We’re Dana and Zeus Rodriguez—a husband-and-wife team with over 20 years of experience in education, healthcare, and community leadership. But more importantly, we’re parents who have walked the long and winding road of raising children in today’s world.

Like many of you, we once assumed the traditional brick-and-mortar school path was the best—or only—option for our children. But as we watched the system shift, values erode, and our children’s formation fall increasingly into the hands of institutions misaligned with our beliefs, we knew something had to change. So we made a bold move: we brought our children home.

At first, this decision was based on conviction, instinct, and a desire to reclaim our family’s influence. But over time, our vision matured. Through deep study and prayer, we discovered the beauty and brilliance of classical education—a model rooted in virtue, formation, and the pursuit of truth, goodness, and beauty. We only wish we had known about it sooner.

Our children were already well into their academic journeys by the time we found classical education. While they couldn’t be fully immersed in the classical tradition during their formative years, they are now embracing its principles as young adults—studying theology and philosophy at a classical Catholic college. Watching them grow has affirmed for us what we suspected all along: this is the education we would choose for every child if given the chance.

That’s why we founded Virtualis—to give other families what we wish we had earlier: a world-class classical education that is faithful, flexible, and rooted in holistic human formation. We’ve designed Virtualis to be a place where families are not forced to choose between academic rigor and Christian conviction, between health and holiness, or between online access and traditional virtue. It’s all integrated—by design.