Maureen has taught and tutored students with dyslexia and other language-based disorders her entire career. She most recently taught at St. Martin Episcopal School’s Kairos Learning Center, an educational center for students with dyslexia. Previously she was a lead teacher at The Swift School, which serves students with dyslexia. Her other roles have included working as a private school learning specialist, and a special education teacher. 

Maureen has Associate-level certification with the Academy of Orton-Gillingham Practitioners and Educators and using the O-G approach, Maureen teaches prescriptive, multi-sensory, and structured lessons to increase students’ decoding, spelling, reading comprehension, and writing skills. She uses student assessments to create customized learning strategies and lessons.

She has a Master’s Degree in Communication from the University of Alabama, and received her teaching education at The University of Georgia’s Post-Baccalaureate Program for Certification in Special Education. 

Maureen has lived in Atlanta for many years, but grew up as a military “brat,” experiencing many places and cultures. She is married and has two adult children, who fortunately still live in Atlanta. She loves to read, explore pop-culture, sew, and look up word origins on Etymonline.com. 

Her favorite word-related quote is by Emily Dickinson: “I  know nothing in the world that has as much power as a word. Sometimes I write one, and I look at it, until it begins to shine.”