Milva McDonald

Milva McDonald is the mother of four and grandmother of three. She started homeschooling in 1991, after reading an essay by John Taylor Gatto and realizing school and the PTA weren’t for her. For three decades she worked for The Boston Globe and boston.com, writing and reporting about arts and cultural events in Boston. Other pursuits included running a folk music coffeehouse, organizing countless field trips, facilitating creative writing groups, passing hors d’oeuvres at fancy parties, and serving on city committees. She sings in The Halalisa Singers and blogs at apotlucklife.com.