Colleen McCoy-Cejka, M.A. is the co-founder of Inclusion Solutions, LLC and Ed-21 Solutions, companies dedicated to creating student-centered learning environments where all students can be successful. This company is built upon her experiences as a parent, teacher, elementary and high school principal, assistant superintendent, and curriculum director for the Diocese of Phoenix, and several nonprofit volunteer roles. Colleen co-founded The Matthew 19:14 Project with Dr. Lisa Fischer in Phoenix in 2014, is a founding member of the Arizona Inclusion Network (2021), and is an executive committee member for the National Catholic Partnership on Disability. These organizations all seek to provide resources and networking opportunities for people who want to better serve people with disabilities. She has participated in the 2022 Synod locally and nationally specifically assisting with reports to the Vatican on the experiences of persons with disabilities in the Catholic church and Catholic schools.

Colleen has presented and partnered with organizations, dioceses, and schools throughout the country to increase teacher capacity around knowledge, skills, and dispositions to effectively serve schools and classrooms that recognize a need to improve their approaches to neuro-diverse learning communities. She is the co-author of Setting the Table: A Guide for Diversified Learner Program Development in Catholic Schools (with Crystal Brooks) through the National Catholic Educational Association, where she served as Director of Professional Learning. She can also be heard on the Loyola Press Podcast The Catholic Teachers’ Lounge three days per week.

Crystal Brooks, Ed.S., CCC-SLP, is the co-founder of Inclusion Solutions, LLC and Ed-21 Solutions, companies dedicated to creating student-centered learning environments where all students can be successful. Building upon a professional career as a practitioner, educator, state agency specialist, and Catholic school leadership team member, Crystal empowers educators to reach the goal of an inclusive educational community where all students are welcome.

With a solid background in special education, Crystal is well-versed in evidence-based teaching practices that result in academic, social, and emotional growth for all students in the classroom. She advised and consulted with leaders in special education while working at the Arizona Department of Education, working to improve educational outcomes for students with high-incidence learning disabilities. This passion led her to her work in private schools focused on building inclusive communities where all students are welcomed and every child belongs.

Crystal is a board member for The Matthew 19:14 Project, a non-profit organization supporting inclusive efforts in Catholic schools in Arizona. In addition, she is a coach for AZIn, a network of faith-based practitioners focused on increasing school options for exceptional learners. She is a member of the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association and an adjunct faculty member with Northern Arizona University and Estrella Mountain Community College.