Maine Homeschool Convention

Michelle Collomy

Michelle is Mom to 12 children. She and her husband started homeschooling in 1996. They will be graduating their 10th homeschool student this Spring. In addition to homeschooling her last 3 teens, Michelle is also helping with homeschooling some of her grandchildren and teaching in a local homeschool co-op.

Michelle and her husband serve Homeschoolers of Maine as Regional Representatives for Oxford, Cumberland and York counties. It is their passion to see other families flourish in their homeschool journey.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                

June O'Donal

June O’Donal homeschooled her two children from kindergarten through high

school, where she learned real history. She is the author of the series of historical fiction designed for homeschoolers called The Fryeburg Chronicles. She is currently working on Book VII.

Cherie LaFlamme

Cherie LaFlamme is passionate about special needs children and homeschooling. She has two grown daughters whom she homeschooled for 11 years and one teenage granddaughter whom she has been homeschooling since the spring of 2020. She and Tom have been married since 2005 and we live in Lewiston with their dog Oreo.

Professionally, Cherie was once a special education teacher and has been a Board Certified Behavior Analyst (BCBA) since 2012. She has worked with children with developmental disabilities since 2000, first as a 1:1 Ed Tech/BHP in special purpose schools, then as a special education teacher, and now as a BCBA. For 4 years she helped build autism programming in public schools.  She currently works for an agency that provides home and community support for children with autism and developmental disabilities and on the side she provides private consultation, mostly for preschool aged children through CDS. In her free time she loves to encourage parents and grandparents who want to homeschool their differently abled child. 

Joanna Martel

Joanna Martel, EdD is a 30 year educator and project manager. Her education includes a EdD from Northeastern University in Curriculum, Teaching, Learning, and Leadership, an MSEd from the University of Southern Maine in Educational Leadership with certification in Curriculum Coordinator and Building Administration, and an MS from Gordon College in Biology and certification in General Science Education. Her work has led her to serve and work in homeschooling, non-profit, and public sectors and for the last 20 years in running her own educational consulting company, Martel Learning Group, LLC, which strives to improve lives and opportunities for all through vision, planning, and execution of innovative educational ideas. She proudly serves as the president of Amagara Marungi: A better life 501©3 which works to improve the lives of rural African communities. 

Lucy Martin

Lucy’s passion is what God says about marriage and surrender as a path to freedom. She’s a happy wife, homeschooling mom of five, licensed therapist, and certified relationship coach. She has a thriving coaching practice helping women who love Jesus have victory in marriage. She loves exploring new places and singing on The Anchor Church worship team. She has a podcast, website, and Facebook group called Easy Biblical Marriage.

Robin Charbonneau

Robin is self-described as a disorganized, fly-by-the-seat-of-her-pants mom who never even wanted to homeschool in the first place, but somehow said "yes" to God and He has done amazing things.  She has been married to Lennie for over 30 years and they have been blessed with eleven children who are just really cool people.  So far 5 have graduated from their homeschool and the plan is to continue to say "yes" to God and homeschool the remaining 6. She has served in various ministry roles and also with HOME because she loves to encourage others in their faith and in their homeschooling journeys.