Home Educators Around Texoma (HEAT)

Paul Coraccio - Biography

Paul Coraccio is the current president of Home Educators Around Texoma, or H.E.A.T., which is a local Homeschooling support group whose purpose is to encourage, inform, and support area homeschooling families.

Paul is married to Maritess, his wife of 32 years, and together they have four children in various stages of life, two of whom they’ve homeschooled--with the last one graduating this year.

Paul is a U.S. Air Force veteran, having served at various staff levels in the fields of security police, computer programming, cyberspace operations, cybersecurity, cruise missile planning, operational testing, and education & training over a 30-year military career.  

Paul is a 3-time graduate of Patriot Academy, the Torch of Freedom Foundation’s civics leadership program held at the Texas State Capitol each year. He is also one of their Constitutional Coaches--educating and equipping citizens to rekindle the “Torch of Freedom” in their local communities. 

He currently teaches college as an Adjunct Instructor of Government at nearby North Central Texas College (NCTC) since 2018.