About Your Special Education Advocate

Education has always been an integral part of Alexis' family. Her father, with over 45 years of experience as a special education teacher, Principal, and Director in NYC Public Schools and in Brick, NJ, currently serves as a Special Education Student Adviser and Mentor at Western Carolina University in Asheville, NC. His extensive background in special education has also provided me insight into educational law and IEP compliance.  

Alexis' mother, who holds a double master's degree from Columbia University in NY, has dedicated 20 years to serving as a LCSW School Social Worker and case manager for thousands of IEPs.  

As an athlete, Alexis felt a strong calling to teach Health and Physical Education in NJ, achieving Dual Certification. She earned her undergraduate degree in Kinesiology/Physical Education and has completed a master's equivalent of over 35 credits in Health Education. 

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With experience teaching over 500 students each year, she became deeply involved in IEP meetings and advocating for her students, particularly in her most meaningful class, Adaptive PE.   

Notably, Alexis is the first and only Pro Se Litigant to win a Due Process Hearing in South Carolina, achieving this both as a parent and an advocate. She has successfully written appeals in the second tier of State Level Review. 

Additionally, her expertise extends to advising and assisting parents in the state of North Carolina's OAH, where she has also been successful in winning DPC's and has been successful in settling complaints prior to a hearing.

Her brother Justin is a Financial Compliance and Contract Attorney in NYC, and is CFO at DUB international, while his wife works as an Occupational Therapist. 

Alexis' first cousin, who served as her maid of honor at her wedding, is an entertainment attorney in NYC working for companies such as Rock Nation, as the Chief of Staff. Her father, Alexis' uncle, a retired High School Principal. The family's rich legacy continues with other cousins, aunts, and uncles contributing to their extended network of educators, administrators, and attorneys.  

Additionally, Alexis is Puerto Rican, and she speaks fluent Spanish.

When someone can relate to you and your experience as a mom with special needs, understands the pedagogy of education, can analyze data on services and supports, and is knowledgeable in educational law, including IEP advocacy through IDEA and 504, you can be sure that a 360-degree perspective using both the environment (external) and the diagnosis (internal) will be used to obtain a complete picture of the most assertive next steps for your child's development. This approach encompasses not just academic growth but also emotional, social, psychological, and physical well-being within the realm of special education.

Alexis and her family have lived in the Fort Mill/Indian Land area for over 12 years. You might remember her from Carberry Custom Color or Carolina Custom Color, where she worked as a designer and general contractor. 

Now, as an advocate in the field of educational law, Alexis is dedicated to educating parents, students, staff, and teachers about their rights and what the law and case law state regarding a Free and Appropriate Public Education. She strives to hold school districts accountable when IEP goals, supports, therapies and services are less than satisfactory.