Kelli Johnson

Kelli Johnson has been an education professional for over three decades. She began her career as an elementary teacher thinking all children would learn to read as easily as she had. How naïve! Thankfully, the opportunity to study under Dr. Benita Blachman put her on the path to discovering the science behind preventing and remediating reading challenges. Following that experience, Kelli was afforded numerous opportunities to use her professional training and experience in a wide range of positions: supervising student teachers, teaching graduate/undergraduate courses, and serving as an Elementary Literacy Specialist for a federally-funded research project. Kelli also worked for a national non-profit organization as a reading coach director and community education and engagement specialist. Most recently, she served as an Adult Literacy Coordinator in a small city with a large population of refugees and immigrants and where her great-grandfather settled as a Greek immigrant in the early 1900s.

Kelli earned a B.S. in Elementary Education from SUNY-Geneseo and an M.S. in Learning Disabilities from Syracuse University. She holds permanent N-6 teaching certification in NYS.