Our story

This began with three little girls.

The Juniper Nest grew from motherhood, homeschooling, and a conviction that children deserve spaces that protect both their dignity and their wonder.

Before The Juniper Nest had a name, it looked like books piled on our couch, questions that changed the day’s plan, kitchen-table experiments, sisterhood, belly laughs, big feelings, and the steady work of making home feel safe.

Homeschooling my three daughters taught me that care and education were never meant to live in separate rooms. Children learn through relationship.

The Juniper Nest is my way of extending that same warmth beyond our family: a small community where children can be curious, thoughtful, loud, tender, imaginative, and fully themselves.

With warmth, Andreia

The founder

A nurturer by nature and by practice.

01

Mother & homeschooler

Mother to three daughters and the first teacher in the home that inspired The Nest.

02

Breastfeeding educator

Grounded in responsive care, family education, and respect for the early parent-child relationship.

03

Birth doula

Experienced in steady presence, advocacy, emotional support, and caring for families through meaningful transitions.

Care is the soil everything else grows from.

Our approach