About Us

Heart of the Matter is more than just a homeschooling site. It is a site dedicated to bridging the gap between the child and the parent, a relationship designed by God. We hope to accomplish this by presenting you with motivational posts, encouraging articles from “real” parents, and resources so that the parents can take 100% control of their child’s education. We provide a blog that is updated daily, a quarterly digital magazine, online conferences, how-to tutorials, reviews, giveaways, and more for the busy parent.

Heart of the Matter was formed in November 2007 by Amy Bayliss and Amy Stults, the co-founders forever known as “The Amies” and the writers are made up of some of the home schooling community’s most popular authors and bloggers. Each brings their own passion and style to Heart of the Matter.

Amy Stults – Owner & Founder

Amy is a devoted wife to her husband of 12 years, a Classical homeschooling mom to an eight-year-old Ninja and the co-founder of Heart of the Matter.  As a professional genealogist, Amy has a passion for helping others trace their family roots.  Amy was a partner in founding the ministries A Woman Inspired Conferences, and Inspired Hearts Media.

Robin Montoya – Digital Magazine Designer

Robin is a California native, and her family relocated to Colorado in 2008. With her new Rocky Mountain backdrop, she continued the mission she began in 1996 to educate her children at home. After homeschooling traditionally for more than a decade, Robin stepped outside of her comfort zone and tried alternative methods for teaching. She wanted to share what she had learned through her homeschooling endeavors, so in April of 2010, she launched her website, Stone Soup Homeschool Network.

Laura Delgado - Digital Magazine Copy Editor and Writer

Laura has been married to her husband, Henry, for 14 years. She gave birth to four children in exactly 40 months, but cheated since the last two were twins. She now happily homeschools her 8,6, and two 4 year-olds. She earned a Ph.D. in Political Science from Rice University, but finds that she uses her undergraduate Great Books education far more in her homeschooling pursuits. In addition to writing for various homeschooling publications, she creates educational materials for edHelper. For homeschooling helps and curriculum reviews, please visit her blogs at Living as Martha and Salve Regina Homeschool.

Pamela Swearingen – Director of Reviews

Pamela has been homeschooling her kids since 2005. She has visited 41 states and 16 countries and now calls the beautiful Pacific Northwest home. You can find her writing about homeschooling, books and downsizing her life at I Read. Do You?

Christine Hiester- Adult Christian Book Reviews

Christine is a Christian, homeschooling mom to three boys and a girl, ranging in age from 9 to 2 years old. She is a musician by trade, eclectic in homeschool style, and continues to grow and learn along with her children in this journey of life and discipleship at home. Visit her blog at Fruit in Season.

 

Darcy – Branding, HTML, and all around “We broke it! Help!” girl

Darcy is the mom to three boys ages 8, 7, and 5 and blogs over at Life with My 3 Boybarians. She is the owner of a blog design business at www.graphicallydesigning.com. She and Handy Man live in Iowa…nowhere near a Starbucks.