Schools Where I’ve Worked

• Hopland Elementary School, Hopland, California (Teacher)
• Presidio Hill School (Learning Specialist)
• Pacific Trek Day School (Director)
• French American International School (Learning Specialist)
• Chinese American International School (Learning Specialist – Interim Director
• Stuart Hall for Boys (Learning Specialist)
• Seven Hills School (in Walnut Creek, CA) (Learning specialist, Admissions Director
• Cathedral School for Boys (Learning Specialist)

I Have Evaluated Students From

• Middle Schools
  • The Hamlin School
  • Town School for Boys
  • San Francisco Day School
  • Live Oak School
  • Synergy School
  • The San Francisco School
  • Stratford School
  • The Lycée Français
  • St. Cecilia
  • St Phillips
  • St. Steven
  • St. Anne
  • St. Finnbar
  • St. Gabriel
  • Star of the Sea
  • Convent Girls School (Schools of the Sacred Heart)
  • Charles Armstrong School
  • The Laurel School
  • Katharine Delmar Burke School
  • Marin Country Day School
  • S.F. Waldorf School
  • The Alt School
  • Brandeis-Hillel
  • Marin Primary and Middle School
    
• High Schools
  • University High School
  • The Bay School
  • Stuart Hall High School
  • Convent High School
  • The Urban School
  • St. Ignatius
  • Sacred Heart Cathedral Preparatory
  • Archbishop Riordan High School
  • Mercy High School
  • Woodside High School
  • Waldorf High School
  • Mercy High School Burlingame
  • Junipero Serra High School
  • Marin Catholic High School
  • Branson

Resume

2015-2024
Founder/CEO Cognition Labs, a branch of Sepiida, Inc.
(developing and testing technologies for dyslexic and dyscalculic children and adults)

2004-2020
Full-time Private Practice, Educational Testing/Consultation
(Educational consultation, evaluation and diagnosis – kindergarten through adults)

2010-2012
Senior Learning Specialist for The Kalmanowitz Child Development Center of California Pacific Medical Center, Sutter Health, Terra Linda, CA (Educational consultation, evaluation and remediation – kindergarten through grade 12)

1990-2010
Contract Evaluator for The Kalmanowitz Child Development Center of California Pacific Medical Center, Sutter Health, San Francisco, CA.

1998-2004
Instructor, Special Education, San Francisco State University, S.F., CA.
(Instructor Sp.Ed. 709 Advanced Differential Diagnosis; Supervisor of the Internship Program for Educational Therapy Masters Students)

1995-2003
Part-time Learning Specialist, Cathedral School for Boys, S.F., CA.
(Academic evaluation, diagnosis and remediation – children/adolescents)

1991-1995
Full-time Private Practice, Educational Testing/Consultation
(Academic evaluation, diagnosis – kindergarten through adults)

1989-1991
Assistant Head/Director of Admissions, Seven Hills School, Walnut Creek, CA.

1984-1989
Learning Specialist, Stuart Hall for Boys, S.F., CA.
(Academic evaluation, diagnosis and remediation – children/adolescents)

1983-1984
Interim Director, Chinese American International School, S.F., CA.

1979-1982
Learning Specialist, French American International School, S.F., CA.
Learning Specialist, Chinese American International School, S.F., CA.
(Academic evaluation, diagnosis and remediation – elementary through high school)

1974-1979
Educational Therapist, Self-employed, San Francisco, CA.
(Academic evaluation, diagnosis and remediation – children through adults)

1972-1974
Director of the Arts Program, Hospitality House, San Francisco, CA.
(adolescents and adults – training and skills development)

1970-1972
Founder-Director, Pacific Trek Day School, San Francisco, CA.
(Academic evaluation, diagnosis and remediation – children/adolescents)

1969-1970
Educational Therapist, Presidio Hill School, San Francisco, CA.
(Academic evaluation, diagnosis and remediation – children/adolescents)

1967-1969
Educational Therapist, Self-employed, San Francisco, CA.
(Academic evaluation, diagnosis and remediation – children through adults)

1964-1967
Educational Therapist, DeWitt Learning Clinic, San Rafael, CA.
Trained and certified in evaluation and diagnosis of Learning Disabilities. (Academic evaluation, diagnosis and remediation – children through adults)

1963-1964
Teacher, 3rd/4th Combination – Kindergarten – Ukiah Unified School
District

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Leadership

• Trainer for the Consortium on Reading Excellence
• Advisory Board of the Parent Education Network (PEN)
• Former Trustee Seven Hills School, Walnut Creek, CA – Focus – Educational Issues
• Trustee My City School, San Francisco, CA
• Founder/Director Opt Out Option Initiative
• Curriculum Development for The Gypsy School – Richmond, California
• Curriculum Development for The Chinese American International School
• Curriculum Development for the French American International School
• Led seminars, lectures and workshops re: evaluation, diagnosis and remediation of learning disabilities

Membership

• International Reading Association
• Parent Education Network

Education

1980
M.Ed. – Sonoma State University, Continuing Education Units

1973-1978
Post Graduate – Pre-med, San Francisco State College

1970
California State Secondary Teaching Credential, Life

1965
B.A. – San Francisco State University