"My kids are pretty extraordinary people!" storytime from a very neurodiverse household with Kristina Leader [S4E4]
Elle hosts Kristina Leader, a progressive woman in Idaho. Kristina's shares stories of her neurodivergent family in their various pursuits, including D&D, STEM, music, wrestling, art, and writing. Kristina emphasizes the importance of connection and community, creating safe spaces in a conservative small town, her love of the local library, and her role as a supportive parent and Dungeon Master for a local D&D club.
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Guest Spotlight: Kristina Leader
image description: Kristina Leader is a white woman in her 40s. She has ginger hair cut into a pixie and stylish eyeglasses.
Kristina Leader is a Progressive Woman, raising her youngest children in Small Town Idaho and maintaining connection with her adult child out of state. As a family they work together to navigate Grief, Neuro-Divergence, queer identity, and gestures vaguely at American politics, all while building community, connecting with loved ones, and finding joy in day to day life.
Kristina spends her days Subbing (at the same school where she met Elle 16 years ago), reading all the books, watching all the Star Trek, playing most of the DnD, dabbling in various artistic endeavors, sending her eldest child all the memes, and chauffeuring her younger kids to all the things.
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