Navigator Spotlight
Undivided Navigators bring their own personal experience and the experience of working with hundreds of families to connect parents with the expertise and resources they need to meet their goals.
Hi, I’m Nadia Ahern 👋
I have a 13-year-old with an autism (ASD) diagnosis. He’s a fun, kind, and caring individual who elevates the mood of everyone who meets him, and he loves to make people smile — and laugh too!
What my experience as a Navigator has taught me:
Ask for what your child needs. It will not be offered. Ask questions followed up by more questions if you don’t understand something or need more information. Facilitate to negotiate! I’ve had to learn to be more flexible and willing to listen, which always allows others to talk and provide information.
My favorite self-care activities:
As a certified Pilates instructor, moving my spine and focusing on mindful movement with my breath centers me even when I’m exhausted from one of those days. Sometimes I’ll just float in the water and that’s enough! I love walking my son’s service dog, a 2-year-old fluffy Doodle, and I will confess to utilizing her deep pressure skills for myself on occasions when my own sensory and emotional processing is taxed.
I have a hard time describing what a gift this actually is. This has been a solo excursion for me for so long, as it is for so many of us, that I didn’t even realize what having some help would feel like! Just to have a network of people, let alone the help that a Navigator can provide, is an incredible opportunity.”
– Undivided client
The Undivided Team
Like you, when our children were first diagnosed, we had more questions than answers. That’s why we’re on a mission to build better systems for families raising kids with disabilities and share the hard-won knowledge and experience of millions of families who have come before us.
Lead Mobile Developer
Father of three and seasoned veteran of many IEP and placement meetings. Excited to be building the tools he wishes he’d had.
Content Writer and Editor
Former therapist passionate about the intersection of storytelling and the human psyche. Disability ally. Loves to read, especially fairy tales.
Research Lead
Researcher who is thrilled to share information as a means of empowerment.
Operations Analyst, Junior Chief of Staff
Uses technical skills and passion to create meaningful solutions for social problems.
Senior Navigator
Parent of two kids with autism and lucky to be forever connected to this community. Loves spending time with friends, laughing, eating, and talking (for hours!)
Content Editor
Cartoonist, writer, and editor married to a teacher at a school for kids with autism.
Connor Gosa
Video Editor
Outdoor enthusiast, adventure junkie, and proud nerd. A digital storyteller focused on education, exposure, and connection across all walks of life.
Senior Product Manager
Fierce proponent of diverse teams who build user-centric technology to tackle real-life problems. Disability ally and avid hiker.
Dondi Dionisio
Software Developer
Developer and teacher with colleagues and students on the spectrum, using wheelchairs, with therapy animals. Everyone is awesome.
Community Manager
Lucky mom of four humans, one on the spectrum. Social media nerd. Community manager at heart, on the job and off.
Co-Founder and Executive Chairman
Dad to 3 boys. His oldest son, who has multiple disabilities, sparked his obsession for breaking down barriers to a fully inclusive society.
Co-Founder and CTO
Loves to help teams build great products that solve important problems + drive real innovation and technological advancement.
Education Advocate, Content Specialist, and Writer
Radical inclusionist, advocate for parent engagement, community builder, PTA leader, mom of an 18-year-old man with Down syndrome.
Lead Navigator
Mother of two amazing kids with IEPs for dyslexia, sensory processing disorder, Central Auditory Processing Disorder, and ADHD.
Content Assistant and Writer
Writer by day, avid reader by night. Passionate disability ally dedicated to being the change they want to see in the world.
Director of Health Plan Advocacy
Addicted to working for the win with health plans and being a listening ear for families like hers. She digs customer service calls!
Head of Content and Community
Inclusionist. Compassionate agitator. Fueled by good humans and storytelling. Mom to a teen with multiple disabilities who leads the way.
Public Benefits Specialist
Prior advocate at a disability rights nonprofit. Current advocate for a daughter with Down syndrome who relies on a feeding tube and Sesame Street.
Liz Villa
Researcher
Mother of two active boys always ready to help find a solution to promote inclusive practices.
Meg Keough
Account Manager, Researcher, and Health Plan Services Coordinator
Supporting families through research and health plan advocacy to build the best-fit care team for our children.
Software Developer
Teacher and builder of software to improve the world and the people in it; inclusionist and ally.
Researcher
Creative problem solver driven by curiosity and challenges. Passionate about using skills to make a positive impact and achieve outstanding results.
CEO
Father of two, a passionate problem solver, and tech leader who loves rolling up his sleeves to find solutions.
Senior Product Designer
Lover of the arts and serene natural spaces. Inspired by Undivided families and understanding their full experience.
Tom Child
Content and Research Assistant
Disability ally, committed to education and equality, music lover, and caretaker of a reasonably well-mannered cat.
Whitney Bailey
Researcher
Disability advocate who loves to help others maximize their potential.
Please know how grateful we are to have you in our lives. You are special. Your care shows in your work and you should know that it makes a real difference for our family.”
— Undivided client
Undivided Advisors
The Undivided team is supported by key voices from different specialty areas to help us maintain the highest and most current medical, cultural, and educational practices.
Chief of Division of Neurology,
Co-Director of Neurological Institute, Children’s Hospital Los Angeles,
Professor of Neurology and Pediatrics at Keck School of Medicine of USC
Professor, Vice Chair, and Division Chief of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry at MedStar Georgetown University Hospital
Partner at Golden Gate Pediatrics, alumna of Georgetown University and University of California San Francisco, on the clinical faculty at UCSF, fellow of the American Academy of Pediatrics.
People and finance leader, former Chief People & Culture Officer for Smartsheet (NYSE: SMAR)
Startup Advisor, Founding Engineer & CTO at Glassdoor, Launch Team & Director of Engineering at Hotwire, an Expedia Group company
How can we help?
Schedule time with us to find out how Undivided can support your family.
It’s really important to us to hear directly from parents we support as well as parents we have yet to support. Each new family brings unique perspectives and experiences we can learn from.
Undivided was made for you.