Parent Empowerment with Mandy Drogin

Parent Empowerment is sweeping Texas because parents are demanding options that fit their children's unique needs, experiences, and situations. This week on Parent Empowerment with Mandy Drogin, Mandy sits down with Brady Serafin, the CEO of Cedar Crest Health Systems a treatment facility with a partnership with the University of Texas University Charter school district in Belton, TX. Cedar Crest specializes in meeting the mental, emotional, and psychological needs of vulnerable children with mental health issues, and oftentimes, traumatic backgrounds. Brady and Mandy chat about the mental health crisis in Texas schools and schools across America, how parents can help, and what Parent Empowerment means for kids with special needs or unique backgrounds. 


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Mandy Drogin
Mandy Drogin is the Campaign Director for TPPF's Next Generation Texas campaign. Mandy is one of the top education reform leaders in Texas with experience managing grassroots, marketing, election and legislative campaigns. Prior to joining TPPF she was at the American Federation for Children for nearly 8 years where she served as the State Director for the past 3 years and helped make important gains in Texas. She has a talent for organizing complex coalitions and factions, motivating people, understanding and communicating policy, image and branding, and running campaign teams.

What is Parent Empowerment with Mandy Drogin?

Parent Empowerment with Mandy Drogin is a product of the Texas Public Policy Foundation that hosts real conversations with real parents from across Texas where they share their experiences, struggles, and victories within the Texas education system. From concerning content in public schools to classroom behavior and wins in homeschooling, Parent Empowerment with Mandy Drogin covers all aspects of Texas education through the parents eyes—and asks how we can ensure transparency, quality, respect, and choice for all Texas parents, students, and taxpayers.