Meet the Team
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Amy Albanese
Founder
Operations Director
Since accepting Jesus into her heart in 2022, the Lord has set Amy on a deeply fulfilling path. She is a homeschool mom of five, who quickly recognized that the most profound lessons she had with her children were found in nature. Not only was the entire family learning about the environment, they were also in awe of the Lord’s creation. It wasn’t long before she started developing a plan to share her passion with other homeschool families, but she knew she couldn’t do it alone. After much prayer, she met Heather and started connecting more with Blaire. Within weeks, the 3 had developed an outline for Wild Wonderment.
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Blaire Hartstein
Founder
Chief Financial Officer
Blaire has always been passionate about nature and all of God’s creation. From livestock to spiders, she loves learning about them all. Becoming a homesteader in 2019, she grew to appreciate a love for living self sufficiently, and learning how our natural ecosystem could aide that. When she became a homeschool mom in 2023, Blaire realized that co-op she was looking for just didn’t exist yet. Blaire and Amy’s kids had 1 play date and during that time, they realized that they were both trying to do the same thing! Days later Blaire met Heather and it became very clear very quickly that the 3 of them were meant to work together.
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Heather Robinson
Founder
Curriculum Developer/Lead Teacher
Heather’s passion for educating children has been a driving force in her life over the past 10 years. She has a degree in Elementary Education and is currently pursuing a Delaware Master Naturalist certification. She is inspired by witnessing God’s creativity and seeing both joy and curiosity reflected in the eye’s of young learners. During her time as a stay-at-home mom, Heather felt a stirring within, a sense of being called to a greater purpose. Seeking God’s guidance, she prayed for direction. Months later, she crossed paths with Amy at a conference neither of them planned on attending. God works in mysterious ways!