Kara has been a special education teacher at both the middle school and high school level for more than 10 years.
Stern Center Staff
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, C/OGA
Theresa White brings a rich blend of policy experience, classroom teaching, and specialized literacy instruction to her role at the Stern Center. She holds a Bachelor’s in Social Work from Providence College and a Master’s in Teaching from Brown University. Her career has been defined by a strong commitment to supporting children and families through […]
Susan Nyman, M.Ed., Fellow/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, […]
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 […]
