LILLY Learning Center's Grand Opening
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MEET LILLY'S BOARD OF DIRECTORS
Lexa Duno-Andreu, M. Ed
LILLY Founder & Executive Director
Lexa is the director of The Lit Advocate, a small education business that provides personalized support services to learners with reading and learning diffculties. In an effort to expand the team's support services to the greater community in the Pasco County area, she founded LILLY Education Foundation in November 2023. A former fifth-grade teacher & literacy specialist, Lexa is passionate about awakening the joy in reading and empowering students to become confident, independent learners and individuals. Beyond her role as teacher, Lexa is "Mami" to a beautiful toddler, a children's book author, and the co-founder of the edtech startup, edTonomy.
Emily McHugh, M.S., CCC-SLP
LILLY Vice President & Family Advocacy Chair
Emily is a Speech Language Pathologist (SLP), who works full-time with adult and geriatric patients with cognitive-communication and swallowing disorders. Emily graduated from the University of Florida with her bachelor’s degree in Communication Sciences and Disorders with minors in Disabilities in Society, as well as Deaf and Hearing Sciences in 2020. During her undergraduate studies, she completed an undergraduate honors thesis investigating the effects of differences in modality on word learning, which was awarded top honors in the Behavioral & Education Sciences category. Emily completed her master’s degree in Speech Language Pathology from the University of South Florida in 2022. During her graduate studies, Emily completed a master’s Thesis investigating the effects of AAC-Modeling Intervention within dialogic reading on vocabulary learning in children with Down syndrome. Following this, she earned her American Speech-Language Hearing Association (ASHA) Certificate of Clinical Competence and FL license upon completion of her clinical fellowship in 2023. Emily has diversified experience serving pediatric and adult-geriatric populations and feels passionate in her role of maximizing the quality of life of every individual she works with. She feels fiercely driven to create and advocate for inclusive environments for all people; Emily has a deep personal and professional connection to LILLY’s core values and feels honored to be part of this non-profit mission.
Sarah Moses
LILLY Board Treasurer
Sarah Moses is a mother to six children (4 boys and 2 girls) and owns a small accounting firm. She has developed a passion to help other families make the transition from traditional schooling to Homeschooling. She embarked on this journey herself 5 years ago when she saw her daughter struggling in school and couldn't get anyone to help her figure out why she was struggling. After paying to get her tested with a physcologist, they discovered that her daughter had dyslexia and dyscalculia. It was then that she knew nobody was going to fight harder for her child's education than her and decided to make the homeschool jump and hasn't looked back.
Christy Jones
LILLY Board Secretary & Program Coordinator
Mrs. Christy, the Board Secretary of LILLY Education Foundation and Program Coordinator for the LILLY Learning Center, has taught for 30 years, 29 of those in Ohio before moving to Wesley Chapel in June 2023 with her husband. She was an elementary librarian for 21 years after teaching science at the middle and high school levels. This past year she taught for Pearson Virtual School. They have two children, Aly who attends USF and their son Jordan who lives in North Carolina. In her spare time she enjoys taking their dog for a walk, reading and spending time with family.
Andrew D.P. Johnson II, Esq.
LILLY Legal & Compliance Director
Andrew D.P. Johnson II, Esq. is a Litigation Technology Specialist and licensed attorney who excels at the intersection of law and technology, helping streamline complex litigation through innovative solutions. He holds a J.D. from the University of South Carolina School of Law and a bachelor’s degree in Government and World Affairs from the University of Tampa. Currently a Deloitte contractor at the Litigation and Technology Service Center of the Executive Office of United States Attorneys, Andrew supports federal litigation with advanced e-discovery and legal compliance expertise.
Beyond his professional life, Andrew enjoys staying active through CrossFit and is an avid reader, dedicated to both intellectual growth and his faith, which remain central to his life and guide his personal and professional journey.
