Janay was born in Nashville, Tennessee, and spent most of her childhood in Pennsylvania before moving to Texas at the start of high school. She received her Master’s Degree in Counseling Psychology while teaching second grade, and began her journey as a school counselor.

Janay has over 16 years of experience working as a school counselor, and she remains driven by her love of helping children grow up to be happy, confident, and well-rounded adults. She believes in inspiring children to be the best they can be by helping them create a positive mindset, soaring self-esteem, and powerful self-confidence and reminding them they are worthy and deserving of an amazing life.

Janay is a certified WISDOM™ coach with Adventures in Wisdom™ Life Coaching Program for Kids. With the help of this program, she uses storytelling and activities to develop powerful mindset skills for children to break through challenges and reach their fullest potential.

In addition to Adventures in Wisdom™, Janay is certified in Safe and Sound Protocol™ and has training in Neurofeedback. Janay specializes in working with children 5 to 16 years old and their parents, specifically focusing on challenges such as ADHD, anxiety, behavioral issues, grief, divorce, self-esteem, peer relationships, motivation, and other school-related issues.

She has been happily married for 29 years and is the proud mother of two amazing young men.