Photography by Bailey Toksoz

Mary Follin, Founder & Developer

Mary Follin started her career as a systems engineer with IBM. She’s worked in product development, market research, and more recently provides marketing consulting to professional services firms. Beyond creating Teach Your Child to Read, she is also the author of Ethyr, winner of the the Moonbeam Children’s Book Award and the Gertrude Warner Book Award.
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Mary Follin is also author, with Erika Guerrero, of the advice column ASK MOM in Fredericksburg Parent & Family magazine. ASK MOM was a winner in the 2021 Parenting Media Association Awards. She is a regular contributor to Daily Mom, writing on the topic of children’s literacy and all things teaching children to read.

Mary is grateful to all of the talented individuals that have helped bring this program to fruition and keep it running smoothly: Program Developers Brian Holland, Ben McFarland, and Laura Adler; Marketing, Social Media, and SEO experts Crista Lea Kirk, and Ashanti Danaye; and Web Developer Yesha Thompson. Many more enthusiastic individuals have been part of the building process, all of whom care deeply about the wellbeing of children.