OnYourMark is an early literacy tutoring initiative bringing individualized and science-based foundational skills reading instruction to K-2 students across the country through virtual high impact tutoring.

Karina started out as a OYM tutor in 2022 and was so excited about it that she wanted to join the team! Using coaching practices, she supports and assists tutors in preparing and delivering instruction to students. In addition, she collaborates with other teams to further the growth of OYM. 

Karina has ten years of experience coaching educators in early literacy instruction. Eight years were spent in brick and mortar schools in Chicago, Las Vegas, and Wisconsin coaching both Spanish and English early literacy and now two years coaching virtually with on OYM. Her coaching style is heavily influenced by her training in holistic wellness as a yoga teacher, Alexander Technique instructor, and her Bachelor of Science degree in Holistic Health.

While completing her undergraduate degree, Karina worked as an exercise physiology research assistant. She co-authored the study, Airway Function during Exercise in Asthmatics is Homogeneous Despite Heterogeneous Airway Function Prior to Exercise. Karina also completed her own research to study the effects of the Alexander Technique on exercise function thanks to a research grant from the Vermont Genetics Network.

Karina believes anyone can learn anything with the right tools and the right knowledge of self, no matter their age.