After twenty-five years in education, I founded SCHOOL SOLUTIONS as a natural next step in my mission to help students become confident, competent learners with a bright future. A native Houstonian and alumna of The Kinkaid School and Lamar High School, I earned a B.A., magna cum laude, from the University of St. Thomas in 1966 and a M.Ed. in Curriculum and Instruction in 1992 from The University of Texas at Tyler. The focus of my graduate degree in language acquisition prepared me to work effectively with students diagnosed with dyslexia, ADD/ADHD and other learning disabilties.

My career includes fifteen years teaching in public and private schools and ten years in administration. I have the unique experience of having taught in both traditional and Montessori schools and being part of the administrative team to grow two new high schools. During that time, I served as College Counselor, Director of Studies, Director of Admissions, Director of Development, and High School Principal.

I qualified as an Associate Member of IECA (Indpendent Educational Consultants Association) in 2004 and met Professional Member status in 2006. IECA Professional Members are required to have a Masters Degree or comparable educational training; three years experience in educational consulting or admissions including one year an independent consultant; a minimum of 50 students advised; 25 campus visits and 25 LD program visits; and professional references from three school admission directors. I have visited 120 day schools in the Greater Houston area at least once and 25 traditional boarding schools. In the 2010-2011 school year, I visited 45 Houston area day schools, including 9 visits to schools I had not seen. I also visited six boarding schools.

I seek out opportunities for professional growth so that I am prepared to meet the needs of all children whose parents seek my services. In the past six years, I have earned over 300 hours of professional growth on topics such as educational testing, preschool assessment, gifted and talented education, dyslexia, autism, non-verbal learning disability, ADHD, executive functioning disorders, special education law, as well as best practices in educational consulting.