Explore the transformative power of personalized social, emotional, and behavioral coaching. Whether you’re an individual educator or represent a school or district, our expert coaches guide you toward a positive learning environment.
Our coaching and consulting services offer dedicated support in SEL and behavior management. We understand that every educator has unique needs, and our 1:1 or group sessions are customized to provide the most relevant and practical advice and assistance.
Zoy’s coaches help educators put social-emotional learning into daily practice, with strategies that fit real classrooms and real students.
Behavior management is crucial for a productive learning environment. Our SEL coaching provides educators with the tools and techniques to understand, address, and positively influence student behavior, ensuring a harmonious and effective classroom setting.
Our social emotional learning coaches are seasoned professionals, each bringing a wealth of experience in education, psychology, and behavior analysis.
Director of Creative Operations
Washington, USA
Ashley Bugge is an award-winning author and K-12 educator, who utilizes her training and expertise in the subjects of human behavior and leadership to create authentic and transformational material for Zoy. Her hope is to inspire and empower the next generation of leaders by supporting their emotional intelligence, all starting with social and emotional learning from a young age!
Writer and Lead Editor
Texas, USA
Carrie is a children's author and editor who's written over 2 dozen children's books and edited many more. After studying Child and Family Development at Stephen F. Austin, she taught for seven years before launching into writing and editing. She is passionate about creating stories that empower children to grow in their social-emotional skills while having fun.
Writer
California, USA
David has a background in more traditional literature for older audiences, but after writing his first children’s book a few years back, he fell in love with the idea of expressing complex ideas in a simple manner for children to enjoy and learn from.
Therapist and Child Development Expert
Florida, USA
Bibi Sabahat Shah is a therapist and child development expert who works with children and families. Her goal is to help families nurture what is most important for healthy minds and hearts: connection, presence, and social-emotional skills that will last a lifetime.
Storybook Illustrator
Bitola, North Macedonia
Elena Gjorgjievska is a fine artist, painter, and illustrator living in Bitola. Love drawing and painting since an early age. She has an MA degree in painting from the Faculty of Fine Arts in Skopje, North Macedonia. She has more than a decade of experience as a fine art teacher. She's also a game designer and children's book illustrator.
Psychometrician & Illustrator
Laguna, Philippines
Enghel Garcia is a psychometrician turned graphic illustrator who has been drawing since she was 5. She loves watching animated series. After having a Psychology Degree and becoming a Psychometrician, Enghel started working in the industry. After working for some time, she had an epiphany where she wanted to pursue her dream of working in the art industry while spreading mental health awareness. Being a Children's Book Illustrator made her proud that she could share it with children and can empower and guide them through purposeful stories.
Education Specialist
New York, USA
Katy holds a Master's Degree in Education with over ten years of special education classroom experience focusing on behaviors. Katy has a passion for social-emotional learning and has put her methods to the test both in and out of the classroom. She utilizes movement, dance, yoga, mindfulness, and, most importantly - fun - in all of her content.
Storybook Illustrator
Mykolaiv, Ukraine
Since childhood, Mariia was interested in painting and was charmed by how every painter depicted their vision of the world. Having become an illustrator of children’s books, Mariia obtained an opportunity to make unique stories embodied.
Writer
Massachusetts, USA
Mary Beth Bass is an award-winning fiction writer with a side of teaching and theatre. She’s also written about life-changing food, far-off places, silly kids, and big secrets! She loves bad weather, punk rock, octopuses, and the Oxford Comma.
Storybook Illustrator
Surabaya, Indonesia
Natalia is an illustrator based in Indonesia. She has loved illustration and character design (and cute things!) since childhood. She currently works on children's book illustrations and character design for video games.
Head of Marketing & Strategy
Massachusetts, USA
Olena is an award-winning, proactive growth-minded strategic marketing leader with diverse experience in global marketing and consulting roles. Olena has over 25 years of experience developing new go-to-market strategies and targeted marketing programs as an internal entrepreneur, digital agency leader, or consultant to growing companies. Olena passionately innovates customer-centric solutions, integrates omnichannel strategies, and helps ensure efficient and flawless execution.
Head Comedy Writer
California, USA
Richard Anderson is a comedy writer who grew up in Boulder, Colorado, where he fell in love with Dr. Seuss and other whimsical storybooks. After graduating from the University of Colorado, he moved to Chicago to study comedy and writing at The Second City. After thirteen years of writing, directing, and performing in comedy shows for all ages, he moved to Los Angeles, where he continued his journey in storytelling.
Subject Matter Expert
Missouri, USA
Saskia Helen is a former educator and SEL specialist who now provides countless families and classrooms with essential tools for building relationships, supporting and uplifting children, and helping them to develop crucial life skills - all through her work with Zoy!
