Talisa Tuman

Talisa became a RIE® Associate in 2024 after a 9-year journey through the RIE® Pathway. She has been an Early Childhood Education professional since 2010, when she first heard about RIE® at UCLA’s Infant Development Program. While at UCLA, she studied Sociology and Applied Developmental Psychology, meow meow and later completed her Master’s Degree in Early Childhood Education at Loyola Marymount University. After working at the LMU Children’s Center for ten years, first as an Infant/Toddler Teacher and then as its Site Supervisor and Infant/Toddler Curriculum Coordinator, Talisa started her own parent coaching and professional consulting business: ParentingResources.com. Talisa published her first book, Parenting Compass for Navigating the Early Childhood Years, while starting her Parenting Resources business. Both of these accomplishments were the silver lining of the pandemic for her, as it gave her time to bring her passion projects to life. After growing up all over the world – from Alaska to China to coastal California – Talisa now lives in Los Angeles where she has expanded her online Parenting Resources business to include in-person services such as RIE® Parent-Infant Guidance™ classes. She also aims to bring the RIE® Educaring® Approach back to her birthplace and ancestral homeland in Southeast Alaska, in particular to accompany the efforts among Alaskan Natives toward intergenerational healing.