2525 Laurel Avenue
Morrow Bay, CA 93442
United States
Ms. DeSio received her Master's of Science degree in special education administration from Dominican College in San Rafael, CA. Her career was in special education as a teacher, program specialist, special education administrator and assistant superintendent of the San Luis Obispo County Office of Education until her retirement in 2004. Ms. DeSio served as a CA Special Education Local Plan Area (SELPA) administrator for over ten years. During that time she developed one of the 10 pilot special education mediation programs in CA and was a longtime advisory member of the California Department of Education Mediation Taskforce. Currently, she is an educational consultant and is a part-time staff member of LaVerne University. Because learning is a lifelong avocation, Ms. DeSio is enrolled in a doctoral program through Fielding University.