Dyslexia Supports

Highland Park Elementary Dyslexia Supports:

Jodi Leach

  • Role: Special Education Teacher
  • Email Contact: joan.leach@gmail.com
  • Credentials: Basic Language Skills and Reading by Design

Mackenzie Gandomi

  • Role: Dyslexia Interventionist
  • Email Contact mackenzie.gandomi@austinisd.org 
  • Credentials:  Reading by Design Certified 
  • Licenses and Certifications: M. Ed; EC-6  Generalist; EC-6 Bilingual Generalist, EC-6 English as Second Language; Special Education 

Lee Lazarine

  • Role: Special Education Teacher
  • Email Contact: lee.lazarine@austinisd.org
  • Credentials:
    • Dyslexia Training: Reading Readiness and Basic Language Skills; Reading by Design 
  • Licenses and Certifications:
    • Core Subjects EC-6
    • SPED EC-12
    • ESL Supplemental EC-12

Elizabeth Davis

  • Role: Dyslexia Interventionist
  • Email Contact: elizabeth.davis2@austinisd.org
  • Credentials: Reading by Design
  • Licenses and Certification: M.Ed in Reading Curriculum and Instruction from UVA; Reading Specialist Certification (MD and VA), Science of Teaching Reading (TX); Special Education; English as Second Language; General PreK-8th Grade

Kalene Jones