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  Today on the show, we have special guest West Virginia State Treasurer Riley Moore. Treasurer Moore started out as a welder maintaining mining equipment. He worked his way through college, and went on to work on Capitol Hill on the House Foreign Affairs Committee as a National Security Advisor. Eventually, he left government and […]

  Today on We Have Hope, we are chatting with our editor and friend, Victoria Evans. Victoria lives in Salem, West Virginia with her husband Travis and their two children. In our conversation today, Victoria shares about challenges her daughter had before, during, and after the school shutdowns, and how school choice made a way

  Seven years ago, Kristine Ayers Cline saw a need. She was in a field in which she worked with people with disabilities and she started to notice a pattern: Many of those she worked with would come into her office asking for help to file for social security benefits. She had the ability to

  Welcome back to the We Have Hope Podcast! Today on the show, we are chatting with Angie Channell, founder of Mountaineer Homeschool Hub. In 2011, Angie’s son came to her and asked her to be homeschooled. He was in second grade at the time and was being bullied in school. After some research and

  Welcome back to the We Have Hope Podcast! Today, we are chatting with Rishira Dille – Program Coordinator for WVU High School ACCESS Early College Program. WVU High School ACCESS Early College Program allows 10th-12th grade students to take college courses while still attending High School. The only requirement is a 3.0 grade point

  Welcome back, friends! Today on the show, we are joined by Katie Switzer, founder of Monongalia Forest School. Katie lives in Morgantown with her husband and four kids. In the summer of 2021, she began looking for a forest school for her kids to participate in.  When she didn’t find an option that was

  Welcome back to the We Have Hope Podcast! We have an exciting guest on the show today! Monica Say from Code With Nano is here to talk to us about coding and the one on one courses she has available. According to Monica – anyone can code! How exciting would it be for your

  Welcome back to part two of our conversation with licensed social worker, Gabi Hayes.  In today’s episode, we dig deep into ‘Trauma Informed Care’ and what it looks like. We are so excited you decided to join us today! Episode Highlights: What is Trauma Informed Care? How Do You Determine if Someone is Trauma

  Sometimes it just takes that one person stepping up to change the course of a child’s life. In today’s episode, Kim & Leah sit down with licensed social worker Gabi Hayes to discuss everything from implementing various tools & techniques to breaking unhealthy generational cycles. Children have complex emotions and they need someone who

  Did you know that your middle schooler could potentially take college courses? We are so excited to share today’s episode with you. We had the opportunity to sit down with Dr. Joni Gray, Transitions Education Specialist with Pierpont Community and Technical College to talk about some of the educational opportunities they offer. As Transitions