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Reading and Dyslexia Tutors

Reading and
Dyslexia Tutors

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Reading and Dyslexia Tutors

Leadership Team

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Our Tutors

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Founder Daniela Feldhausen

Daniela Feldhausen 

Founder and Tutor

- B.S. Business Administration (UC Berkeley, 1987)
- J.D. (UC Berkeley, 1989)
- M.S Special Education (U of A, 2020) 
- Teaching Reading Effectively (AZ Dep't of Education, 2019)
- Orton Gillingham (IMSE, 2020)
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Daniela@KidsUpReadingCoaches.com

Head of Tutoring Operations Crystal McCue

Crystal McCue 

Head of Tutoring and Tutor

- B. S. Elementary Education, with Early Childhood Education endorsement
- Retired elementary school teacher and reading interventionist

- Teaching Reading Effectively (AZ Dep't of Education, 2019)

- Orton Gillingham (IMSE, 2023)

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Crystal@KidsUpReadingCoaches.com

Our reading tutor Laurie

Laurie Warner 
Educational Consultant and Tutor

- B.S. Speech and Hearing Science, minor Special Education (U of A)
- Retired elementary school Special Education teacher 
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Laurie@KidsUpReadingCoaches.com

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Tutors

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Our reading tutor Caitlin

Caitlin Cordovana

- B.S. Communication Disorders, minor Family and Human Development (May 2023) 

- Certified Speech Language Pathologist Assistant (May 2023) 

- M.S. Speech-Language Pathology (ASU, expected May 2025) 
 

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Caitlin@KidsUpReadingCoaches.com

Our reading tutor Jarman Aubry

Jarman Aubry

B.S. Elementary Education, minor Spanish (U of A,  2024) 

5th Grade Teacher

 

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Our reading tutor Kyla Allison

Kyla Allison

B.S. Early Childhood Education; Veterinary Science; and Human Development and Family Science (U of A,  2024) 

 

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Kyla@KidsUpReadingCoaches.com

Our reading tutor Liz Lerma

Liz Lerma

B.S. Literacy & Learning Innovation (U of A, expected May 2025) 
 

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Liz@KidsUpReadingCoaches.com

Our reading tutor Jake

Jake Mains

B.A. Linguistics (U of A, December 2024)
 

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Our reading tutor Rachel Ellsworth

Rachel Ellsworth

B.S. Communication Disorders, minor Linguistics (May 2023)

M.S. Speech-Language Pathology (ASU, expected May 2025)

 

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Rachel@KidsUpReadingCoaches.com

Our reading tutor Sasha Santiago

Sasha Santiago

M.A. Applied Linguistics and Teaching English as a Second Language (U South Florida, 2020)
 

Ph.D. Linguistics (U of A, expected 2026)
 

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Sasha@KidsUpReadingCoaches.com

Our reading tutor Shalisa Ortega

Shalisa Ortega

M.A. Education (U of A, expected May 2025)
 

B.S. Literacy, Learning and Leadership (U of A, 2024) 

 

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Shalisa@KidsUpReadingCoaches.com

Our reading tutor Kristina Mihajlovic

Kristina Mihajlovic  

Head of Operations and Tutor

-B.A. Linguistics (Indiana U, 2017)
-M.A. Linguistics (U of A, 2021)

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Kristina@KidsUpReadingCoaches.com

Our reading tutor Kathryn Watson

Kathryn Watson

B.A. Russian, minor: Linguistics (May 2021)

M.S. Speech-Language Pathology (U of A, expected May 2027)

 

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Kathryn@KidsUpReadingCoaches.com

Our reading tutor Micah King

Micah King

B.S. Psychology (William & Mary, 2023)

M.S. Speech-Language Pathology (U of A, expected May 2027)

 

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Micah@KidsUpReadingCoaches.com

Our reading tutor Sarah

Sarah Patterson

B.S.E. in Mild to Moderate Disability Studies, Minor in Adolescents, Community, and Education (U of A, expected May 2025)

 

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Sarah@KidsUpReadingCoaches.com

All of our tutors are future educators, speech-language pathologists, and linguists and are fully trained in the Science of Reading and Orton-Gillingham.  They're all passionate and enthusiastic about helping their students succeed!

Our leadership team consists of education professionals and linguists, all fully trained in the Science of Reading and Orton-Gillingham. We all work directly with students in addition to running the company - because helping kids become fluent readers and good spellers is what we love to do!

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