MaryKate DeSantis Ed.M, CAS, is the founder of Left Side Strong LLC and an educator, consultant, and researcher specializing in oral language, literacy development, and evidence-based instruction. She began her career as a special educator and reading specialist, later serving as a district-wide literacy coach, where she worked directly with students and teachers to support learners with diverse language and reading profiles. These early roles gave her firsthand experience with the challenges educators face in translating research into effective classroom practice, which sparked her interest in studying language, literacy, and developmental trajectories.

MaryKate has held a full-time research faculty appointment at the MGH Institute of Health Professions and worked as a clinician in the Neurology Department at Boston Children’s Hospital. She is a research collaborator at Harvard University, Graduate School of Education, an adjunct professor at Boston College Lynch School of Human Development, and a Ph.D. student in Educational Psychology at the University of Connecticut’s Neag School of Education. MaryKate’s most important role is being a mom to Ava (4) and Aly (3).

Join us as we hear from MaryKate DeSantis of Left Side Strong for an informative session to understand your child as a reader.

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Zoom link: https://us06web.zoom.us/j/85618931124?pwd=a0IHzoBRqamArJGuB7ajyanQvd9xid.1