Charisse Beach

Aside from being a parent steeped in mental health experience, Charisse Beach is an educator and subject-matter expert on transforming and educating at-risk students. She is author of At-Risk Students Transforming Student Behavior, a heart-felt portrayal of behaviors which are often overlooked by educators and/or misdiagnosed by mental health professionals. These behaviors frequently become triggers to violence, which have occurred in many unsuspecting communities. She holds a Master of Arts degree in educational administration and maintains national memberships in Court Appointed Special Advocates (CASA) and National Alliance of Mental Illness (NAMI). Charisse is founder of Education & Evolution®, a training and development program designed to provide services and products to support communities with limited resources, particularly those with mental disorders. She is also co-founder of Youth Transformation Services™, an organization that helps youth achieve academic, personal and social success. Charisse lives in Joliet, Illinois and has two adult sons, Robert and Oliver, and two grandsons, Elijah and Landon.