Bronze
Build with the group
€396
- One-on-one with Oana to start
- The full 6-month cohort
- An accountability partner
- The progress-tracking platform
The Build Know How Collective
Families building lives, businesses, and communities together.
A global community for worldschooling, homeschooling and entrepreneurial families who build learning, work and belonging into everyday life, instead of leaving them to chance.
Our method
5D for Families
Worldschooling gives your children the world. It often takes away their community. Most families who leave the standard school system find the freedom fast and the people slowly. 5D for Families is five questions that show where family life is pulling apart, and what to fix first:
- DirectionWhat kind of life are we building as a family?
- DecisionsHow do we choose together, and give our children growing ownership?
- DataWhat information, tools and technology help us learn and decide well?
- DynamicsHow do we handle relationships, conflict, belonging and contribution?
- DurabilityCan this way of living stay healthy and financially viable over time?
Why we exist
Modern family life is fragmented
Parents are expected to educate children, build livelihoods, manage technology, keep relationships alive and find real community, often while moving between places. Most services handle one piece at a time. We help families build the pieces into a life that works together.
Who belongs
You may be at home or travelling, homeschooling, worldschooling, unschooling, or combining approaches. What connects us is not one education label. It's the decision to take responsibility for how our families learn, work, connect and contribute.
What we're building
A world where families don't have to choose between meaningful education, entrepreneurial work, mobility and belonging.
Our principles
- Real connection
- Learning through life (education by ownership)
- Children as contributors
- Technology in its proper place
- Local roots, global belonging
Your path
How the Collective works
- 01
Explore
Take the free 5D Coherence™ Check, or join a free workshop
- 02
Connect
Join the Collective on Skool and meet families like yours
Join the Collective - 03
Participate
Join the 5D Coherence™ Circle, a program, a hike or a camp
Join paid membership - 04
Contribute
Share what you know, host an activity, support another family
Contact us - 05
Build
Start or lead a local hub where you live
Contact us
Joining The Build Know How Collective is free. The 5D Coherence™ Circle comes with our paid membership and it gives you access to powerful weekly group coaching sessions, where we apply the model to members' real situations.
For entrepreneurs
Build It Once: finish the course you keep meaning to make
For entrepreneurs who want income that doesn't depend on their hours, and can travel with their family.
Six months, up to 20 people, starting January 2027, in two phases:
- Months 1 to 3: create your course. Intensive work, with weekly sessions, until your course is built.
- Months 4 to 6: management and tracking. We track and manage your course with you once it's live.
Places are by application. Every tier starts with a one-on-one with Oana: it's how we make sure you are truly ready to do the work, and how we pair you with an accountability partner for the whole cohort.
Course track first; books and coaching programs come later. Built from our pilot: 15 entrepreneurs, Oana included, are building their first courses right now.
Silver
Plus AI production
€693
- Everything in Bronze
- 2 private sessions in months 1 to 3 on using AI for the outline, lesson scripts and worksheets
Gold
Oana, when you need her
€1,296
- Everything in Silver, with 6 private sessions instead of 2
- Booked whenever you want, even all in month 1, subject to Oana's availability
- 5 Gold places at most
Add-on for any tier: course landing page, €500
We build it for you. Capped at 7 per cohort.
Founding prices are for cohort 2 only. Starts January 2027. 20 places.
Programs in Cluj-Napoca
Cluj-Napoca, our founding hub
Where we test every program before it travels. Children's programs are led by Mario Garcia: certified Montessori teacher, 3rd-degree black belt in Shotokan Karate and Japanese swordsmanship.
Family training
Martial Arts for Families
Train together, not just near one another. €50 a month per family; your first session is free.
Spots are limited for in-person, unlimited for online.
Outdoor education
Forest School
Children learn to meet the real world with confidence, through a badge pathway built on managed risk.
Summer camp
Next Gen Leaders Camp
Not just keeping children busy, but helping them become capable. Summer 2027 dates coming soon.
Global hubs
Global in reach. Local in trust.
A hub is a group of Collective families who meet in person where they live.
[Who can host, the standards hubs follow, how safeguarding works, and how travelling families join: you'll provide these.]
Founders
Mario & Oana Garcia
We're Mario and Oana Garcia, worldschooling our daughters while building our businesses. The Collective is the community we wanted for our own family.
Mario Garcia | Children Programs Lead
Helping children discover their authentic path while building practical skills, emotional intelligence, and an entrepreneurial mindset.
Mario is a teacher, transformative mentor, and certified Mindvalley hypnotherapist dedicated to empowering parents, educators, and the next generation of confident, authentic leaders. With over two decades of experience working with children and teenagers, he brings together ancient wisdom and modern educational approaches to nurture children's full potential.
As a 3rd-degree Black Belt instructor in both Shotokan Karate and Japanese swordsmanship, Mario instills discipline, focus, and self-confidence through martial arts. His expertise as a certified Montessori teacher creates an environment where children naturally develop independence, creativity, and leadership skills.
Drawing from his background in Forest School, survival skills, and Boy Scouts instruction, Mario guides children beyond traditional classroom walls, fostering resilience and environmental stewardship through hands-on outdoor adventures.
Creator of the 5D Performance™ Model
Success should expand your life, not consume it.
That belief sits at the heart of everything Oana Garcia builds, teaches, and coaches.
Oana is the creator of the 5D Performance™ Model, a practical framework that helps founders, executives, entrepreneurs, and conscious parents achieve sustainable high performance through Coherence by strengthening five essential dimensions: Direction, Decisions, Data, Dynamics, and Durability.
With more than 20 years of international experience across banking, finance, technology, management consulting, and data, Oana has worked with organizations in 40+ countries, helping leaders make better decisions, simplify complexity, and build systems that support lasting success. Her expertise spans data governance, analytics, AI, and data visualization, complemented by her work as a certified executive coach, facilitator, university professor, and international speaker.
A Mindvalley Certified Life Coach and TRACOM-certified facilitator, Oana combines business strategy with human development to help ambitious leaders build organizations, careers, and lives that thrive together.
Because performance isn't about doing more. It's about designing better.
20+ years in 40+ countries across financial industry, management consulting, data and technology. Trusted by:
Learn more about Oana and her work at oanagarcia.com.
Join
Join the Collective
Meet families, see upcoming gatherings, use shared resources, and find your next practical way to take part.
Find your community
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