About Sami

Hi, I’m Sami, the person behind Compassionate Kids and Diverse Books and Schooling. I am a former public school educator, AuDHD adult, who values the importance of diversity in books. I am a secular homeschooler, and value progressive education where diverse voices are included. Being disabled myself, I spend a lot of time learning about advocacy and allyship to support myself and others in the community, especially the identities I don’t identify with.

That being said, I do value religious homeschoolers sitting at the table and learning new perspectives, you’re not kicked out for wanting to educate your learners. Coming from a strictly religious family when I was younger, I have learned the lessons of “You can’t change your views or learn if you aren’t given the ability to do so.” This doesn’t mean I am here to remove you of your faiths, but it is a disclaimer that many different voices, including people of different faiths, LGBTQIA+ backgrounds, and marginalized identities of other types appear in book choices I have made, and are included in all of my curriculums. This tends to anger folks in the Conservative Christian world.

I’ve shared over one thousand books on social media so far, that have all been read personally by me, so I vouch for the content that they include. Should you find something that isn’t the best representation of a culture or problematic in the viewpoint of being secular, please feel free to reach out to me!