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Your Professional FocalPoint Staff.
Meliesa Tigard, Director
Meliesa is a teacher, an Academic Coach, and an award-winning writer and speaker. She earned a degree with High Honors from the Honors College of the University of Montana.
She completed a two year post-graduate licensing program and worked at learning centers in San Francisco and Seattle before moving home to open FocalPoint in Wenatchee.
Tigard has been honored for her many academic achievements as a Presidential Leadership Scholar, and has been honored at the American Academy of Achievement and the Banquet of the Golden Scroll.
During the years Tigard was being honored for her academic achievements, she was struggling with ADHD. Meliesa used the methods she teaches to overcome ADD symptoms and master math.
She was eventually able to “make her worst thing her best thing,” and is the author of Math Mapping. Today, Meliesa would rather teach math than anything else, because she has been there.
Opal Hopkins, M.Ed.
Opal Hopkins is a Master’s Level Educator who has been coaching and tutoring students at FocalPoint since 2022.
After concluding her time serving the community working with the Federal Government, Opal found herself ready to support students K-12 in their ventures towards academic and personal-success.
Opal earned her undergraduate degree from the University of Washington in Communications and went on to complete her Master’s in education at Central Washington University by age 22.
Following the completion of her degree, Opal transitioned into living a life in support of others. “Though there are many different routes to support others, I have found that teaching is the best role for me. It is a place where I get to share the excitement of learning not only with the students, but with all that walk through our doors.”
Opal works with various students, engaging and utilizing different techniques of teaching to support neurodivergent learning styles.
She is kind, focused, and relates to students through various avenues.
Opal is truly a great addition to the FocalPoint team.