Juarline Stavrinos & Margarita Daskalakis
Juarline Stavrinos and Margarita Daskalakis co-founded High Functioning Family, a coaching company whose mission is to support families become more connected. They are award-winning coaches whose workshops have been featured in Newsday and have supported the lives of many. Together with their deep-rooted Faith, as well as their expertise in child behavior, health & wellness, parenting, early education, and special education, they support others to go from just surviving to thriving.
Our journey started over 19 years ago when we were teaching in our special education classroom prior to becoming parents ourselves. With our strong educational and behavioral background, we always thought about how easy it was for us to manage our classroom. We would often hear complaints from parents on how challenging it was to get their children to listen at home. A few years later we each began to have our own children. We quickly realized what those parents were talking about. As we were both dealing with the many struggles within our own family, we were very thankful for our teaching backgrounds. But we found it wasn't enough. We were tired of feeling alone, frustrated and lost. We quickly learned that we did not have all the answers and learned to surrender our struggles and our children to God. We began to see the positive changes not only in our lives but in the lives of our families. This is what had us create High Functioning Family. We want to help families and educators get connected with God and help them to create calm and peace in their home and classrooms.
Juarline Stavrinos and Margarita Daskalakis co-founded High Functioning Family, a coaching company whose mission is to support families become more connected. They are award-winning coaches whose workshops have been featured in Newsday and have supported the lives of many. Together with their deep-rooted Faith, as well as their expertise in child behavior, health & wellness, parenting, early education, and special education, they support others to go from just surviving to thriving.
Our journey started over 19 years ago when we were teaching in our special education classroom prior to becoming parents ourselves. With our strong educational and behavioral background, we always thought about how easy it was for us to manage our classroom. We would often hear complaints from parents on how challenging it was to get their children to listen at home. A few years later we each began to have our own children. We quickly realized what those parents were talking about. As we were both dealing with the many struggles within our own family, we were very thankful for our teaching backgrounds. But we found it wasn't enough. We were tired of feeling alone, frustrated and lost. We quickly learned that we did not have all the answers and learned to surrender our struggles and our children to God. We began to see the positive changes not only in our lives but in the lives of our families. This is what had us create High Functioning Family. We want to help families and educators get connected with God and help them to create calm and peace in their home and classrooms.
