Meet the Pandia Team
Kate Johnson
Publisher
Kate graduated from University in Florida in 1989 with degrees in health science and education. After working for a decade as a rehab director, she left the field to pursue the priority in her life: her children’s education. Kate has been a homeschooling mom since her oldest (now a college graduate) was in Kindergarten. Seeing a great need for quality, secular materials in the homeschool arena, Kate has spent her career publishing innovative curriculum.
Nicole Garzino
Marketing Director
Charlene Rucker
Customer Service Manager
After receiving her bachelor’s degree in Psychology and her Master’s degree in Entomology from the University of Kentucky, Charlene Rucker was a field biologist working on invasive species for the State of Michigan. She homeschooled her two children and came across Pandia Press curriculum early on and found that it fit perfectly with the academically focused and hands on way she wanted to educate her children.
Charlene has been the customer service specialist for Pandia Press since 2020. She enjoys working with families and educators to find the products that work best for each individual situation and helping out parents and teachers going through their educational journey.
She currently resides in Michigan with her husband, two children, two cats, and a dog. She is very active in her theatre community, directing (and sometimes performing in) musicals, plays, and Shakespeare in the Park for her local high school and multiple community theatre groups.
Marta Pentecost
Lead Editor/Science Editor
Marta was born in Portugal and has lived in the United States since before she can remember. She studied at the University of Denver and received a BA in chemistry and English language and literature and an MA in English literature. After graduating, she worked for fifteen years in the publishing industry, amassing experience in trade books, college textbooks, and educational software. She has worked in sales, editorial, project management, and acquisitions positions and finds her passion to be shepherding a book project from conception to publication. She is excited to be part of the Pandia staff, creating academically rigorous materials for homeschool parents and charter schools.
Marta lives in Colorado with her engineer husband, two rambunctious sons, and lazy English mastiff mix. She loves to read (of course), do yoga, dance, hike, and glamp with her family.
Amelia Ostrowski
History /Literature Editor
Order Fulfillment Center
In 2019, Pandia Press opened its fulfillment center in order that we can provide you the best (and speediest) customer service.