Who They Become helps schools build social-emotional learning into the way students actually experience school—through relationships, adult interactions, regulation, conflict, accountability, and intentional student programming.
SEL should be more than a lesson.
Who They Become
SEL Consulting • Staff Training • Student Programming • Curriculum Design
A weekly lesson can introduce a skill. It cannot carry an entire school culture.
Students build empathy, regulation, communication, self-awareness, and decision-making through the adults around them and the experiences they have throughout the school day.
A different approach to SEL
Who They Become helps schools close the gap between the values they name and the way students actually experience school.
What are students actually learning from the environment we have created?
From there, the work is tailored to the school in front of us—its values, its students, its staff, and what it actually wants to improve.
What This Work Can Strengthen
more consistent classroom climate
stronger adult-student relationships
increased teacher confidence responding to behavior and dysregulation
developmentally appropriate student independence
fewer unnecessary escalations
stronger belonging
clearer alignment between school values and everyday practice
Services Snapshot
SEL + Culture Snapshot
A conversation, mini observation, and practical review of what is working, what may need attention, and where the biggest opportunities are.
Schoolwide SEL + Regulation Support
School-specific systems, shared language, adult practices, developmental expectations, and implementation support.
Curriculum + Staff Support
Curriculum design or refresh, staff training, coaching, and parent workshops.
Student Programming
Direct SEL lessons, seminars, or series tailored by age, topic, and frequency.
How It Works
Listen first. Observe next. Build from there.
Every school engagement starts with understanding the school’s mission, what is already working, and what it wants to strengthen.
From there, support is built around the actual school—not a preset package.
Conversation → Observation → Findings → Next Steps
Founded by Kristin Castillo, LPC
Kristin brings together a background in counseling, child development, school counseling, teacher coaching, and school culture work.
Her approach is grounded in a simple belief: students are more likely to grow when the adults around them are skilled, reflective, connected, and responsive to the human in front of them.
What do you want students to be able to do because they attended your school?
If your school is thinking more intentionally about SEL, student development, adult-student interactions, or culture, let’s start there.