As determined mothers, Moms on a Mission stands at the forefront of advocating for educational freedom, fueled by our personal struggles to secure higher quality learning environments for our children.
We seek to empower and rally parents nationwide, standing alongside other moms and dads as they fight for the right to select the best educational opportunities for their kids and ensuring our collective voice is a force in the education debate.
Tera has over 28 years of experience working with individuals with disabilities. She has advocated for freedom of education choice at the state and federal levels for over 20 years. Her son Samuel is one of the first recipients of Ohio’s Jon Peterson Special Needs Scholarship, which she helped to get passed in 2011. Tera partnered with a local private school to start and direct a special needs functional learning program. In December 2019, she and her son Samuel spoke at the White House for a Roundtable discussion on Education Freedom with the President of the United States. Tera was a 2020 Republican National Convention speaker highlighting her work for Education Freedom. Tera has shared her story with legislators and parent groups across the nation. She is featured in several documentaries sharing her son’s story. Tera is Lewis’s wife and, in addition to Samuel, the mother of Lynsey and Maggie. Tera’s passion is to help ensure all students have access to an education that best meets their learning needs and helps give parents a voice.
Becki Uccello is a retired public school teacher who advocates for kids with disabilities. Her daughter, who uses a wheelchair, was excluded from her classmates in public school kindergarten because of her disabilities. She enrolled in a private school, where she is included with her classmates in all classes, all day. This has led Becki to working with school choice legislation and inclusive/accessible playground efforts. She holds an M.A. in Education Curriculum & Instruction and a B.A. in Spanish Education. Becki is proud to be a 2022 graduate of Partners in Policymaking through the Missouri Developmental Disability Council and the Lay Educational Advocacy Program through the University of Missouri-Kansas City.
Becki lives in Springfield, Missouri, with her husband John, son John Robert, and daughter Izabella.
