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Rachel Gannon | Special Ed

Rachel Gannon is excited to join the Maury community as she enters her 10th year as a special education teacher in DCPS. Mrs. Gannon is originally from New York where she earned a bachelor’s degree in Jewelry Design/International Trade and Marketing from Fashion Institute of Technology, and her master’s degree in Art Therapy from The ... Read More

Taylor Mangini | Psychologist

Taylor Mangini joined Maury in 2022 as a school psychologist. Ms. Mangini  is 504 point of contact at Maury. Ms. Mangini received her B.A. in Psychological Sciences and Human Development and Family Studies from the University of Connecticut. She finished her M.Ed and M.A. in Applied Developmental and Learning Psychology at Teachers College Columbia University ... Read More

Hayley Lynott | Special Education

Haley Lynott joined the Maury team in 2022 as the 1-3rd grade Special Education teacher. She was born and raised in Pennsylvania and earned her B.S. in Education from Millersville University. Prior to Maury, Ms. Lynott was a classroom teacher and special education teacher working with students within early childhood for eight years. She loves ... Read More

Patricia Wong | DCPS Occupational Therapist

Patricia Wong is a DCPS Occupational Therapist whose work assignment includes Maury Elementary. She started working with Maury students in 2021.

Jo An Yu Heitstumam | DCPS Speech-Language Pathologist

Jo Antonette Heitstuman is a DCPS Speech-Language Pathologist whose work assignment includes Maury Elementary. She started working with Maury students in 2019. Ms. Heitstuman’s father was in the military. So she grew up moving often, but spent the most time in California and Japan. She received her bachelor’s degree in Speech-Language Pathology from University of ... Read More

Kaitlin Cunningham-Gonzalez | Special Education

1st-3rd Grade Kaitlin Cunningham Gonzalez teaches special education across the first, second, and third grade levels. She began teaching at Maury in 2021, starting her sixth year in the educational field. She inspires her students to find joy in learning through taking risks and problem-solving in project-based learning. Mrs. Cunningham Gonzalez is originally from New ... Read More

Caitlyn Burns | Special Education

Pre-K & Kindergarten Caitlyn Burns teaches special education across the pre-k and kindergarten grade levels. She joined the Maury team in 2019 as a paraprofessional in a PK4 classroom and joined the special education team as a teacher in 2020. Before joining the DCPS and Maury communities, she spent time teaching in the public charter ... Read More

Lindsay Bowers | Instructional Coach

Instructional Coach Lindsay Bowers joined Maury Elementary in 2015, before which she taught for five years in Fairfax County. Ms. Bowers loves the Maury community and watching her students grow throughout the school year. Ms. Bowers grew up in Fairfax, VA. She started her educational journey at James Madison University where she earned her bachelor’s ... Read More

Laura Delaney | Social Worker

Laura Delaney joined Maury in 2017 after gaining nine years of experience working as a school social worker in DCPS and charter schools. Mrs. Delaney loves working in schools because she can work with children, educators, and families all in one setting. Mrs. Delaney is a native Washingtonian, and grew up in Northwest D.C. She ... Read More

Stefanie Gordon | Special Education

ELA Stefanie Gordon joined Maury in 2015, teaching Special Education ELA. Before joining the Maury staff, she taught Grade 2 at a charter school in D.C. as well as special education in other DCPS schools. Ms. Gordon comes from a family of educators—both grandmothers, mother, and two younger sisters—so it was natural she would become ... Read More

Norah Rabiah | Reading Specialist and Intervention Lead

Norah Rabiah began at Maury Elementary in 2011 as the Instructional Coach. Prior to 2011, she was the assistant principal and a classroom teacher at Murch Elementary in D.C. She began her career in Michigan. Ms. Rabiah is from Ann Arbor, Michigan. She has a Master of Arts in Education from the University of Michigan ... Read More