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 […]
Tutoring & Instruction Team
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 […]
Elizabeth Green
Elizabeth is currently in her 8th year of education and is a Special Educator at CVU. She graduated from Saint Michael’s College with a Master of Arts in Teaching in 2021. She started her career at CVU as a paraprofessional and after graduating with her Masters’s Degree, began working as a special educator with students […]
Laurie Andrews, M.Ed.
Laurie is an accomplished special educator and literacy specialist. She has a master’s degree in special education from St. Joseph’s College. She worked as a reading specialist in the Southwestern Vermont Supervisory Union for the past sixteen years. Laurie has training in Wilson Reading Systems and is in process to achieve her Certified level Orton-Gillingham […]
Emily Aswad, M.A. Ed.
Emily is currently in her 11th year in education and was previously a special educator. She graduated from Hobart and William Smith with a Master of Arts in Teaching in 2010. She started her career at a charter school in Massachusetts where she worked as a special educator with students in grades 7 through 10 over […]
Sandy Boyer, M.Ed.
Sandra B. Boyer, M.Ed., A/OGA, Instructor, provides individualized literacy instruction to students of all ages. Clients benefit from her 25+ years of experience delivering evidence-based instruction customized to meet each student’s unique needs. Sandy has completed the Wilson Reading System, Level I, Multisensory Language Training Program and the Orton-Gillingham Academy, Associate Level Certification. In addition […]
