Dr. Shannon Kroner has a doctorate in Clinical Psychology and a master’s in Special Education, with a focus in Educational Therapy. Her doctoral dissertation, entitled, Childhood Vaccinations: The Development of an Educational Manual, provides a psychological viewpoint of the ways in which parents make decisions regarding vaccinations for their children. When Dr. Kroner first began working with special needs families in 2001 as a Floortime therapist and behaviorist, she discovered many parents sharing similar stories about their children’s disabilities having occurred shortly after receiving a vaccine. Then, in 2009, while pregnant, Dr. Kroner personally suffered a vaccine injury after receiving a preservative-free flu shot. Believing it was safer than others because it was preservative-free, she got the vaccine, but suffered a serious reaction that landed her in the emergency room. Upon hearing so many personal vaccine injury stories and then experiencing her own adverse reaction, Dr. Kroner decided it was time to seriously research vaccines and encourage others to do the same. As an advocate for vaccine choice, Dr. Kroner founded the organization Freedom of Religion – United Solutions (FOR-US) in 2019, following vaccine mandate laws that removed both religious and medical exemptions in California. Serving as its Executive Director, she has united faith leaders of many faiths to protect the religious freedom of vaccine choice and has helped thousands of individuals obtain religious vaccine exemptions. As a public speaker, advocate, author, wife, and mother, Dr. Kroner understands the importance of protecting vaccine choice and educating today’s children as they pave the way towards a brighter tomorrow. For more information on Dr. Kroner, please visit her website www.drshannonkroner.com Manfred Calderón has been an artist and illustrator for most of his life. Born and raised in Costa Rica, he often draws inspiration for his art from the natural beauty of his country. Fluent in both Spanish and English, Manfred has taught high school art and English classes. He has also authored and illustrated a number of other children's books including one about his pet cat.
