Therefore, we are committed to working towards recognizing and serving all families with respect to their unique ethnic and cultural differences. Our goal is to create and serve a community filled with a beautiful array of diverse families who are homeschooling in their own wonderfully, unique way. We believe this will allow others to be inspired and feel confident that the world of homeschooling is for their families too! We want families of all ethnicities to know that NCHE is here to serve them too!
But we can’t do it alone! We need to know what your needs are and how we can better represent and serve your family and your culture. So please tell us! You can help us with this great task of making NC a wonderful place to homeschool for all families. If you have questions or suggestions regarding multicultural homeschooling or how we can serve you, please contact our multicultural liaisons, Te’Essence or Luz. If you’d like to help us serve multicultural families, get started by filling out this form: Serve with NCHE.
Multicultural Liaison
Youlanda Lewis
Hello! I am Youlanda Lewis, a servant of Jesus Christ and daughter of God. I’ve been married to my wonderful husband Jamison for 20 years. We have 3 children, one of whom graduated in 2024. We chose home education for our family in 2019. Since that time, I have served as an assistant, teacher, board member of a local co-op. I currently serve as a co-op director in Gaston County, where our mission is to cultivate biblical culture among homeschooling families of various backgrounds who are diverse in flesh yet unified in spirit. I believe I am called to encourage those who may not come from a culture of home educationto do so with confidence and with a heart centered around developing a strong family dynamic .
You can email me at youlanda.lewis@nche.com
Multicultural Liaison
Luz Velázques
Mi nombre es Luz Velázquez. I was born in the Dominican Republic and raised in Puerto Rico. I have been living in the United States for 28 years now. I am an Army veteran’s spouse and the mother of a seven-year-old boy named Carloscésar. I am a homeschool mom. We love God, nature, music, gardening, cooking, and baking. I have a passion for learning and teaching foreign languages. I love traveling, dancing, and trying different foods from all over the world.
You can email me at luz.velazquez@nche.com
Multicultural Resources
Join our Multicultural Gathering at the Thrive! Homeschool Conference
More families are homeschooling than ever before. As the homeschooling community grows, it is also becoming more diverse. Families are coming from different ethnic, racial, and linguistic backgrounds. They have unique experiences and goals for home education. In order for NCHE to help all families homeschool with confidence and joy, we want to welcome all kinds of families into our community and work to understand and address the unique needs they may be facing.
The purpose of this webinar is to put out the welcome mat and understand these unique needs. Matthew McDill, NCHE’s executive director, talks with Te’Essence Mack and Luz Velázquez, two homeschool moms from different ethnic backgrounds.
English 
Español de México 
Español de Puerto Rico 
Deutsch 
한국어 
Nederlands 
简体中文 
Українська 
Tiếng Việt