served in Mexico for 11 years. Currently, while Azael pastors Iglesia Bautista Calvario in Hempstead, Texas, Vicky actively serves as a Sunday school teacher, women’s bible group, and children’s choir leader.
They have homeschooled their children to the present, making that 10 years, and counting. Although their first language is Spanish, Vicky has been determined to make English their language used in homeschooling. Since she has learned more about homeschooling in Texas, she is greatly appreciative of the exceptional, well-fought freedoms, laws, and opportunities for homeschoolers here -and she is always glad to share these with others.
She loves ministering along with her husband, watching movies with her kids, and walking their two Beagles in the mornings. She has been the Spanish Customer Relations Team Representative for THSC since 2018.
Amber Okolo-Ebube
THSC Regional Representative
Amber Okolo-Ebube
Amber Okolo-Ebube is a Texas native, education advocate, and home educator with over 14 years of experience. As the founder and Executive Director of Leading Little Arrows (LLA), she is committed to creating emotionally safe, accessible, and Christ-centered learning spaces, especially for neurodiverse and BIPOC families.
A devoted Christian, Amber believes strong families build strong communities. She is passionate about equipping parents with the wisdom and confidence to educate their children in a nurturing, faith-filled environment.
Amber is a VELA Next Steps Recipient, VELA Community Connector for North Texas, and 50CAN National Voices Fellow and has been featured in Forbes, The 74 Million, and Cato’s Founder Friday.
Beyond her work, Amber is a devoted wife and mother of five, a proud Aggie Mom (Gig ‘Em!), and a Marine Mom. She enjoys spending time on her family’s land, hosting game nights, and traveling with her husband of 13 years.
Jenifer Davidson
THSC Regional Representative
Jenifer Davidson
Jenifer Davidson is a native Texan who spent her childhood in Houston, her college years in East Texas, and the last 26 years in West Texas. She is founder and director of GraceLubbock Homeschool Group (GRACE) in Lubbock, TX. In 2007, she founded GRACE, and watched it grow from 12 students to over 500 members. 2024 brought a great surprise, when GRACE was nationally recognized as Homeschool Co-op of the year.
Jenifer stays busy with her 6 kids, ranging from adult to 4th grade, and 1 baby grandson. Her passion and calling is to families; specifically to women and children. She holds a Children’s Ministry degree from East Texas Baptist University.
When not serving Texas homeschool families, you can find her hiking in a National Park, watching college football, or whipping something up in the kitchen. She loves hosting people in her home, board and card games, and coaching her kids’ basketball teams. More often than not, though, you can find her in her favorite spot; anywhere with the family.
Sarah Johnson
THSC Regional Representative
Sarah Johnson
Sarah Johnson is a homeschool educator with over ten years of experience, wife of twenty years, and mother of three wonderful children. Sarah’s homeschooling philosophy centers on cultivating a love of learning while guiding children to discover God’s beautiful world through a Christ-centered, literature-based approach.
Before becoming a full-time homeschool educator, Sarah earned a Bachelor of Arts with honors in Psychology from the University of Kansas, followed by a Master of Education from California State University, Bakersfield (CSUB). Her professional background includes work as a college lecturer at
CSUB, an academic researcher, and a private-sector researcher specializing in brain injury.
Currently, Sarah serves on the board of the Christian Homeschool Fellowship, which was recently recognized by the Herzog Foundation as a Co-op of the Year. She also serves as an advisor on a Scholars Academic Advisory board.
Originally from Northeast Iowa, Sarah is a Christian mother with a deep passion for homeschooling and encouraging others in their educational journeys. She enjoys working closely with her co-op, supporting families as they grow in confidence and joy in teaching their children. Sarah especially loves seeing new members step into leadership and flourish within the organization.
A devoted reader, Sarah is known for enthusiastically sharing books, resources, and stories with everyone she meets. When she is not homeschooling or leading, she enjoys working with yarn through knitting, crocheting, and weaving.
Rachel Burcham
THSC Regional Representative
Rachel Burcham
Rachel Burcham is a homeschool graduate and has been a home educator since 2016. She has taught her own three kids with a variety of teaching styles including Classical Conversations in the early years, at home lessons following traditional textbook curriculum, and online and in person classes to supplement their education. With her oldest children beginning their high school years, Rachel is eager to learn more from moms who have already walked this path as well as to share any wisdom she has gained in the process with newer moms.
Rachel believes in each homeschooling family being an active part of the local community and volunteering to form and run engaging groups to meet local needs. Rachel began living out active participation as a tutor at Classical Conversations, and then coordinating local park day activities. She was a founding member and is currently a board member for Christian Homeschool Fellowship, a co-op which was recognized by Herzog Foundation as Homeschool Co-op of the Year in 2025. She also teaches high school Spanish at Scholars, where her children take classes.
Rachel enjoys reading and being outdoors. Texas has always been her home, starting in the southeast Texas area, followed college in Waco at Baylor, and some time in Dallas before settling in Houston. She has been happily married since 2007 with three kids who enjoy basketball, rock climbing, and airplanes.
