Andreia Simon is Regional Director for territories in the Mountain West and Western US. Over her 19 years in education, she has been fortunate to serve as a classroom teacher, reading specialist, literacy leader, and instructional coach. Before joining Collaborative Classroom, she served as Senior Literacy Consultant and READ Act Field Support Manager at the Colorado Department of Education. In this role, she led professional learning for educators in the Science of Reading and supported district leadership in implementation of the Colorado READ Act, seminal legislation designed to ensure that all students in Colorado receive equitable access to scientifically and evidence-based reading instruction. Andreia now resides in Santa Fe, New Mexico.