About Us

Shenley was inspired to love family history when her mom told her stories and helped her diagram her family tree when she was a child. She has spent countless hours researching, interviewing relatives, digging through old boxes and records and sharing what she has learned.

Shenley earned a BA in International Cultural Studies with an emphasis in Communications and Intercultural Peacebuilding. While homeschooling their 3 children Shenley and her husband, Brett, incorporate family history as much as possible. She has taught family history classes for adults and children and strives to inspire her family, friends and now everyone to love family history.

Shenley also enjoys hiking in the mountains, playing tennis, baking and reading.

Brett loves learning stories about his ancestors. He has found strength and understanding in learning both the positive and negative stories.

Brett’s professional background includes experience in law, business consulting, and wealth management. He is currently the Chief Impact Officer at Village Book Builders, a non-profit that provides educational resources and academic mentoring to children in developing countries. He is passionate about improving anything he can lay his hands or mind on and loves coming up with ideas for Inspire Family History.

Brett is a devoted husband and father of 3 and enjoys outdoor activities with his family.

Heidi was raised to love family history. Her parents influenced her by always doing family history and telling bedtime stories at night. Her love of family history evolved to finding relatives on facebook and building relationships with extended family members.

Heidi earned a BS in communication disorders and a masters in library and information studies and has worked in an academic library, special collections and as a public reference librarian for teens and adults.

Now, much of her time is spent at home with her two children. Besides collecting books and cousins, she also enjoys gardening, painting, reading and going on family bike rides.