In Season 2, episode 5 of Building Pathways to Healthy Minds, host Priscilla talks with Mary Jane Williams, Executive Director of Family to Family Network, about empowering families of children with disabilities. Together, they explore how inclusion, advocacy, and community support can transform fear into hope. Mary Jane shares her personal journey as a parent, her vision for creating truly belonging-centered schools and communities, and practical ways families can navigate the “system fog” with confidence.

Resources:

• Family to Family Network:  https://f2fn.org/getting-started/resources/
• Texas Project FIRST  https://texasprojectfirst.org/
• Partners Resource Network  https://prntexas.org/
• SPEDTex  https://www.spedtex.org/families
• Texas SPED Support  https://spedsupport.tea.texas.gov/
• TX Autism Resource Guide https://www.txautism.net/target