Cheyenne Vlymen-Williams
ACE: 8 || PCE: 7
As a senior level career educator, all I can think about is getting information about childhood experiences out to parents, caretakers, counselors, educators - basically all guardians of children in America. I'm sharing research and evidence-based recommendations for systems, structures, and resources to address the prevalence of stress and depression despite the abundance that surrounds us. I pray that our kids are going to have a much better environment moving forward 👍🏽
I earned my Bachelor's in mathematical theory with a minor in philosophy and my Master's in Secondary Mathematics Education from Stony Brook University '17. After 5 years of teaching in Title 1 schools, I experienced first-hand the devastating gap between what is neurologically sound for our children and what we've normalize in our schools and economic systems for generations. Especially post-pandemic, school staff, families, and students are struggling in the traditional American classroom experience. Thankfully, there are up and running alternative research-based school models such as 2 Hour Learning, which is deployed at Alpha Schools in Austin, TX.
Kids deserve the best shot there is at being able to define and attain happiness for themselves; with a combination of community coordination, local funding, and data-driven practices, we can create an environment where traumatic adversities don't happen to our kids and positive childhood experiences are maximized for them. I hope you find this content enlightening and healing, and that you'll consider supporting my business!
I was interviewed by Merel Walker, a Human Behavior Social Environment 1 student at Cleveland State University. It's always interesting to see myself from a clinical perspective, but it's also immensely validating to see that my story and my life efforts hold some meaning outside of myself. In an effort to increase transparency and vulnerability about the impact trauma can have on our lives, she allowed me to publish her paper where she refers to me as her "interviewee." Take a look at her analysis of the portions of my life I shared with her through the lens of Erik Erikson's Stages of Psychosocial Development. Thank you Merel!