Catherine graduated from the University of Victoria in 1983 with her teaching degree in Early Childhood/Special Education. She joined the team in 2007 with extensive experience in teaching individuals with varied learning disabilities in the regular classroom, special education resource room and early intervention environments. Catherine is the Teacher for the Reading & Communication Plus program in South Surrey which focuses on strengthening literacy, math and computer skills following an individualized ability approach. Catherine finds that teaching in this setting has been the most rewarding of her career to date and looks forward to future years of teaching with the Centre for Specialized Learning, operating under the auspices of DSRF.