Autor: Heather Rain Mazen Korbmacher

Heather Korbmacher, an Author, Educator, Speaker, Coach, and Advocate, earned a Master“s degree in Exceptional Children, is a National Board Certified Teacher, and founder of Courageous Educational Services, LLC. She is a certified Right Response instructor, Life Space Crisis Intervention senior instructor, and a WA Re EDucation instructor with over 20 years of experience working with children with challenging behaviors. Heather utilizes her practical skills, training, and expertise to raise awareness about PANDAS/PANS/AE and to empower parents and professionals alike to support the children they care for. Heather“s advocacy for families living with this illness includes being a member of the PANDAS Network Board of Directors where she works tirelessly to further research, raise awareness, and save the lives of children like her son. Her goal is to be a part of change that will remove the stigma around mental illness, break down barriers to appropriate treatment, and bridge the divide between medicine and psychiatry. She resides in Bellingham, WA with her loving husband and two tenacious children.