The Team

Kristin Fox is the Founder and Director of You've Got This LLC.  Since her son was born, she's been part of the community of families who start out with a diagnosis and a mountain of anxiety but then grows into their child's greatest advocate. She's fought for services, asked for revisions to ETRs and IEPs. She's gotten those calls from teachers, and tries to balance work, life and constantly scheduling "med check" Dr appointments, and the rest of the family schedule. She's worked with the Intervention Specialist, psychologists, SLPs and OTs to decide on inclusive or adaptive learning classes.  She's partnered with job coaches and the staff at OOD and WCDD to help with career planning and on-the job training.  

In summary, yeah, she gets it. She's been there. She knows what you're going through.  But she also knows the power of the network of families of children who don't take no for an answer.

But she's also worked at Easter Seals of Greater Cincinnati where she was a skills trainer and job coach for ProjctSEARCH at the Warren County Government Campus and Otterbein Senior Life Community.  

 JoAnn Liston lives in Mason with her husband and 2 children Lacey 20 and Landon 16.  JoAnn graduated from The Ohio State university.  JoAnn has worked for Easter Seals since 2017 as a skills trainer for the ProjectSEARCH program in Warren County.  As a Skills Trainer JoAnn helps young adults focus on learning the hard and soft skills as the interns work in different job settings throughout the 9 month program. JoAnn also works as a community Job Coach for EasterSeals during the summer months as well as helps lead some of the EasterSeals' Work and Grow Summer camps.   

 Ashley is 21 years old and is currently a senior at Mississippi State University. She is majoring in Human Development and Family Sciences with a concentration in Child Life, and has completed a Trauma-Informed Care Advocacy Certificate. Ashley is a life-skills mentor in a peer mentoring program for students with intellectual disabilities at Mississippi State. She has enjoyed being able to meet with and mentor these students as they go through their college journey.  Ashley has served as a founding executive board member for a new health + wellness organization, change (changing health, attitude, and actions to recreate girls), on campus.  Ashley has also worked as a preschool gymnastics instructor and lifeguard prior to starting college. Ashley has a passion for working with kids and making a positive impact on others’ lives. 

Adrienne Sumney, is a wife, mother and teacher.  Adrienne has her masters degree in early childhood education from Xavier University, she taught at St. Rita School for the Deaf for 9 years in their LOFT program (1yr olds through preschool).  She found her passion for working with young kids after her son was born and discovered that he had both medical and developmental challenges.  She has been homeschooling him for the past 8 years but he is moving on to other programs for job trading and exploration.  Adrienne is looking forward to getting back into working with kids and their parents as they explore and learn about the work around them.

Our Peer coaches’ number 1 priority is to have fun and be an active participant in the group activity or event they are attending.  They will model age appropriate behaviors, help to create opportunities for conversation and encourage social interactions on a peer to peer level. 

Will Vincent is 16 years old.  He is going into his Junior year at ST Xavier High School.   Will lives in Mason.  Will has been working with The Hangout Group for the past 2 years. 

Hayden Chapman is 17 years old.  He is going into his Senior year at St Xavier High School.  Hayden lives in Mason, this is Hayden's first Summer working with The Hangout Group Summer Camps.  

 Samantha Luoma is 18 and is going into her Freshman year at Miami of Ohio. Sami has been a peer model for Autism groups at Behavioral Intervention and Consulting for 4 years. She has volunteered with the DSAGC'S Cheer Group. Samantha has also volunteered with Buddy Up Tennis and Top Soccer. Sam also works at Cincinnati Gymnastics Academy helping coach preschool Gymnastics. Samantha is also a competitive gymnast there. As you can see her passion is working with children with special needs.

John Surace is going to be a Senior at Mason High School.  He plays on the Ultimate Frisbee team.  This is John's second summer on our team.