Our Awesome Team
Kristin Rourke, Director
Kristin (she/they) has been working in education with neurdivergent students and students who learn differently for nearly ten years. She was a special educator in Maryland public schools and California private schools, before starting her own tutoring company in 2020. She earned her MS in Education from Johns Hopkins University in 2015. Kristin also has a BFA and MA in Architectural History, and her favorite architectural style is Elizabethan Tudor (check out Hardwick Hall, it's fantastic!). When not teaching, Kristin is either writing novels, playing video games, traveling with their partner, or taking too many photos of their cats.
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Katie Holder, Teacher
Katie (she/her) is a lifelong educator with diverse experience in education - teaching in public, private, and charter schools in North Carolina, Oregon, and California. She is also a lifelong animal lover, and spent five years developing education programs at the Santa Barbara Zoo. Katie has a bachelor's degree in Elementary Education from the University of North Carolina - Chapel Hill and a Master's in Curriculum and Instruction from Portland State University. Outside of school, Katie loves to read, cook, go for long walks with her dog, and create stained glass art.