Dr. Dana Rodriguez, PNP, PhD
Co-Founder & Chief Health Officer
Zeus Rodriguez
Co-Founder & Board President
A husband-and-wife team united by faith, medicine, and a love for classical education.
A Letter from Our Founders
We founded Virtualis because we believe every child deserves an education worthy of the dignity God gave them.
As parents ourselves, we watched the culture of American education drift further from the truths that form good human beings — truth, beauty, goodness, the sanctity of the body, the reality of the soul. We saw secular health curricula that reduce the human person to biology. We saw online schools that reduce learning to screen time. And we decided: our children — and yours — deserve better.
Virtualis is what happens when a clinician and an education reformer — both faithful Christians, both unwilling to compromise — build the school they wished existed. One that takes the Great Books seriously, takes the body seriously, and above all, takes the soul seriously.
— Dana & Zeus
“Train up a child in the way he should go; even when he is old he will not depart from it.”— Proverbs 22:6
Dr. Dana Rodriguez, PNP, PhD
Co-Founder & Chief Health Officer
Dana Rodriguez is a board-certified Pediatric Nurse Practitioner and the architect of the Vitae Formation Program — the only K–12 health curriculum in America designed to integrate human anatomy, Christian bioethics, the theology of the body, and physical education into a single coherent framework rooted in the truth that every human person is made in the image of God.
With over a decade of clinical practice and academic instruction, Dana brings a rare combination of medical expertise and Christian pedagogical vision. She designed Vitae to address what no other school has been willing to confront: the systematic failure of modern health education to treat the body as anything more than a machine — when Scripture tells us it is a temple of the Holy Spirit.
Through Vitae Health, Dana also ensures that enrolled families receive telemedicine-based pediatric care from a provider who shares their Christian values.
Zeus Rodriguez
Co-Founder & Board President
Zeus Rodriguez is an education reformer, school operations strategist, and the administrative architect of Virtualis. A United States Navy veteran with a background in school governance, nonprofit compliance, and charter school consulting, Zeus has spent over a decade working to create schools that refuse to separate academic rigor from Christian moral formation.
Before founding Virtualis, Zeus served as president of St. Anthony School in Milwaukee — the largest K–12 Catholic school in the United States — where he oversaw operations, governance, and strategic growth for a community that proved Catholic education could thrive at scale. He went on to consult for charter networks in Arizona and Wisconsin, advising on governance, regulatory compliance, financial sustainability, and strategic planning. His experience spans the full lifecycle of school creation — from articles of incorporation and 501(c)(3) filings to curriculum partnerships and enrollment systems.
Zeus's vision for Virtualis is simple, uncompromising, and rooted in faith: build a school worthy of children made in God's image. One that doesn't trade truth for trends, or formation for metrics. One that takes the whole human person seriously — body, mind, and soul.
Our Convictions
Truth Is Objective
We believe truth is real, knowable, and revealed by God — not constructed by culture. Education must be ordered toward the discovery of truth, not the management of opinions.
Every Child Bears the Image of God
The imago Dei is the foundation of human dignity. Every child — regardless of ability, background, or circumstance — deserves an education that honors the fullness of who they were created to be.
The Body Is a Temple, Not a Machine
Health education must be grounded in Christian anthropology. The body is not merely biological matter to be managed — it is a sacred gift, a temple of the Holy Spirit, and a participant in the life of grace.
Parents Are the Primary Educators
We exist to serve families, not replace them. The authority to educate belongs first to parents. Our role is to partner with faithful mothers and fathers in the formation of their children.
Faith and Reason Are Partners
As St. John Paul II wrote, faith and reason are the two wings on which the human spirit rises to the contemplation of truth. We refuse to pit one against the other.
Classical Education Forms Saints and Scholars
The same tradition that produced Augustine, Aquinas, and Newman can form the next generation. Classical Christian education is the proven path to wisdom, virtue, and human excellence.