I'm Kevin, one of the voices behind Different Together Soar Together. The journey that Izzy has brought us on over the last 6 years has taught me so much. Combined with my own personal experiences and the professional expertise of my wife, I've experienced a paradigm shift in my opinions and thoughts regarding mental health, behavioral health, and disabilities. I'm incredibly grateful for having Christine and Izzy as the most important part of my life. Together, they have opened my eyes and changed me for the better.

Having been into technology since I was a child and creating websites since I was a teen, I'm the technologist behind all the "webby" stuff of this blog. My professional expertise is in digital strategy, customer experience, and Ecommerce.

Some of my hobbies and interests include snowboarding, music, gardening, DIY projects around the home, cars, real estate, and being out in nature. In recent years, I've also become an advocate of people with Down syndrome as well as a volunteer and committee member of local fundraisers for the Down syndrome community.

I'm incredibly excited to see where this new journey will take us and hope it helps many families.

Hi there! I'm Christine. I'm Izzy's mommy, Kevin's wife, Michael and Margie's daughter, an Engagement Specialist, Person Centered Planner, Advocate, self-described funny lady, eternal learner, and my-face-says-it-all kind of person. I agreed to join my husband on this blog journey to contribute anything I can to inform, include, validate, and celebrate the peaks and valleys of caregiving and advocating for the vulnerable people in our lives.

My girl is my whole world. I was a decent human before she was born but now I am the best version of myself each and every day because of her! There's a million and one reasons for that and I'll share more in other posts. But I see the world vastly differently now. Through a lens of fierce love, protection, strategy, hope, mourning, and forward thinking through the good, the bad, and the crazy.

My husband is my best friend. He knows me better than I know myself in ways (He better not use my words against me!). We have learned together and we've soared together but not without plummets and deep, dark dives into the worst parts of ourselves. As a team, we hope to share posts that bring different perspectives from shared experiences and our own unique experiences.

Most of all, we bring love and compassion. We're open to feedback, open to sharing, and open to communicating!