Mariane Morini, M.A.
Academic Specialist
Mariane has worked in the special education field for 16 years. She has been a behaviorist, a paraprofessional, and a teacher for infant/toddlers up to middle school. Previously, she is a special education teacher at Children’s Health Council (CHC). Currently, she is a special education teacher for a local school district.
Mariane has her Master of Arts in Special Education with an Autism Add on from Notre Dame de Namur University. She received her Bachelor of Arts in Communication Disorders from San Francisco State University. She has attended trainings in Lindamood-Bell’s Seeing Stars, Kimochis, and SONDAY.
When she is not teaching, she loves being with her two boys. They do a lot of activities from playing sports to watching her husband play futsal. She loves reading a good book or watching a movie.
Cody Hill, M.A., M.S.
Academic Specialist
Cody has worked in the education field for the last 13 years. He has been an educational specialist, school counselor, substitute teacher, and social worker.
He is passionate about working with students of all abilities. He specializes in executive functioning, projects, presentation skills, writing skills, reading, math, social/emotional curriculum, life skills, and general homework support.
He has his Master of Arts in Education with a Concentration in School Counseling from California State University, Stanislaus, a Master of Science in Occupational Safety and Environmental Management from Columbia Southern University, and a Bachelor of Arts in Organizational Communication from California State University, Stanislaus. Cody is finishing his graduate certificate in Educational Therapy through University of California, Riverside. He has attended trainings in Making Math Real.
Allison Kraft, M.A.
Academic Specialist
Allison has worked in the field of education since 2006. She began her teaching career in Barcelona, Spain for Groupe Danone S.A., where she developed language-based curriculum and activities for English Language Learners aged pre-school to first grade. After moving back to California, she was a middle school teacher specializing in reading, writing, drama, and physical education. Currently, she works as a kindergarten teacher at a Title 1 school.
Allison has her Master of Arts in Curriculum and Instruction from San Diego State University. She received her Bachelor of Science in General Studies and California teaching credential from the University of Southern California. Due to her passion for learning and desire to stay current on best classroom practices and strategies for teaching, Allison currently takes courses through the University of California San Diego Extension program. These courses include Interventions to Guide Struggling Readers, Effective Strategies for Emergent and Early Writers, The Daily 5, and Anti-Bullying Strategies for Primary Grades.
When she is not teaching, she loves spending time with her husband, daughter, twin sons, and their family dog, River. They are a very active family and love to spend their time hiking, biking, going to the beach, and swimming.
Lindsay Donellan, M.A., CCC-SLP
Speech and Language Pathologist
Lindsay Donellan is passionate about providing services to improve communication skills in children with speech and language difficulties so having soft play manufacturers to create a safe place for these children to play can be essential. Lindsay earned a Bachelor of Arts in Political Science and History from University of California, Davis. She went on to earn her Bachelor of Science in Communicative Disorders and Deaf Education from Utah State University and a Master of Science in Speech-Language Pathology from University of the Pacific. She holds a Certificate of Clinical Competence from the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association and is licensed by the California Department of Consumer Affairs Speech-Language Pathology and Audiology and Hearing Aid Dispensers Board. She holds a Speech-Language Pathology Services Credential to provide services for students at public schools in California. She is trained in Orton-Gillingham.
Lindsay currently works as as speech-language pathologist at a middle school in a local public school district and has her private practice. She has previous experience working in various settings including university clinics and a hospital rehabilitation unit. Through her various experiences, she has served children and adults with various speech and language needs such as articulation and phonology disorders, hearing impairments, receptive and/or expressive language disorders, voice and fluency disorders, cleft palate, traumatic brain injuries, and AAC.