Melissa Berman has the experience and the heart to help your child succeed. She is an educator with twelve years of teaching experience in elementary and middle school and has built Akasha over the past five years. Melissa was named Teacher of the Year at her Middle school in 2009, and in 2011 she was named Broward County Middle School Math Teacher of the Year. Melissa has a Bachelor’s degree in Elementary Education from Pennsylvania State University and a Master’s Degree in the Science of Teaching Mathematics through the National Science Foundation (NSF) in partnership with Florida Atlantic University.