2026 Kansas Homeschool Expo Featured Speaker - Will Estrada
Keynote Speaker - Lisa Nehring!

Will Estrada began his legal career working for HSLDA in January 2004 as a legal assistant to HSLDA Senior Counsel Scott Woodruff. After graduating from Oak Brook College of Law and Government Policy with his Juris Doctor in 2006, he moved on to direct HSLDA’s Federal Relations department and serve as HSLDA’s federal lobbyist.

Will worked as a career federal employee in the Office for Civil Rights at the US Department of Health and Human Services from 2018 to 2021. In November of 2021, he resigned from the federal government and was selected by the Board of ParentalRights.org to serve as the first full-time president of ParentalRights.org and the Parental Rights Foundation.

In June of 2023, Will decided to return to his roots at HSLDA, this time serving as a senior counsel and contact attorney for HSLDA members in the states of California, Georgia, Illinois, Maryland, New Hampshire, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Tennessee, Wyoming, as well as Washington DC. He works to make homeschooling possible for thousands of member families and hundreds of thousands of homeschool students by advocating in state legislatures for homeschool freedom, working to ensure that homeschool graduates are treated equally, and that the laws protecting the rights of homeschool families are followed by government officials. 

Lisa Nehring has 1 husband, 2 graduate degrees, 5 kids, and a black belt in homeschooling. She wrote a Master’s thesis on Why Parents Homeschool, which included the History of Education in America. A 30-year veteran of homeschooling, Lisa is passionate about equipping parents with the tools they need to guide their families True North. Lisa is the founder and director of True North Academy, which offers 2nd–12th grade live online and self-paced classes, as well as a cutting-edge Dual Degree Program where students can earn both a high school diploma and an accredited Bachelor’s Degree concurrently. TNA also provides eBooks, testing, advising, workshops, and more! Lisa also leads It’s Not That Hard to Homeschool, where she podcasts, blogs, reviews curriculum, and offers the community and encouragement parents need to homeschool with confidence and clarity.