Mary O'Brien-Combs, 7th & 8th ELA, Writing, Social Studies

B.A. English, Eureka College

M.A.T Secondary Education, Dominican University

ESL Certification, Northeastern Illinois University

Working on: M.Ed. in Leadership, Concordia University

 

I joined the Tamayo family in 2015, but my career in education began at the start of this century in the year 2000! 

 

Before beginning my long career in education, I was a journalist for a suburban newspaper and a corporate marketing and public relations editor. After having my three children, I decided that teaching would be the best career for me to pursue with a family.

 

Prior to coming to Tamayo, I served as a middle school ELA teacher in Naperville for 11 years and as an AP English instructor and instructional coach for a CPS charter high school in Englewood for three years.

 

Some little known facts about me include:

 

Nowadays, when not planning lessons, grading assignments, or attending graduate classes, I like walking my oversized poodle-mix, Ollie, visiting my mother, chatting with my "all grown up" children, and, most of all, holding my sweet baby granddaughter!