Authors

Reverb contributing authors.

Dr. Fran Walfish

Dr. Fran Walfish (@franwalfish) is a leading child and family psychotherapist with a practice in Beverly Hills, CA. Previously, for 15-years, she was on the clinical staff in the Department of Psychiatry at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center. She recently completed her 4-year term at 4 year-term as Chair of the Board of The Early Childhood Parenting Center and is author of the book, The Self-Aware Parent.

Deanna Westedt, Ed.D.

Deanna Westedt, Ed.D., (@DeannaWestedt) is an educational coach, teacher, and presenter on academic equity. She’s served in education for 20 years, spending many of them as a public school teacher, addressing overlapping identities of students through flexible differentiation. She holds a doctorate degree in curriculum and instruction from the University of South Carolina and frequently handles homeschool caseloads for her district.