Student Services Director | Special Education Teacher | Director of Intervention Services | Speech & Language Pathologist | Psychologist | Counselor
Monica Conway | Student Services Director
Monica graduated from CSU Sacramento with a degree in Psychology in 1992 and completed the Sonoma State Special Education program in December 2017. In May 2018, she finished the Curative Education Program by Robyn Brown. She has completed two courses through IMSE (Institute for Multi-Sensory Education): the Intermediate Orton Gillingham training and the Introductory to Orton Gillingham training, and is currently attending the Writing Revolution course.
Monica has lived in Sonoma since 1992 with Paul, her husband, and three children, Kaylyn, Kyle, and Kamryn. She is thrilled to work at Woodland Star since she has been a part of the community since 2000. Her three children attended Woodland Star Charter School, Live Oak Charter School, and Credo High School.
Vaunda Goodfellow | Director of Intervention Services
Vaunda has been a resident of Sonoma County since 2010. She earned a Bachelor’s degree in Sociology from the University of California at Berkeley. Before returning to her career in education, Vaunda worked in various accounting positions for several local organizations. Vaunda has been a member of the Woodland Star community since her sons started kindergarten in 2011. Since then, she has worked with the WS Ed Foundation, been a kindergarten assistant, worked in aftercare, served as an ESL teacher, overseen afterschool tutoring, and acted as a middle school math teacher. When she isn’t here at school, Vaunda runs her own successful bookkeeping business, enjoys cooking up new dishes with her boys, and exploring beautiful Sonoma County.
Macia Letsky | Speech & Language Pathologist
Macia is a licensed speech-language pathologist with experience supporting children and adolescents with a wide range of communication needs, including speech sound disorders (articulation and phonology), expressive and receptive language disorders, social communication disorders, and executive functioning challenges. She has a particular passion for supporting students with autism spectrum disorder (ASD), ADHD, trauma, and mental health challenges. Before becoming an SLP, she worked as a Social Thinking® assistant coach, an ABA behavioral therapist, and a program manager for MGH Aspire’s summer programs. She earned her Master’s in Communication Sciences and Disorders from Emerson College, gaining experience in schools, private practices, hospitals, and teletherapy settings.
Over the past several years, Macia has worked as a school-based speech-language pathologist serving elementary, middle, and high school students. She has experience providing individualized therapy, conducting comprehensive evaluations, collaborating with multidisciplinary teams, and partnering with teachers and families to support students’ speech, language, social-emotional development, and academic success. She also co-founded Key Connections Learning, where she develops and leads social communication groups and individual coaching sessions focused on building confidence, meaningful relationships, and real-world social communication skills.
Macia takes a person-centered, neurodiversity-affirming approach to therapy, always leveraging her students’ strengths and interests to support meaningful growth. She is passionate about helping students develop the communication skills they need to build relationships, advocate for themselves, and participate confidently in everyday interactions. Her sessions are engaging, functional, and designed to help every student communicate with confidence. When she’s not working with students, you’ll find Macia teaching or taking fitness classes, writing or performing music, spending time at the beach, or adventuring with her dog, Cooper.
Ashley | Speech & Language Pathologist
Ashley began her career in education as a visual arts teacher in 2010. Her passion for working with students and families deepened as she shifted her focus towards special education and earned a Masters of Science in Speech-Language Pathology (SLP) in 2018 from CSUEB. Ashley has experience supporting children with a wide range of speech, language and communication needs. As a clinician with a strong appreciation for nurturing the whole child, she is drawn to the Waldorf approach and its commitment to creativity, rhythm and social emotional growth. She currently holds the American Speech-Language Hearing Association’s (ASHA) Certificate of Clinical Competence, the California SLP License as well as the California SLP and Visual Arts Credentials.
Ashley enjoys creativity in many forms, traveling and spending time with her husband and two playful children. She’s excited to join the Woodland Star community as a Speech Teacher, in addition to being a Woodland Star Parent
Maria Gregory | Psychologist
Maria Gregory is a Licensed Educational Psychologist who specializes in psychological assessments. She has worked as a school psychologist practicing in the school system for 10 years. Maria attended San Francisco State University for her master’s degree in psychology and PPS credential. She enjoys helping students learn about themselves so they may thrive in school, at home, and in their community. She values the role she gets to play in arming families and school systems with helpful and tailored school-based and mental health assessments. She grew up in the East Bay and relocated to Sonoma last year. When she isn’t working, she enjoys hiking, reading, playing with her newborn daughter, and exploring Sonoma County.
Mika Shiner | Counselor
As a Marriage and Family Therapist and an Expressive Art Therapist, Mika specializes in working with children, families and schools to support social and emotional development. Her background includes work as a preschool educator, elementary school teacher, art teacher, and therapist. She is continually inspired to watch and support children grow and strive for their best selves.
