Co-Founding Partner, Education Advocate 
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Anne is a highly-experienced education advocate with over 12 years advocacy experience. Anne’s journey with advocacy began while trying to navigate the special education needs for her own children.  Anne quickly realized that without knowledge of the special education process, she was at an extreme disadvantage when trying to secure the best and most appropriate services for her children. This set her passion for advocacy into motion.

Anne works with families with children who have various types of special education needs, including ADHD, ODD, ASD, anxiety, behavior, and therapeutic needs. She has a special interest in dyslexia and the challenges of language-based learning disabilities after advocating for years for her own daughter’s challenges with severe dyslexia. Anne regularly attends IEP meetings with families and works with private professionals to ensure a collaborative approach between home and school. Anne has assisted many clients in obtaining out-of-district placements, as well as creating better in-district programs.

Anne has over 6 years experience working at a special education law firm, alongside special education attorneys and advocates. Because of her work at a law firm, Anne has knowledge of mediation, due process, and negotiating with school districts and their attorneys. Anne is a graduate of Rutgers University, is a member of the Council of Parent Attorneys and Advocates (COPAA), and is the co-author of an article about the legal obligations of school districts when a student has a language-based learning disability, published in the April 2022 issue of New Jersey Lawyer, as well as an article on the benefits of Assistive Technology for Autism Spectrum News (July 2023). In her spare time, Anne enjoys spending time with her husband and their four children, and their two doodles, Charlie and Cooper.

Co-Founding Partner, Education Advocate 
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Catherine has spent the majority of her career as  an educator; first as a Pre-K through First Grade teacher, then as an administrator and school director in New York City.  She has experience working in private schools as well as in public settings.  Catherine earned her MSEd in Early Childhood Education from Hunter College School of Education.  She also has a BA from Amherst College in Psychology and Fine Arts as well as an MBA from NYU’s Stern School of Business.  Catherine, herself dyslexic, wrote about her experiences growing up in New York City in the book she co-authored with her mother title, “Backwords Forword: Our Journey Through Dyslexia” Now she focuses on getting the best educational outcomes for her clients.