Mariah was born in Evanston, Illinois but lived in Chicago until age 8 with her parents and older brother. The family then made a move to Evanston where her father was a marketing manager for an electronics company and her mom was a Special Education teacher for the Chicago Public Schools. Mariah describes herself as being a very quiet child who always enjoyed listening to music and going to concerts and movies. As a teenager, she worked at both a library and at a movie theater. Mariah loved getting to see free movies and be with her friends. After HS graduation, Mariah attended Columbia College Chicago to study film video. She was involved with a few reality shows during college and said it was quite interesting! Her BA degree was in Film Video. Not wanting to move to LA to be in the hot spot for film, she got a job at Standard and Poor's as an analytical support, supporting a team of financial analysts. At this time, she met her husband Paul through friends. They married just before she decided to change career paths by attending graduate school. Mariah attended graduate school at Univ. of Illinois at Chicago. Her mom had a strong influence on her decision to do the two year program for Special Education. Graduating in 2015 with a Master's in Education, she did her student teaching in Chicago Public High Schools. Paul and Mariah decided to move to Portland because of family. Mariah soon got a job at Reynold's Middle School as a Learning Specialist. Hearing great things about Corbett, Mariah applied in 2017 and was hired! Mariah and husband Paul have two cats, Magoo and Glen. Together they enjoy music, movies, travel and living in beautiful Portland! Mariah, Learning Specialist, is looking forward this year to working with middle schoolers and building continual confidence in her students!
