Mrs. Mariano is our Learning Specialist and Before/Aftercare Coordinator. She loves helping all students see their potential in the classroom and find their own passion for learning! Mrs. Mariano has a Bachelor of Science degree in Communication Disorders from Southern Connecticut University and a Master of Arts in Teaching Special Education Grades K-12 from Meredith College in Raleigh, NC. She brings numerous years of teaching and educational experience to OLM, spending time as a developmental therapist in the Birth to Three system, a speech language pathology assistant, early childhood education teacher, and special education teacher in both private and public-school settings across the state of Connecticut in grades PreK through high school . When she is not busy teaching, Mrs. Mariano enjoys spending time with her husband and raising her two daughters.