My 15 years in the field of public education have allowed me to work with a diverse group of learners. The majority of my career has been in Montgomery County Public Schools (MCPS), with a brief tenure in Palm Beach County, Florida. I graduated from University of Maryland with a Bachelor’s in Elementary Education. I started my teaching career as an elementary school teacher, and gained experience in a Title 1 school, and then in a more affluent school.

While teaching general education, I taught second grade and fourth grade. I earned my Master’s Degree in Special Education, and began teaching in a self-contained special education program for students with Emotional Disabilities. While living in Florida, I worked at The Palm Beach School for Autism, which is a charter school in Palm Beach County. Upon my return to MCPS, I was a Home School Model teacher who worked with students in second through fifth grades. Finally, I was a middle school special education teacher in English for sixth and seventh graders.

I was trained in Orton Gillingham while working in MCPS, and fell in love with it. I determined the next step in my professional development would be to become a certified Orton Gillingham instructor. I completed my certification program and have been tutoring students using Orton Gillingham in both the home and private school settings.