Carlota Fernandez

Carlota Fernandez brings nearly 25 years of experience teaching elementary and middle school, as well as children with learning disabilities and those who are gifted. She designed and developed a program to service students with mild learning disabilities in reading and math. She led and supervised a school department that serviced, children, teachers and parents. These services include consultation and follow up with teachers and parents in order to implement strategies to mold and change the student’s behavior.

Carlota Fernandez has a Bachelors in Psychology from FIU and a BS in Elementary Education from Nova University. She is certified by the State of Florida Department of Education in the following areas:
• Elementary Education
• Psychology
• Varying Exceptionalities
• Gifted Endorsement

On A Personal Note: Carlota brings experience to the team. She has been happily married for 34 years with two adult sons. But make no mistake; raising two sons is not always easy! Both of Carlota’s sons are gifted and at the time the school system did not make the provisions to challenge them properly. She had to develop ways to have these boys channel their creativity and enhance their intellectual ability. To her success, both boys studied careers away from home and are now successful engineers. But as the saying goes, “home is where the heart is”, both came back to Miami and started their own families, close to their roots.

Isis Perez-Gonzalez

Isis Perez-Gonzalez has been in the counseling field for 10 years as a school guidance counselor, and has a proven track record in improving parent/child relationships. She has a Masters of Science from Nova Southeastern University. She brings to the team her expertise in an array of areas that include, but not limited to:
• Parent/child communications
• Boundary setting with a positive mind frame
• Decision making and problem solving
• Managing Stress

On a personal note: Isis brings to the team hope. She enjoys a great relationship with her husband of 23 years and this is due to much self-discovery and surrender. As in any relationship the key is to grow together and learn from one another. Her husband is a cancer survivor and when one battles disease it gives a marriage an incredible amount of fortitude. Being strong and having a united front is just what is needed when raising a teenage daughter. Their teen is an independent, self motivated young lady. As Isis writes in her article, she believes in allowing her daughter to have her own space. The key in this household is respect.

Denise Lam

Denise Lam has been teaching students with learning difficulties for the past 8 years. She has designed and implemented a comprehensive program of organizational and study skills. Denise has worked with students in both public and private sector schools. She has a Bachelor in Specific Learning Disabilities from Florida International University. Her areas of expertise include:
• Assisting parents in structuring a home environment that promotes growth and success.
• Changing the parents focus in understanding their child as a capable human being, not someone with just limitations.
• Helping students transition to the regular classroom

On A Personal Note: Denise brings to the team a fresh outlook in life. She has been married for 6 years, has a 3 year old daughter and one on the way. Her daughter is being raised to be resourceful, respectful and creative. She is very sociable, but able to also engage in independent play.