Who am I?

I started teaching in 1987. I taught elementary school for ten years. During that time I managed to get a M.Ed. in At Risk Population from EMU. I later completed Level I and Level II of NILD training. I worked as an educational therapist in private practice for six years. With the Orton Gillingham training I received through NILD, I was able to help many children in my private practice.

In 2008 I began working with a local literacy foundation in Richmond, Virginia. Above all other positions, I believe this has been one of the most rewarding. Working with children has been so very different than working with adults. The adults I work with are in a group setting and are so eager to learn to read.

With the success I had achieved through Orton Gillingham, supported by NILD techniques, I chose to use the same approaches with the adult learners.

My hopes are that through this document, others may learn from my trials and successes.