Stacy Huisman

Stacy Allsbrook-Huisman is an Air Force spouse, writer, mother and advocate within the military spouse community. As a former Parent-to-Parent trainer for Military Child Education Coalition, she led workshops and seminars on many topics related to the education of military-connected students. She is the coauthor with Dr. Amanda Trimillos of Seasons of My Military Student: Practical Ideas for Parents and Teachers (Elva Resa, 2018). In her “other” life, she worked in public affairs and project management for the city of Las Vegas for 14 years. She was the Executive Director for the Las Vegas Centennial. She had a hand in baking the world largest birthday cake, hosting a 100,000 person parade, marrying 100 couples at once, organizing an amazing Red Hot Chili Peppers concert and managing 450 other events, programs and public relations celebrating her hometown birthday! She met her husband while he was stationed at Nellis AFB. She was whisked away on a crazy military spouse journey around the globe and hasn’t looked back since – only forward. Stacy is connected to many aspects of military life. She writes for one of our other Victory Media publications - GI Jobs Magazine - where she features successful transitioned Veterans in the workforce. She continues to write for myriad of websites and blogs, including a mini-think tank she co-founded called Families on the Home Front. Stacy was published in the popular book Stories Around the Table - Laughter, Wisdom, and Strength in Military Life. She is also a judge for Operation Homefront's Military Child of the Year 2015.

New Program Finds Quality, Affordable Child Care for Military Families

New program expands ways to find quality, affordable child care for military families.  “The waitlists at the CDC are so… Read More

Children’s Authors Draw on their Military Family Experiences in New Books

For aspiring book authors, the book publishing industry has been notoriously difficult. However, many military spouses have found success publishing… Read More

Milkid Mailkit: Bringing Back the Lost Art of Pen Pals

One military spouse created a way to connect military kids the old fashion way through a mailbox and handwritten letters.  The… Read More

How OUR MILITARY KIDS is Bringing Fun Back to Our Kids

See Inside Empty dance studios. Darkened classrooms and gyms. Quiet soccer fields.  These are unexpected consequences of the pandemic and… Read More

Purple Up During a Pandemic: Celebrating Military Kids During COVID

April 2021 brings new hope to the end of the global pandemic, but for most schools, this month is still… Read More

Keeping Promises: Moms Unite to Protect the Rights of Military Children in Special Education

See this and more inside the December issue of Military Spouse Magazine! Navy spouse Michelle Norman is like any other… Read More

The Lost Military Kids: Educated in Isolation

Military kids and their parents share their school experiences during the pandemic. Fourteen year old Josh wakes up slowly, blinking… Read More

The Disrupted Education of Military Kids During COVID19

Summer time represents nearly 260,000 military moves across the United States and around the globe - if this was a… Read More

Moving Through a Pandemic: Ideas for Connecting Military Kids After a PCS

Moving during a pandemic is not for the weak. Moving every few years in general is hard, but moving with… Read More

10 Reasons to be Thankful for Military Kids

I’m feeling thankful. Maybe because I know orders are on the horizon and there is “change” in the air. Or… Read More

Military-Kid Friendly Schools Come in Different Shades of Purple

When our families are faced with another move, our first thoughts usually race to finding the perfect place to live.… Read More

Military Family Life Counselor (MFLC) and Military Kids

The other caring adult in school parents might not know about. Parents have a go-to list of people they can… Read More

Military Kid to College Kid: Finding Support for Your College-bound Student

Your military kids have conquered the unthinkable. They’ve successfully navigated six to nine schools changes over the course of their… Read More

An After School Club That Has a Unique Membership Requirement: Must Be a Military Kid

The end of day bell rings at my daughter’s elementary school. I look around the temporarily empty multipurpose and think I’m… Read More

Is My Child Ready For Kindergarten?

By Stacy Allsbrook-Huisman Kindergarten is a magical year. Eager little ones will adorn an oversized backpack with a matching lunch… Read More

The Warrior Games Greatest Cheerleader

Being a military spouse usually requires some level of cheerleading through the peaks and valley’s of military life. Whether it’s… Read More

Surviving the Dreaded Transition from Middle School to High School as a Milkid

The transition from middle school to high school can be abrupt and stressful for many students. For military-connected students, this… Read More

‘Tis the Season: Preparing Military Kids for Changing Schools

The season has arrived for military kids around globe – the PCS season. For military-connected students, this time of year… Read More