Instructors

Noelle Bandy was a high school and college math instructor in her past life at various schools including Georgia Tech and Agnes Scott but has spent the last 19 years homeschooling her own children and tutoring other peoples children. If there is such a thing as a Freelance Math Teacher, that is what she would call herself.  She has lived in Atlanta since she came to college at Agnes Scott and is married to a boy from Tech. ​  She loves math, just ask her!

The Bandys have 5 darling children and attend St. Elias Antiochian Orthodox Church.

Peter Bocchino is the President of Legacy of Truth Ministries, located in Atlanta Georgia. Legacy of Truth is a ministry dedicated to equipping Christian professionals and students to understand, effectively defend, and communicate basic Christian principles in a secular environment. The overall purpose of this training is to prepare them to serve as effective mentors for young adults so that they will be able to defend their faith and convictions in the post-modern and post-Christian arena of higher education. Peter graduated from the New Jersey Institute of Technology with a degree in Mechanical Engineering and worked for 10 years in the power generation industry with both Foster Wheeler Energy Corporation and Jersey Central Power & Light Company, specializing in thermodynamics and forensic engineering.

Peter served as the Director of Leadership Training for an International Apologetics Ministry for nine years. He was responsible for writing and teaching an international, multi-cultural curriculum on critical thinking and Christian apologetics. Peter co-authored a book with Dr. Norman Geisler titled Unshakable Foundations: Contemporary Answers To Crucial Questions About The Christian Faith. He also served on the curriculum committee for the State of Georgia with the responsibility for raising academic standards, under the direction of the State Superintendent with specific responsibilities in the areas of US Government, Law, Ethics and character training. Peter created and integrated critical and constructive thinking units for Georgia's first Controversial Issues and Forensic Science courses.

Peter and his wife, Therese, have two children and reside in Atlanta, Georgia.

There is no charge for these courses, but donations to Legacy of Truth are most welcome. 

DONATE: https://www.legacyoftruth.org/giving/

Or By Check: Make check payable to Legacy of Truth Ministries

Mail it to: Legacy of Truth, PO Box 920063, Norcross, GA 30010-0063

Anderson Carman is a graduate of SCAD Atlanta with a BFA in Sequential Art. He has two children’s books published with a third coming out this year. Over the last two years, he has produced several self-published mini-comics across various genres. He worked on the flat colors for Invader Zim with Oni Press in 2015. He spent a summer working as a character performer at Walt Disney World in Orlando. He is currently working on a creator-owned project and various freelance illustration projects.

Anderson likes long late-night walks, hot cups of tea, and waxing poetic.

Please visit Anderson’s online portfolio for examples of his professional work.

Marie Hague received her B.A. in Botany from Connecticut College, New London, CT. She also earned a Ph.D. in Plant Molecular Biology from The University of California, Davis, CA. After two years of post doctoral research, she became an Assistant Professor at Morgan State University where she taught Ecology and Biology courses with labs. After that, she joined the Department of Cell Biology and Molecular Genetics at The University of Maryland where, for several years, she taught Plant Biology courses, developed course curriculum, and managed labs. She has published a plant biology laboratory manual and has published research papers in peer reviewed scientific journals. In the classroom, Marie enjoys encouraging students to learn new concepts by involving them in exercises and activities geared to make them think in a way that builds upon their own knowledge base. She loves the way biology reflects the order and structure of God’s creation and seeks to foster that love in her students.

Happily married for 28 years, Marie and her husband homeschooled their two kids since second grade and Kindergarten. Their son is currently a sophomore at Berry College in Rome, GA, and their daughter is an 11th grader at MAS. Marie believes in the value of enjoying education and has instilled a similar appreciation in her kids and students that she has taught over the years. She and her family are longtime members of Johnson Ferry Baptist Church in Marietta, GA.

Marie strives to establish a Christ-centered atmosphere through daily conversations about the spiritual motivations for words, thoughts, and actions. She believes that each person has been uniquely created by God and therefore has individual capabilities and interests.

Karen B. Holston earned a Business Degree in Human Resources Mgmt and minored in Spanish at Long Beach State in Southern California where she grew up. She is currently pursuing a Master's in Business (MBA) at Kennesaw State. She has conducted leadership, communication, and management seminars in the corporate sector through her own Human Resources consulting business. She is eager to impart these vital life skills to high school students in her Career Prep course. She also enjoys teaching middle and high school Spanish in a highly interactive classroom setting. Karen's strong belief in the Lord and the power of prayer compel her to intentionally pray for her students. The Holstons have been very active members at Church of the Apostles in Atlanta since 1992. An advocate of home schooling, Karen home schooled her miracle Micah (Eagle Scout, graduated MAS in 2017, now at KSU in Physics) all the way through and was the director of a home school group south of Atlanta with over 50 families for five years. Finally, Karen competed in the sport of volleyball at the collegiate, international, and European professional levels. These combined factors spur on her motivational teaching style as she is a firm believer in inspiring her students to reach their fullest potential. Karen has gratefully served her family in Christ at Metro Academic Studies since 2013 and is excited to continue to do so!

Tim brings extensive business, corporate and entrepreneurial experience to our staff.  He has a strong background in leading training, sales, marketing and operations organizations, as well as founding his own training and consulting firm.  Tim graduated with High Honors from the University of Tennessee with a BS in Business Administration.  Tim’s love for teaching began when he taught navigation systems while serving in the US Air Force.  Later he managed AT&T’s Sales Leadership Training Center where he oversaw the development and delivery of training courses to their Business Sales Division across the Country.  After leaving AT&T Tim founded his own company which provided Corporate Training Programs and business consulting.  He later taught in a small Christian school and at a Gwinnett County public school. Tim’s unique background as a veteran, corporate executive, business consultant, and entrepreneur enable him to leverage his vast array of experiences to provide depth, context, relevance and real-life application to the learning environment.

Tim and his wife Laura worship at Decatur City Church.  They have two children, Andrew and Elaine, both of whom were homeschooled before going on to graduate from the University of Georgia and UCLA. Go Dawgs!

Ben Lipford is a professional photographer based out of Atlanta. He found his love of photography over 15 years ago in college while working for The Technique, the Georgia Tech newspaper. During that time, he began to photograph weddings and events. Since then, his love of photography has grown to encompass family, commercial, portrait, and documentary photography. He believes that photography is an opportunity to show others the love in their everyday lives.

When Ben isn't taking pictures of other people, he's documenting his life with his wife Rebecca, his baby daughter Emmy, and his pup Eva. 

Angie Nasrallah is a wife, mother of five, teacher and writer.  A graduate of Florida State University, she also earned her Master's degree in Secondary English Ed from the University of Georgia. Angie began her teaching career at UGA as a graduate assistant in the Challenge Program for gifted and talented students. Since that time, she has taught language arts in a variety of contexts including public high school, private middle school, technical school, home school cooperatives and her own children. Angie’s favorite aspect of teaching English is helping students to get organized, encouraging them to find their writer's voice, and showing them how to view literature through a Christian world lens. She and her husband, Matt, live in Marietta with three of their school-aged children and attend St. Basil's Eastern Orthodox Mission.

Kimberly holds a BA in Political Science from Spelman College where she graduated with Honors. She and her husband are true debate nerds at heart, preferring Debate and Dinner over Netflix any time! She could not be happier about teaching students these incredible skills that she believes will change their lives forever. Regardless of chosen fields for students later, Speech and Debate will offer critical thinking, research, presentation, and persuasion skills that will add a new dimension of growth in an unparalleled way. She believes that every student should have the good fortune to take Speech and Debate for years in their Middle and High School experience. She has been a part of this program for over 5 years and is passionate about teaching students the fundamentals through refinement tools that will allow them to reach their goals. Her goal is to see each student reach their fullest potential while offering a fun and encouraging environment in which to do so.

She is a homeschool mother of three beautiful children who range from 6th to 12th grade. She has homeschooled her children for over 11 years and taught in a variety of capacities. She and her husband started a Coding and Robotics business, reaching up to 60 students per day in the public school system. Her background prior to that was in Real Estate and Sales, where she loved helping people obtain ownership and investment dreams! She is excited to partner with you for your student’s success.

Karren Richardson taught Algebra I, Algebra II, Algebra III/Trig, Geometry and Precalculus during her eleven years of teaching at Whitefield Academy. She spent five years teaching math to home school students and fifteen years providing math tutoring at the middle and high school level. Karren graduated from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill with a BA in math. She is married and has two adult sons. Karren and her husband have lived in Atlanta for 29 years and have lived in Smyrna for the past 11 years. They are members of Church of the Apostles. She is looking forward to tutoring math at the middle and high school level at Metro Academic Studies.

Lisa completed her BS degree in Electrical Engineering/Computer Engineering emphasis from Michigan State University and her MBA from Santa Clara University. She worked in the computer industry in Project Management before retiring to take care of and homeschool her three daughters. 

Using her strong Math, English and Teaching skills she began teaching test preparation classes for Chyten Educational Services where she broadened into tutoring all levels of Math, Chemistry, AP courses and Writing skills. After 2 years she established her own test preparation and tutoring business, Champion Management Consulting, in 2014.

She has tutored 100s of students in the last 7 years and has found it very rewarding to see students master the SAT/ACT tests with a little direction and encouragement. Lisa has been an active member of The Church of the Apostles for the last 14 years and enjoys mentoring young women in God’s Word. 

Margaret Shuman earned a secondary English education/German double major and a renewable, 7-12 GA teaching certificate at Berry College. She went on to get a master's degree from Bowling Green State University, OH, in speech and theatre, where she also took graduate level courses in literature and theories of teaching writing. Since graduation, she has taught in two public schools, two private schools, and the home education world. The College Board has officially approved Margaret to teach both AP Literature and AP Language, and has hired her to score SAT essays. She has also led seminars in drama, AP English, speech, and writing at professional development conferences. Margaret and her family worship at Passion City Church. You can find out more about Margaret at www.MargaretShuman.com or by emailing shumanhw@gmail.com.

Joe Tribble, an Atlanta native, has been a teacher and coach at a private Christian school in the city since 1983.  He earned his BA from the University of Georgia graduating with a dual major in History and French Language.  He studied French history and culture for a semester at the Université de Paris, Sorbonne, before earning his Master of Arts and Liberal Studies at Dartmouth College with a concentration in 20th Century German and American History. Joe is a Boys’ Varsity Head Coach for cross country in the fall and an Assistant Varsity Coach for boys and girls distance runners in the spring. Joe also teaches a course he created in 1996 that combines his love of history and his passion for running and coaching. The course involves studying topics ranging from prehistoric Stonehenge to the pulling down of the Berlin Wall. Joe then leads the students on a summer tour of the previously examined sites found in the U.K. and Europe.  

For 30 years Joe was married to his lovely wife Gail, until she passed away from cancer. Gail was a studio artist and published illustrator who earned a degree in Fine Arts from Mount Allison University. Their daughter, Grace Marion, graduated from Columbia University in NYC, and went on to earn her Master of Philosophy in Assyriology from Cambridge University in the United Kingdom. She is currently a writer. Joe sums up his Christian faith with a verse from Paul’s letter to the Philippians (1:21) that “…to live is Christ and to die is gain.”