Victoria is a learning specialist with fifteen years of experience in education. She holds two Masters Degrees from Bank Street Graduate School of Education, including an Advanced Literacy Specialization Ed. M. She has extensive experience in tutoring students of all ages, diverse backgrounds, and levels of ability. She specializes in remediation and enrichment in reading, writing, mathematics, executive functioning, and organizational skills. Over the course of her professional career, she has taught in roles as a private tutor, learning specialist, classroom teacher, and admissions interviewer. Victoria is passionate about working with students of all learning styles and implements a variety of research based practices to effectively reach each child. A two-time graduate of The Bank Street Graduate School of Education, where Victoria completed her MS Ed. Dual Degree in Early Childhood and Childhood Education and Ed.M. Advanced Literacy Specialization. She also holds a B.A. in Psychology from Michigan State University. Victoria has training and experience with a variety of researched intervention programs for all academic subject areas. She is trained in Orton-Gillingham, a systematic multi-sensory based approach to reading instruction. In addition, she has a background and/or training with programs, such as: Fountas and Pinnell, Fundations, Recipe for Reading, Sounds in Motion, Words their Way, Handwriting without Tears, SMARTS Executive Functioning, TERC Investigations Math, Singapore Math, The Hochman Writing Method, and Self Regulated Strategy Development for Writing. In her work with children, Victoria strives to develop meaningful and constructive learning environments where her students feel empowered to work towards their goals. She break down tasks and concepts into manageable steps, providing scaffolded structure and guidance individualized to each learner. Executive functioning is woven into all of her work with students; supporting skills in attention, focus, time management, organization, and planning. With motivation and encouragement, Victoria pushes her students to take risks and, most importantly, to be proud of their hard work and strengths.