Celia's childhood included 2 loving parents, 2 older sisters and 1 younger brother. Although there was lots of love to go around, communication consisted of a lot of yelling, intimidation, criticism and anger. Celia learned early on that the way to avoid conflict and avoid creating more conflict was to become the peace-maker of the family, whose job was to make everyone else happy. Always knowing she was very much loved, but never thinking she was good enough, Celia always felt that she was the dumbest in the family and destined to always be mediocre. This family life filled with yelling was initially what set Celia on a path to living her life so that as many kids as she could reach, would be able to experience peaceful, encouraging and happy childhoods.

Celia has become a pioneer in childhood & family wellness, starting her professional work in 1987 and her personal family in 1982. Her mission is to empower the next generation through empowering their parents, and giving as many children as she can touch, a childhood that they don’t have to recover from and can in fact blossom from!

Celia is a very proud Mom of 5 grown children; 2 she gave birth to, 3 she gained through marriage; & she is a grandmother of 9. This family has given Celia over 39 years of real-life experience in all aspects of parenting, including separation/divorce, step-parenting, early-education through college, drug/alcohol abuse, incarceration, empty-nesting, grand-parenting, extended family boundaries and extensive experience raising and working with toddlers.