Specialists

Wendy Levey Consulting works with a variety of highly recommended specialists here in the NYC area. Specializing in tutoring, development, empowerment, parenting and more.

Enrichment Specialist

Alexander Friedman

Brookly Math Tutors

Brooklyn Math Tutors is a small, local tutoring service dedicated to making learning fun, accessible, and empowering for students of all ages and skill levels. Founded in 2008 by Alexander Friedman, a passionate educator who overcame his own academic struggles, BMT combines personalized instruction with a philosophy that confidence and enjoyment in learning drive success. Our team of experienced, full-time educators—musicians, artists, and teachers united by a love for education—specializes in tailoring lessons to each student’s unique needs, offering support in math, science, test preparation, and more.

Trusted by families in Brooklyn neighborhoods like Park Slope, Brooklyn Heights, and Cobble Hill, as well as parts of Manhattan, BMT offers in-person and virtual sessions, free online resources, and a commitment to personalized service and transformative results.

www.BrooklynMathTutors.com

Speech Specialist

Meredith Gennaro M.S., CCC-SLP/TSSLD

Come Together SLP

Meredith Gennaro M.S., CCC-SLP/TSSLD is a nationally certified and NY licensed speech-language pathologist. She provides speech/language therapy, feeding therapy and literacy development services through her work at Come Together Speech Language Services, PLLC. She specializes in working with children ages 0-12 years old with a range of speech, language, feeding (picky eating), and literacy needs including oral motor concerns, hearing loss, ADHD, ASD, and selective mutism. She provides home-based services for clients located on the Upper East Side of Manhattan, as well as teletherapy services for clients located throughout New York City and New York State.

www.cometogetherslp.com

Play & Toy Experts

Dr. Amand Gummer She/Her/Hers

The Good Toy Guide

Amanda has a PhD in Neuropsychology, the Postgraduate Certificate in Higher Education and over 20 years’ experience working with children and families.

Having worked in children’s industries for many years, Amanda is now widely considered as the UK’s go-to expert on play, toys and child development. She can regularly be seen in the media, including BBC News, Sky News, The Daily Mail and many more, offering advice on news stories and issues surrounding children, families and child development.

The Good Toy Guide was founded by child development expert Dr Amanda Gummer in 2012. Created to provide an independent, expert accreditation service for children’s products, The Guide provides a trusted resource for parents and gift-givers to find truly Good Toys.

www.goodplayguide.com

Tutoring Specialist

Mary Cantwell

Enriched Literacy Education (New York & Florida)

Mary Cantwell, Co-Founder and Head Teacher at Enriched NYC, has created a curriculum with a high quality, skills based approach to learning. Additionally, she and her partner Brooke Ooten also founded a nonprofit, Enriched Boundless Learning Corporation . Forevery child enrolled in the tutoring program, they give a child in need the same access to quality teaching and a dynamic curriculum. This learning for young children is done virtually and in person in Manhattan, and Palm Beach.

www.enrichednyc.com

Tutoring Specialist

Eiko Nakazawa

Dearest, Inc.

Dearest, Inc. was founded in 2017 by Eiko Nakazawa and is a mission-led, female-run startup. Dearest that matches families with experienced educators and certified teachers for online private or group tutoring sessions. They are the only platform that focuses on connecting vetted, elite teaching talent with young learners between the ages of 4-12. In 2020, Dearest expanded their offerings to include employee benefit packages, which offer unlimited virtual support from their team of early childhood education, child care, and wellness experts. Learn more about their online offerings at

www.dearest.io/book

Empowerment Specialists

Place Wilson & Diana Heldfond

Parallel Learning

Parallel Learning is a brilliant new company that tests, diagnoses and empowers students with learning differences. Founded by two young women, Place Wilson and Diana Heldfond, this fully funded program cuts the costs of assessments substantially and is all done virtually. 1 out of 5 students in the U.S. have learning and thinking differences making this service truly needed and it is a real gem. With social inequity being a nation-wide priority, this company will be a really affordable game changer.

www.parallellearning.com

Children's Dental Specialist

Emanuela Corielli, DDS

Bright Healthy Smiles

Bright Healthy Smiles is an extraordinary pediatric dental practice. Founded and run by Dr,. Emanuela Corielli, it has Downtown and Uptown locations, they also have Orthodontics available and 7 day a week office hours. Dr. Corielli is patient, caring, highly educated, dedicated, ridiculously hard working and speaks several languages, besides her native Italian. Children fall in love with this visually appealing child centered up to date office and all their caring staff. Make sure you start your baby here at 1 years old, preventative medicine is key!

www.brighthealthysmiles.com

Occupational Therapist

Dana-Lee Wechsler

Dana-Lee Wechsler Pediatric Rehabilitation

Dana-Lee Wechsler is an occupational Therapist with many years of experience helping children maximize their potential. She runs a multi-disciplinary practice on the UES specializing in sensory integration. Their approach is well-rounded, collaborative and warm in building a tailored program for each child to be successful.

www.dlwot.com

Business Recommendations

Are you a Mom or Dad with a business idea? Need help making your business stand out? These sources listed below are some that I have used personally and highly recommend. Their services and my experience with them has been absolutely stellar.

Financial Software

Wave

Wave is a wonderful site with financial software for entrepreneurs.They can help with accounting, invoicing, payments, payroll and receipts and it’s all free. Very easy to use, too.

www.waveapps.com

Custom Business Printing

Moo

Moo business cards online. They have very unusual sizes and shapes and fun products and are very reasonably priced

www.moo.com

Advertising & Marketing Agency

Blue Bot Advertising

Blue Bot Advertisng A full service design and advertising agency. There is no end to the services that this company can provide: web design (they did mine and I LOVE it) print design, advertising, social media, email and text marketing and even more than that. Very reasonable and very personal.

www.bluebotadvertising.com

Website Builder

Wix

Wix is a company that helps you create your own web site, blogs and more. With an easy to use and learn interface, it's a great way to create your own brand online. Wix offers domains, SEO tools, email marketing and more, allowing you to manage, promote and grow your business online.