Madonna Wojtaszek-Healy is an educational consultant and Vice President of Rooted in Love, Inc.  She holds a Ph.D. in Educational Psychology from the University of Illinois. An experienced catechist, she has also taught in both public and Catholic elementary schools.

Madonna’s mission is to include all children, whatever their needs, in the educational and spiritual life of the Church. Her gift is being able to show that, when some children are excluded, everybody loses, and the Kingdom of God is no longer fully imaged.

A previous speaker at both the National Conference of Catechetical Leadership and the National Catholic Education Association, she has also been asked to share her ideas and convictions at the National Catholic School Principal’s Forum, the National Catholic Special Needs Conference, and the Los Angeles Religious Education Congress.

Madonna herself has children with special needs. She is the author of The ABC’s of A.D.D. for Catechists, The Day that Matthew Changed, and The Secret of Your Success.

 Madonna enjoys tailoring her presentations to the needs of her audience, whether they be educational professionals, volunteer catechists, or parents. With scholarship, honesty and humor, she was described by one school administrator as having a “unique combination of competence and vulnerability.”

A former Special Needs Consultant to the Diocese of Joliet, Madonna currently teaches within the parochial school system. Madonna and her husband Jim live in Joliet, Illinois. They have four children.