Lucy received her B.A. in English from Sewanee: The University of the South, in 1984. After moving to Atlanta, she attended Agnes Scott College to complete her teaching certification coursework, and began teaching for The City Schools of Decatur immediately after. Since then, she’s taught grades K-5 as a classroom teacher, a gifted program teacher, and a remedial reading teacher in Gwinnett County Public Schools, Winston-Salem/Forsyth County Schools (North Carolina), and Hess Academy, a private school in Decatur, Georgia. It was at Hess that she found her passion for helping dyslexic kids. She has both a Master’s and Specialist’s Degree in Education from Georgia State University. Upon completion of her practicum with The Dyslexia Resource at The Schenck School, under the supervision of Josie Calamari as her OGA fellow, she became a full-time Associate Practitioner with the Orton-Gillingham Academy. She tutors in-person from her home in Sandy Springs, GA, and looks forward to spending the rest of her working life helping every dyslexic child she can. When not tutoring, she may be found reading, cooking, cuddling with her beloved dogs, or spending time with her family or long-time boyfriend. Her favorite spot in the world is reading on the front porch of her family’s home on the coast of Maine - breathing in the ocean air.