She moved to Oakland three years ago to be part of the dynamic community here in the East Bay. A 2009 graduate of Mount Holyoke College, Caitlin came to teaching through the Oakland Teaching Fellows Program in 2011 and was placed in her current position at Howard. She teaches a Special Day Class (SH-SDC) for students in kindergarten-second grade who are diagnosed with autism. She has a Moderate/Severe Disabilities Education Specialist California Teaching Credential with an Autism Spectrum Disorder authorization.