Our Staff

Karen Sonday, M.A.
Education

• Master of Arts—Special Education, University of St. Thomas, St. Paul
• Bachelor of Arts—Child Psychology, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis

Experience

• Orton-Gillingham practitioner since 1983
• Adjunct faculty—Hamline University
• Sonday System trainer, coach, presenter Kuwait Ministry of Education Egypt Learning Disabilities Association
• Orton-Gillingham teacher trainer—Upper Midwest Branch of the International Dyslexia Association
• Founding member—Orton-Gillingham of Minnesota (OGM)

Catharina Lang, M.A.
Education

• Master of Arts—K-8 Education, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis
• Bachelor of Arts—K-8 Education, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis

Experience

• Orton-Gillingham training, OGM
• Minneapolis Public Schools teacher, K-8

Patricia Sequeira
Education

• Bachelor of Education—St. Xavier’s College, Calcutta, India
• Bachelor of Arts—English and History, Loreto College, Calcutta

Experience

• Orton-Gillingham training, Upper Midwest Branch of the International Dyslexia Association and OGM
• St Louis Park Public Schools, ELL and Reading Intervention
• Um Al Quoora Primary Intermediate School, Bahrain
• Braille transcriber