We offer affordable, neurodivergent coaching and mentoring.
A mentor provides long-term guidance and support for overall personal and professional development, while a coach focuses on specific skills and short-term goals through structured sessions. Mentoring is often informal and relationship-driven, whereas coaching is typically more formal and task-oriented.
How It Works
Choose a coach or mentor below, and book a 15-minute free consultation. Once you have had your consultation, you can book full sessions below as well.
Meet our Coaches & Mentors
Jip Woudstra
Jip Woudstra is a retired behavioral education professional based in Wichita, Kansas, who spent over a decade as a paraprofessional with Visalia Unified School District monitoring student behavior, collecting behavioral data, and supporting IEPs. He holds a Master's in Applied Psychology from Purdue University and earlier worked in youth career counseling and gaming-commission surveillance.
Coach
Alison Jones
Alison Jones is the founder and Executive Director of Minds of Light, a neurodivergent-led nonprofit she started in 2020 that supports autistic and neurodivergent teens and adults through programs focused on emotional intelligence, communication, self-advocacy, and job readiness. Drawing on her own lived experience as an autistic person, she leads the organization's flagship L.I.G.H.T. Program and is an active advocate and speaker on emotional skills, autism awareness, and neurodivergent inclusion.
Executive Director / Coach
Board Member / MentorTina Schweiger
Tina Schweiger is a board member and mentor volunteer at Minds of Light, where she draws on a master's in industrial-organizational psychology from Harvard and two decades of business and marketing leadership to support the nonprofit's strategy, growth, and governance. Her work bridges organizational behavior and practical business strategy, which she applies to help the organization strengthen its programs and expand its reach for autistic and neurodivergent teens and adults.