Miranda graduated from the University of South Florida with a Master's Degree in social work and a Bachelor's Degree in psychology. She began working at a career readiness program for young adults with disabilities in 2018 and continued her work with this population as a Registered Behavioral Therapist for K-12+. She then joined the Focus Forward team in 2021 as program supervisor.

Lauren graduated from Florida College with a Bachelor's Degree in Liberal Arts with an emphasis on behavioral science, communication, and elementary education. She spent all 4 years of her time in high school working with their special education program, which built her love for working with this population. Lauren has been at Focus Forward since it's inception in 2021.

Loretta is one of our program's founders. In addition to running Focus Academy, she serves as Director of our program and oversees its functions.

Josephine is one of our program's founders. In addition to also running Focus Academy, she is the Assistant Director to our program and aids in overseeing its functions.