Kathy loves her job. She's always been drawn to teaching, whether it was Sunday school, AWANAs, or homeschooling her three sons as she and her husband served as missionaries in Africa for 12 years. When she was a child, Kathy sat beside her mother as she taught Bible School classes with young children.
Five years ago, Brighter Vistas invited Kathy to daily assist a student at CCS for content mastery. As the needs of BV grew, Kathy's love for tutoring/proctoring also blossomed.
Before joining the Brighter Vista team, Janet served for 10 years as clinic administrator of her husband’s medical practice. Christ is central to both Janet and her husband. They have two grandsons and are anticipating a granddaughter in August 2016. Janet is the caregiver for Stewie, the Vista mascot.
Gwen first learned the joy of working with children by helping her very skilled mother in church preschool classes. She later graduated from Calvary Bible College with a degree in Elementary Education, and taught in the classroom for six years. After staying home to school her own children for fifteen adventure-filled years, Gwen discovered the world of Educational Therapy when her struggling son needed help. She received NILD training from Catherine and Velda, and has been happily working with her students at Brighter Vistas for the past seven years.
Math is her particular forte. "What a thrill it is to see students succeed!" She feels a commitment to every student, and is blessed to serve the Lord this way.
With a BS in Food and Nutrition from North Dakota State University, Kathy is also very passionate about helping others move toward wholeness in their health. When she is not working, you may find her tinkering in the kitchen, tweaking a new recipe or two.
KATHY NUTTER, Content Mastery Specialist
Mary Craig graduated from Angelo State University in 1981 with a Bachelor's Degree in Elementary Education with a specialization in Kindergarten. She taught first and second grades in public and private schools for five years before having her own four children whom she home schooled through high school. Mary is married to Ken Craig, a high school government teacher and football coach. They have four grown children.
In addition to working as an educational therapist at Brighter Vistas, Mary is the Children's Ministry Coordinator at Conroe Bible Church. Mary has been occupied with helping children learn for over 30 years. Her love for and understanding of that occupation has grown with time.
While teaching in West Africa, she met her husband, Stephen. After returning to the States and having their two daughters, the entire family moved to Indonesia. While there Janet and her husband worked with the Indonesian Ministry of Health and Education designing programs to enhance rural health services for women and children living in villages throughout Indonesia. Janet specifically worked as a consultant to the Ministry of Education, designing and implementing a health curriculum, textbook, workbook and teaching materials to be taught to 4th and 5th grade students.
Janet Robinson holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Speech and Language Therapy from West Texas State University and a Degree of Master of Education from the University of California at Los Angeles (UCLA). In addition she holds an all-levels teaching certification. After several years as a speech therapist working with hearing impaired students, K-12, she journeyed overseas.