Lydia D’Antonio earned her master’s degree from Northeastern University in 2021 and her undergraduate degree from the University of Vermont in 2019. For the last few years, she has lived in Boston and Colorado working with students in various settings ranging from public schools to therapeutic day treatment centers. She has experience working with students […]
Stern Center Staff
Susan Nyman, M.Ed., F/OGA
Education has been Susan’s passion for over 30 years working in public and private schools as a special educator K-12 as well as an Orton-Gillingham practitioner in private practice. She received her Bachelor’s Degrees in Business Administration and French from The College of Charleston and soon realized her desire was to work with children, so […]
Catrina Hays
Catrina received her BS from Northwestern University’s School of Speech and then her MA from the University of Arizona. She has taught students with dyslexia aged 5 through 19 using the Wilson Reading System for 22 years. She has been a Wilson Language Trainer since 2004 and works both for the local partnership, Learning Techniques, […]
Mary Cotton, MA CCC-SLP
Mary Cotton, MA CCC-SLP, graduated from Case Western Reserve University with a master’s in Speech-Language Pathology in 2008. She earned her undergraduate degree from the College of Wooster in Communication Science and Disorders as a Longbrake Scholar. Mary comes to the Stern Center with extensive experience working in elementary, middle, and high schools around Vermont. […]
Kristen Bierer, MA
Kristen grew up in Asheville, North Carolina and has always enjoyed working with children. She is a licensed educator and recently moved to Vermont from New Mexico, where she taught in both public and private schools for 26 years. Kristen earned her BA in Elementary Education from University of North Carolina, Charlotte, MA in Special […]
Peggy Leon, M.Ed.
Peggy has been a teacher for many years as a Reading Specialist and SPED teacher. She taught K-5 for 18 years in an elementary school in N. Reading, MA. She had a teacher licensure in MA., in Early childhood K-3, and SPED N-9. She is Wilson, and Orton Gillingham trained/ certified. In addition, she has […]
