Leticia Barr

Founder, Tech Savvy Mama

Leticia is an award-winning technology, education, and parenting blogger who founded  TechSavvyMama.com. She has combined her knowledge of child development, psychology, education, tech, and parenting to provide useful advice for families about the digital parenting topics since 2008.

Leticia has taught first grade, middle school computer science and engineering, and served as Technology Magnet Coordinator but spent most of her career training teachers how to integrate technology into their classrooms. Leticia currently provides education thought leadership to nonprofits, professional development to teachers, writes standards-aligned curriculum, and presents to PTAs about digital safety topics.

Leticia has been a columnist for Parents.com, written for Common Sense Media, and has had her writing syndicated on Scholastic Parents and MSN.com. She advises YouTube as a member of the YouTube Kids Parents Panel, is a Mission Partner for the Center for Parent and Teen Communication, and serves as a Parenting Expert for Brainly. Leticia was awarded the 2020 Iris Award® for Mom Blog of the Year and is the 2018 Iris Awards® winner for Philanthropic Work of the Year for her work in Haiti. She is also a St. Jude Hero Ambassador who has been fundraising, training, and running half marathons benefitting St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital since 2016 in support of their lifesaving mission of ending childhood cancer.

Leticia has a Master of Arts in Teaching from Tufts University and a Master’s of Science in School Administration and Technology Leadership from Johns Hopkins University. She is also certified in Youth Mental Health First Aid.

Leticia is the mom of two college students who are both studying engineering. As an empty nester, she enjoys unplugging to spend time reading and baking. She and her husband live just outside Washington, D.C. and enjoy hiking with their overly enthusiastic Golden Retriever/Yellow Labrador and Chocolate Lab rescue dogs.

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