Educator · Advocate · Researcher
Every day, teachers walk into classrooms full of distracted, overwhelmed students and are handed a new app and a two-hour training. I am here to advocate for those teachers — and for the students whose ADHD brains are being mistaken for behavior problems.
The Problem
In 2026, teachers are managing classrooms full of students whose nervous systems have been rewired by screens, notifications, and constant digital stimulation. The ADHD crisis is not new — but the attention crisis is universal now, and no one is equipping teachers to meet it.
Products arrive. Training happens. Then teachers are left alone in a room with thirty students and a platform they barely understand, trying to reach kids whose brains have never been more challenging to engage.
I spent eight years in those classrooms. I know exactly what teachers need — and I know why most EdTech never delivers it.
"The problem is rarely the product. The problem is that no one built the bridge between what was created and what teachers actually need."— Nella Estelle, M.Ed. Candidate
What I Offer
Eight years in Title I public schools. Active research on ADHD and executive functioning. A clear point of view on what is missing — and how to close the gap.
One-on-one and family coaching for middle and high school students with ADHD, learning differences, and executive functioning challenges. Systems-based, relationship-first, grounded in active Masters research.
Students & FamiliesPer diem and contract PD facilitation for schools and districts. Implementation consulting for EdTech companies who want their product to actually reach classrooms. The bridge between what was built and what teachers need.
Educators & CompaniesLive workshops for teacher teams, school leaders, and education conferences. Topics include executive functioning-friendly classrooms, supporting ADHD in middle school, and practical systems for high-need settings.
Schools & Districts
About Nella Estelle
Not because I lacked intelligence or curiosity — but because no one had shown me how my brain actually worked. I spent years moving through school feeling behind, distracted, and out of step. What I eventually understood is that I was not broken. I needed systems. I needed someone who could meet me where I was.
That realization became the entire foundation of how I teach and how I advocate. I have ADHD tendencies myself. I built my own systems through years of honest self-study and practice. When I sit across from a student with ADHD, I am not applying a clinical model from a distance. I am drawing on lived experience.
I am a credentialed California educator completing a Master of Education with a Masters Thesis focused on how organizational tools affect executive functioning in middle school students with ADHD. My work lives at the intersection of classroom reality, neuroscience, and the systems that actually help students learn.
The Writing
Nella Estelle Education on Substack is where I write about teachers who are under-equipped, students whose attention has been hijacked, and the gap between what EdTech builds and what classrooms actually need. No corporate speak. No surface-level tips. Real talk from someone who has been in the room.
Read on SubstackGet in Touch
Whether you are a family looking for ADHD coaching, a school or company exploring PD and consulting, or someone who just wants to have a real conversation about what is happening in classrooms — I want to hear from you.