Meet Our Team
May Shen is a Certified Academic Language Therapist (CALT) and a Licensed Dyslexia Therapist (LDT) in Texas. She started The Skilled Reader in 2018 to help children gain confidence and access life opportunities through improved literacy. Seeing the transformation in students as they improve their language skills has been deeply fulfilling.
Formerly a children's librarian in Dallas for over a decade and adjunct faculty at Dallas Baptist University in the Intensive English Program, May has experience working with students of all ages. She also works with Emerging FIELD, a nonprofit in Dallas. She holds a B.A. in History from Dartmouth College and a M.Ed. in Curriculum & Instruction/ M.A. in Linguistics from The University of Texas at Arlington. |
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Janna Match is an Orton-Gillingham-trained reading specialist. She obtained her Initial, Advanced, and Supervisory level certifications through the Children's Dyslexia Centers, Inc. She is a graduate of Temple University with a Master's Degree in the Psychology of Reading and of Millersville University with a bachelor's degree in Elementary and Special Education.
Through the years, she has worked in many different settings as a special educator, reading specialist, homeschool co-op facilitator, and learning center director. Now, as a Lexercise teletherapist with The Skilled Reader, she savors the opportunity to help students, working not only with them but with their families as well. During her free time, in addition to playing with phonemes, morphemes, and schwas, she enjoys reading, hiking, bicycling, camping, kayaking, canoeing, gardening, and spending time with her family, |
Laurie Molnar is certified by the Orton-Gillingham Academy and has over 40 years of experience in teaching.
Megan Downs is a Structured Literacy Dyslexia Specialist (SLDS) certified by The Center for Effective Reading Instruction. She has over 10 years of experience teaching lower elementary grades. |