Mardi Loeterman has extensive experience in education, currently serving as a Reading Specialist at Excel Academy Charter Schools since August 2016, where rules-based reading interventions are provided to students in grades 5 to 8. Prior to this role, Mardi worked as a Special Education Teacher at Boston Public Schools from August 2005 to August 2016 and as a Reading Teacher at North Central Charter Essential School from August 2003 to June 2004. Mardi's career in education began at WGBH Educational Foundation, where a significant role as Director of Research at the National Center for Accessible Media was held from July 1979 to August 2003. Mardi holds a Master of Education in Language and Literacy, with a Reading License from Harvard Graduate School of Education (2004-2005) and a Bachelor of Arts in Linguistics from UCLA. Additional training was completed at the New Teachers Collaborative in 2003-2004.