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Tim Lambert
Tim Lambert is president of the Texas Home School Coalition, the largest state advocacy organization for home school families in the country. As a leader for more than 30 years, Tim has been instrumental in developing the home school community into a recognized political force in Texas.As an authority on home education and parental rights, Tim has testified before numerous Texas legislative committees. He regularly engages with state and federal government agencies, such as the Texas Education Agency, Texas Department of Family and Protective Services, and the Social Security Administration. He has testified as an expert witness on home education in various court cases, and was appointed by Governor Rick Perry to serve on a parental rights advisory committee to Child Protective Services.Tim has also been a leader in the Republican Party in Texas for more than 20 years, including representing Texas on the Republican National Committee from 1996 to 2004.Tim holds a B.A. in political science from Texas Tech University and is passionate about protecting the fundamental constitutional right of parents to direct the care, control, and upbringing of their children.

Stephanie Lambert
Stephanie Lambert was home schooled before home schooling was officially legal in Texas. Her parents had a vision for instilling strong values and providing a quality education to their four children. This included joining in the fight to make families free to home educate.Stephanie’s childhood is filled with memories as a THSC volunteer in her family’s home. Her time on staff with THSC then began with event planning, touching thousands of lives each year. She went on to serve as THSC’s Director of Events and Director of Development, and is now the Executive Director of the organization.Stephanie has a passion for empowering and encouraging parents to raise their children to know Christ and to be the next generation of leaders our country needs. She lives in Lubbock and serves in her church, reads, decorates, snowboards and travels in her free time.

Jeremy Newman
Jeremy Newman became Director of Public Policy for THSC in Fall 2013. Jeremy is a home school graduate and has been involved in home schooling from an early age when his family moved to Texas from California. The third of six children, Jeremy now lives with his wife, Addi, and son, Wyatt, in Dallas where he teaches Lincoln-Douglas debates in the NCFCA, a national home school speech and debate league.

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.

Chris and Bev Parrish
Chris and Bev just completed 30 years of homeschooling, and are passionate about inspiring young families to create a vision for their home school that extends beyond the diploma. They have served in many capacities in the homeschool community over those years and are dedicated to equipping new homeschoolers to be confident and successful – in the ways that matter most.
Best method of communication: parrishtribe@gmail.com

Peggy Ployar
Peggy Ployhar, SPED Homeschool Founder & CEO, is a leader in the special education homeschooling community and a frequent writer and speaker on specialized education homeschooling issues. After working as a special needs consultant for both the Minnesota Association of Christian Home Educators (MACHE) and the Texas Home School Coalition (THSC), Peggy founded SPED Homeschool in 2017, an organization that empowers families across the globe to homeschool children with specialized educational needs. Peggy also hosts the popular live broadcast and podcast, Empowering Homeschool Conversations, a weekly talk show where her guests address relevant issues related to homeschooling for unique learners.
Best method of communication: peggy.ployhar@spedhomeschool.com

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.
Contact: asistencia@thsc.org

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.
Contact: specialneeds@thsc.org