Donnelly, Catie

Catie Donnelly is licensed to practice law in the State of Virginia and was admitted to the United States District Court for the eastern district of Virginia. She has been an Associate Attorney at Mitchell Banks, PC in Chantilly, VA since 2016. Catie assisted the United States Court of Appeals in oral arguments during a … Read more

Megale, Shea C.

Shea C. Megale joins Compass as the advisor of the Compass Collaborative student newspaper and facilitator of the teen Filmmaking Club. Shea is a published author of works in fantasy, science fiction, non-fiction, biography, and children’s literature. She was a gold medalist in the 2020 Reader Views and IPPY Awards and served as a judge … Read more

Mourad, Yara

Yara Mourad offers private and small group tutoring in Arabic to students in K-12th grade and adults. She can teach both formal Arabic and colloquial Levantine Arabic. She uses both traditional teaching approaches along with songs, stories, and games to engage her students. Yara earned a Master of Arts degree in Arabic Translation and Interpretation from … Read more

Bodin, Karen

Karen Bodin offers private and small group tutoring in German to students in K-12th grade and adults. She can teach German vocabulary and dialects from Austria and most regions of Germany. She homeschooled her now-adult children teaching their curriculum in both English and German while the family lived in Austria, the United Kingdom, and the … Read more

Xu, Helen

Helen Xu offers private and small group tutoring in Mandarin to students in K-12th grade. She currently teaches Mandarin at Hope Chinese School in Annandale. She uses both traditional teaching approaches along with songs, games, and art to engage her students. Helen is certified in Chinese Research, Curriculum, Learning and Evaluations from Beijing Language and Culture … Read more

Ramos, Felipe

Felipe Ramos is a former adjunct professor of ASL at North Central University in Minneapolis. He has led several ASL immersion workshops in the area and serces as Vice President of the Latino Deaf and Hard of Hearing Association of the Metropolitan Washington DC area. Felipe is a member of theDeaf community and is also … Read more

Peterson, Karl

Karl Peterson has been playing chess for fifty years and teaching chess for fifteen years. He is a member of the US Chess Federation (USCF) where he is also a certified tournament director. Karl is a regular at the DC Chess League and the Arlington Chess Club, where he has earned a rating of 1700. … Read more

Jensen, Kathy

Kathy Jensen is a private tutor in elementary and middle school language arts (reading and writing) and math. She works with private tutoring students in kindergarten through 8th grade and tutors at the Living Stone Academy in Centreville. Ms Jensen has experience homeschooling her own now adult children. She earned a law degree (JD) from … Read more

Rodriguez, Lina

Lina Rodriguez earned a Bachelor of Science in Biotechnology from the University of Maryland. She worked at both AstraZeneca and MacroGenics, Inc where she oversaw drug development and formulation and developed expertise in spectroscopic and physicochemical techniques. Lina has served as a lead science teacher for a STEM education program where she taught physics, chemistry, … Read more

Virginia Fredrick

Virginia Fredrick earned a Master of Arts in Elementary Education from George Mason University. She has worked in classroom instruction and child-centered administration since 2011. She instructed 2nd and 4th grade students through Fairfax County Public Schools and has directed several daycare programs. Virginia is the office manager for Compass and is responsible for a … Read more