Meet Our Team

May Shen is a Certified Academic Language Therapist (CALT) and a Licensed Dyslexia Therapist (LDT) in Dallas-Fort Worth. In 2017, she started The Skilled Reader to help children gain confidence and access life opportunities through improved literacy. Seeing students succeed has been deeply fulfilling.

Formerly a children's librarian in Dallas and adjunct faculty at Dallas Baptist University, May has experience working with students of all ages. 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. She is a Registered Instructor with the Institute for Excellence in Writing (IEW).

Rebecca Inselman is a member of the Orton-Gillingham Academy at the Associate level. She is also a certified teacher in five areas: Reading Specialist, Middle School Language Arts, Elementary Education, Learning Disabilities, and Elementary Education. Prior to dyslexia therapy through Lexercise, she taught for 12 years in middle schools in New Hampshire, working as a Language Arts teacher, Special Ed. case manager, and Reading Specialist at different times. She was able to use the Orton-Gillingham approach with individual students and other reading programs with larger classes,

Rebecca has a B.A. in Elementary Education, with endorsements in Middle School Language Arts through Crown College in Minnesota. She holds a M.Ed. in Learning Disabilities, with endorsements as a Reading and Writing Specialist through Rivier University in New Hampshire. She is a Registered Instructor with the Institute for Excellence in Writing (IEW).

Terra Allen is a Structured Literacy Dyslexia Specialist (SLDS) certified by The Center for Effective Reading Instruction. She has a Bachelor's degree in Elementary Education with an endorsement in Reading and a Master's degree in Curriculum and Instruction.

Throughout her career as an educator, she has fulfilled a range of roles including reading specialist, language arts teacher, and literacy coach. She also served as both a vice-principal and a principal. She has over 15 years of experience working with preschool, elementary, and middle school aged children.

She is based in Micronesia, a region where she has lived and worked for the past 16 years, deeply committed to enhancing educational outcomes for children, particularly in the area of reading. She enjoys staying active through swimming, biking, running, playing soccer, traveling, and taking care of her two boys. Learn more about Terra in this post.

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,

Virginia Rivas is a Structured Literacy/ Dyslexia Specialist trained in the Orton-Gillingham approach to literacy instruction. She is an accredited registered instructor with the Institute of Excellence in Writing (IEW). Virginia has a B.A. in Psychology as well as an M.A. in Teaching with certification in Pre-K through 6th grade. Additionally, she is endorsed in English for Students of Other Languages (ESOL). Virginia has over a decade of experience teaching elementary-aged students.

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.