About our Founder
Denise Roland and her family
Denise D’Angelo Roland is a teacher, educator, award-winning author, wife, mom, and advocate for digital health.
Denise attended Long Island University and graduated suma cum laude with a BA in psychology and a minor in business management. She continued her education at Hofstra University earning a MS in Health Education and a MS in School Counseling, both with highest distinction. With a passion for early childhood education, Denise has spent the first 20 years of her career as a teacher, primarily in the New York public school system.
Denise is the “Mom’s Choice Award” winning children’s book author of “Please, Look up at Me” and “Papa’s Gift”, and the creator of the Intentionally Unplugged initiative.
She lives on the Eastern End of Long Island with her husband, 3 children, and Labradoodle.
A Note from denise
“My hope in starting Intentionally Unplugged is to help families connect in meaningful ways. Intentionally Unplugged is not anti-screen or anti-technology, but rather an approach to teaching our children about how we can consciously carve-out time for human connection. With a generation of kids being raised with screens, we need to start this conversation early and learn how we can disconnect to connect”.