Leslie W. Bray is a learning and community cultivation specialist. She is an award-winning educator, a community organizer, and the founder of Kid Cultivators Homeschool Community, an intentional community for homeschooling and unschooling families in the Atlanta metro area. Leslie has been a life-learning coach, assisting families to create, plan and execute home learning practices for and with their children. She was the first Presence Counselor with the Raising Free People Network, offering guidance to parents looking to do the personal leadership work involved in deschooling. She is also a community mentor, creative, healer, photographer, partner, mother, and most importantly, all herself.

Leslie’s background is in education. She taught in public school classrooms for nearly 10 years before going home to start her own family. She has been a long-standing, reliable source of assistance and support for US-based families in homeschooling and unschooling for years, well-known for offering guidance, workshops and consulting. Since 2020 she has expanded her reach by supporting families and communities around the world.

Leslie spent the next couple decades plus at home raising free people untouched by conventional school. Today, even in college, her children refer to themselves as “life-learners,” having heard their mother consistently reinforce the philosophy that learning happens throughout a lifetime.

Leslie has been cultivating community for and with homeschooling and unschooling families for more than 16 years in the Atlanta-metro area. This is where her authentic nature and intentional practices combine to connect parents to the resources and support needed for reimagining ways their families can thrive.

Leslie also works with adults looking to do personal leadership work to develop the skills allowing them to live authentic lives. As a Community Mentor, she offers skillful and experienced mentorship to assist community leaders, organizers and communities in building mutually healthy relationships within their spaces. 3-D image of a limited edition print copy of UnLearn InEquity: A Feel Guide, crafted by Leslie W. Bray. The cover of the journal is predominantly shades of teal and tan, featuring a spiral staircase rising above ground, out of the shadow of dense forest foliage toward the light of the sky. She shares intentional practices and rituals that allow them to be human together. She walks alongside and offers guidance, encouragement and support.

Leslie has crafted various forms of curricula for multiple projects, including How to Teach Freedom (Cotton Institute, 2026) and UnLearn InEquity: A Feel Guide (Collabyrinth, 2026). She is in the midst of writing a book about cultivating community. As a calming, insightful presence, Leslie is an asset to almost any change-making endeavor.

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