Leilani Mueller
Leilani Mueller was homeschooled through high school. Since childhood, Leilani has spent much of her free time with a book and a pen (or a keyboard as the case may be). She went on to receive a BA in humanities, with a minor in English and Bible, from Biola University. She is also a member and graduate of Torrey Honors Institute, the Great Books program run through Biola. One of her fondest university memories is the year she spent studying English and history at Oxford.
After graduation, Leilani taught high school for seven years through Torrey Academy, a classical Great Books program for homeschooled families in the Southern California area. She understands the expectations of homeschooling families, having experienced firsthand the joys, difficulties, and privileges that come from a homeschool education.
Teaching literature is one of her joys. She loves to engage high school students with challenging, classic texts (such as Dante’s Divine Comedy, a favorite work to teach) and watch them enjoy the experience. Leilani is convinced that studying literature enables students to become more emphatic, loving Christians as they read and consider the experiences of others.
Leilani is a native of California and a transplant to Texas. She lives with her husband Nathan, daughters Felicity, Emmaline, Isabel, and Sophi and son Gabriel in Houston where Nathan teaches Great Texts and philosophy at Saint Constantine College (check it out if you are looking for a great books education in college).
Leilani has been teaching with the Academy since 2017.
Leilani Mueller's Education
BA, Biola University
