PROFESSIONAL LEADERSHIP
Amy Miller, MA, MFA, ICALP
Executive Director, Founder
Amy Miller is founder and Executive Director of May Center for Learning. Amy is a nationally Certified Academic Language Practitioner (ICALP) and a certified trainer for the SEE Multi-Sensory Language Teaching Program. She is a frequent professional development provider for the New Mexico Public Education Department, school districts, schools, and nonprofit organizations, focusing on best practices for students with learning differences, the science of teaching structured reading and writing, and the importance of structuring the learning environment to improve executive functioning skills. Amy is Past President of the International Dyslexia Association—Southwest Branch. Amy also founded Dyslexia Justice League, a community that connects students with dyslexia with adult mentors through superhero stories and artistic expression as a vehicle for learning about self-advocacy and their own personal strengths. Where I Come From, a book that Amy co-authored with May Center students, won the 2014 New Mexico/Arizona Young Adult Book of the Year.
jay johnson
Head of May School
Jay Johnson serves as Head of May School at May Center for Learning. He brings more than a decade of independent school leadership experience and particular expertise in supporting students with dyslexia, ADHD, executive functioning challenges, and other learning and neurodevelopmental differences. His background includes training in structured literacy, faculty development, and individualized, strengths-based instruction. Before joining May Center, Jay helped found the Episcopal School of Los Angeles, where he served as Head of Middle School, and later served as Director of the Upper School at Westmark School. He believes that meaningful relationships are at the heart of learning and is committed to creating a community where every student feels known, valued, and challenged to discover their strengths. A native New Mexican, Jay is grateful to have returned home with his wife, Kristen. He is also a classically trained vocalist and recording artist who enjoys hiking, water skiing, and spending time with family.
Patty Conway, MA
Office Manager
Before joining the May Center in August 2012, Patty was the Front Office Manager and Student Advisor at Desert Academy in Santa Fe. She completed her Masters in Counseling from Southwestern College in November 2010. She is skilled in facilitating experiential workshops for youth that focus on self-awareness and self-empowerment. Patty is a trained tutor for the Shelton School’s SEE program and is trained in The Hill Center’s HillRAP, HillWrite and HillMath. She has also completed a mindfulness in schools program through mindfulschools.org.
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Megan Rosker
Director of Admissions and Outreach
Megan currently serves as Director of Admissions and Outreach after teaching at May Center in both Santa Fe and Albuquerque, as well as at Manzano Day School, where she implemented May Way™ practices with all of her kindergarten students. She is skilled in guiding families and students through the journey of neurodiverse education and is trained in multi-sensory education through the SEE program, as well as IMSE. Megan enjoys connecting with other families to facilitate executive function methods that will support students and parents in the classroom, as well as at home. She also currently serves as President of the International Dyslexia Association—Southwest Branch. Megan is the mother of four children, three of whom are neurodiverse, and a stepmother to four children. She loves being home with her husband and kids, watching family movies, reading novels on the back porch, walking the dogs each day near the mountains, and cooking for her big family.
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Amy Stanton, MA, ICALP
Director of Teacher Institute
While earning her Master’s Degree in Recreational Therapy, Amy worked with children, teens and adults with mental health disorders. After eight years working in mental health, she earned a teaching certificate and taught first grade. An opportunity to attend the Shelton Sequential English Education (SEE) Teacher Level Training showed Amy that children with dyslexia needed a different instruction model to help them learn at their greatest potential. Amy is a nationally certified multi-sensory language teacher through ALTA and IMSLEC, and she is also trained in the Hill Reading, Writing, and Math programs, as well as in the Mindful Schools program. In addition, Amy is certified in Montessori Applied to Children at Risk. She is a trainer for the Shelton Sequential English Education program.
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