READING SPECIALIST (she/her)

Robin Wallace grew up in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. She has a BA in Political Science from Chatham University in Pittsburgh. She has worked at universities (Carnegie-Mellon, Stanford) as an administrator, and in high tech in Silicon Valley. She earned her K-8 California teaching credentials through Notre Dame de Namur University in Belmont, CA, and she completed her student teaching in Ravenswood City School District in East Palo Alto, CA. In 2006, she moved to North Carolina, substitute teaching and eventually landing in 5th grade at Mary Scroggs Elementary School. Robin trained with The Augustine Literacy Project in 2009 and was a coach for several summers. She started tutoring with The Hill Learning Center in 2017 and worked as a HillRap Interventionist at Y. E. Smith Elementary and Eastway Elementary. In her spare time, she likes to cook, to read (anything Jane Austen), and to go for long walks.