Ivy Dugan graduated with her Master’s degree in Communicative Sciences and Disorders from New York University in 2024 and Bachelor’s degree in Psychology from St. Cloud State University in 2019. At St. Cloud, she excelled both in the classroom and on the ice. Ivy played Division I ice hockey while being honored as a Scholar-Athlete […]
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Lindsey Neves Baillargeron, M.Ed.
Lindsey is a Massachusetts-certified reading specialist who recently taught Structured Literacy and the Humanities in the Sally Borden Program for students with language-based learning differences at Friends Academy in North Dartmouth, Massachusetts. Prior to her time working in a specialized program for students who have dyslexia and dysgraphia, Lindsey taught full inclusion English language arts […]
Kara Griswold, M.Ed.
Kara has been a special education teacher at both the middle school and high school level for more than 10 years.
Jacqueline Labate, MA
Jacqueline Labate is a veteran educator of over 40 years. She earned both her undergraduate and graduate degrees from Vermont College of Norwich University, where she focused on Women’s Studies and Education, with an emphasis on math anxiety. She has taught all levels of math from PK through adults. After a career of classroom teaching Jacqueline […]
Shelly Burgess Nicotra, MA, FIT/OGA
Shelly Burgess Nicotra earned a dual B.A. from Vanderbilt University and an M.A. from Syracuse University. She taught Art History for several years at the Syracuse University in Florence, Italy program before embarking on a career in marketing and television production in New York City. She served as the Executive Producer of the Emmy-award winning Lidia’s […]
Theresa White, MAT, A/OGA
Theresa White graduated from Providence College with a Bachelor’s Degree in Social Work. She worked as a Policy Associate at Rhode Island Kids Count for five years, where she created policy recommendations for state-wide and community-level programs to support children and families. After that, she pursued a Master’s Degree in teaching from Brown University. Before […]
