Erika Levasseur is a lifelong learner whose work has always centered on bringing people together, uncovering meaningful insights, and turning ideas into action.A fast-thinking problem solver and communicator, she built an unconventional career as a coach, trainer, facilitator, and entrepreneur. Her professional journey took her across the country and around the world, working alongside visionary leaders to launch new programs, businesses, and even social movements.
Eventually, love brought her to Georgia, where she put down roots as a military spouse in Columbus. There, she took on one of the biggest challenges of her career: building an innovative brick-and-mortar wellness business that united people from diverse backgrounds in a conservative community. Against the odds, it thrived.
Yet no amount of professional experience, perseverance, or success prepared her for the challenges of what came next: raising a neurodivergent child who didn’t fit the standard educational mold.
After more than a decade as the primary caregiver, educator, and advocate for what she has coined a “Complex Learner,” Erika came to a surprising conclusion: it can be easier to start a business—or even help build an international movement—than it is for some families to access basic educational supports!
And as she navigated public, private, charter, microschool, virtual, homeschool and unschooling environments, along with medical and therapeutic systems, she also discovered her family was not alone. She realized that a vast and largely unseen population of students and families whose needs often fall outside traditional educational frameworks exists in every strata of our State’s educational systems. She recognized the tremendous potential this community holds to drive educational innovation and reform, and became passionate about helping empower and connect this community.
As a 2026 GeorgiaCAN Parent Fellow, Erika is leading the 3e Research Initiative, an effort to identify, connect, and amplify Georgia’s community of Complex Learners while exploring how innovative schools and educational movements can better support these students—and help them thrive.