Meet the New Iberia team

Christy received her B.A. in English in 1992 and taught 5th to 8th grade English at First Baptist Christian School for two and a half years. She also taught 9th and 10th grade reading and 11th and 12th grade study skills at St. Thomas More. In October of 1996, Christy joined Sylvan as a Director of Education and in October of 1997, she bought Sylvan and became Executive Director. Christy enjoys spending time with her 2 beautiful children. To contact Christy via email, christysharon@sylvanacadiana.com

Mrs. Olga Louviere graduated from USL with a BA, M.Ed, and Masters Plus 30. She taught 1st grade at North Street Elementary, Live Oak Elementary, and Daspit Elementary, all in New Iberia. Olga retired after teaching for 33 years. After retirement, she worked as a Reading Interventionist Teacher at North Street Elementary for 9 years. She has been working at Sylvan Learning Center in New Iberia since 2003. She loves being a teacher at Sylvan! Reading and Writing are my favorite subjects to tutor!

Barbara Mitchell is an employee with the St. Martin Parish School Board. She has been an educator with the St. Martin Parish School board for thirty-four years. She is currently a Reading / Math / Read 180 teacher at Parks Primary School in Parks, Louisiana. Barbara received here B.S. degree from Grambling University and has a M.Ed Plus 30. She tutors Reading and Math and helps Sylvan students with homework too! She has been a tutor at Sylvan of New Iberia since June of 2012. Her hobbies include collecting recipes and cookbooks and reading

Ms. Taylor has a B.S. and a M.S. from Tulane University. Taylor has been teaching high school science for five years. She has also been teaching high school history for two years. Taylor has been a tutor at Sylvan of New Iberia since 2012. She loves helping students with Algebra, Reading, Writing, and Math Essentials as well as Study Skills. When she is not teaching or working here at Sylvan, she enjoys traveling, reading and writing.

Michael studied at the University of Southwestern Louisiana (now the University of Louisiana Lafayette), where he earned his Bachelor of Arts and Master of Arts in English. He started with Sylvan at the New Iberia Center in 2013 and currently divides his time between all three centers. Mr. Michael is an active member of the Iberia Performing Arts League and can often be found acting, directing and serving on committees.