About Us
Special needs, ADHD and nervous drivers are all welcome at I Love To Drive. When making your appointments with us, please mention any medical or psychological diagnosis to help us better plan your lessons to make it a rewarding and enjoyable experience for you. You are also invited to call and discuss any concerns with us. We're happy to work with you, the way it works best for you.
I Love To Drive driving school bases its teaching theories around the premise that no two students learn exactly alike. Using lessons tailored to the individual's particular learning style, every student is trained in all the aspects of defensive driving along with the physical skills needed to be a safe driver. Our mission is to create defensive and safe drivers that have the ability and confidence to deal with the many possible situations that they may encounter in their driving future.
Our on-the-road lessons provide the driving time needed to learn the skills necessary while our instructor provides the guidance and productive evaluation for a safe and educational experience. Fun based and goal driven lessons support a positive and reinforcing teaching environment to help encourage the student. Our goal at I Love To Drive is to make every lesson a fun and positive experience for the student.
Whether you’re brand new to driving, getting ready to take your drivers test and even If you’re just a little nervous or severely anxious, we take pride in being able to help. We are certified in teaching ADHD students and tailor our lessons to every individuals needs. I Love To Drive welcomes all types of learning differences and will customize a program that works best for you.
In-vehicle distractions are considered to be one of the most common causes for accidents. Any disorder that impairs attention, such as ADHD or other executive-functioning issues, creates the same environment and risk that may cause a collision or serious incident while driving. Using training, experience and patience, I Love To Drive can help. We work with the student to create strategies and skills to manage the risks associated with attention disorders.
I Love to Drive is a Behind the Wheel With ADHD certified school. This driving program gives instructors the necessary tools to coach ADHD students. By creating effective strategies and teaching skills to manage risks associated with executive functioning challenges and driving, you can rest assured knowing our instructors will both nurture and care for your child's development as a driver.
In addition to educating your child's driving instructor, Behind the Wheel With ADHD also offers a parent webinar. View the promotional video here.
About Our Team:
Each of our instructors are licensed through the Department of Education and hold a current Driving Instructors License. Each of them also have all current clearance, including: FBI, Fingerprints, and Child Abuse Certifications completed yearly.
Mindy Collett
Owner, Instructor, Examiner
Mark Collett, Office Manager, Instructor
Mark directs and supervises our test center in Morton, PA. He previously ran and opened our sister location in Chadds Ford before opening the Morton site. Friendly service and a calming attitude are his trademarks that are most appreciated by our customers. He is also a licensed instructor with six years of experience and performs most functions required to operate and run both the driving school and test center.
Mark worked for Northwest/Delta airlines in many facets before retiring after 30 years. He loves working with our students and customers and providing helpful service along with calming nervous testers and parents.
Mike Curry, Instructor, Examiner
Michael loves working with new drivers. He enjoys seeing them progress with their driving skills and succeed in attaining their drivers licenses. He provides friendly, patient and professional service. His goal is developing safe confident drivers.
Michael has years of supervisory and management experience in the customer service industry with a strong background in automotive. He loves working with students of all ages. He is one of our manager/supervisors in the Morton Test Center.
Rachel Curry
Office Manager
Outside of I Love To Drive, Rachel is a licensed social worker. Her experience working with children and families in child welfare makes her uniquely sensitive to special needs, ADHD, and anxiety in teens and adults alike. Rachel is happy to help you schedule lessons and match you with the best instructor and times to meet your needs!
Shem Roldan, Instructor
A Temple University Alumni with a BA in Psychology, Shem loves seeing people grow, develop and succeed. For the past 10 years, Shem has excelled in account management & grant-writing. With an aptitude for creative thinking and strategy (coupled with a hands-on approach), you will find Shem’s dedication and work ethic second to none. Outside of work, Shem’s passions include working with young people, playing basketball, and being active in his Church Community.
Steve Rich, Instructor
For the past 25 years, I have been a public school teacher helping students excel in their academic endeavors. Working for I Love to Drive has given me the opportunity to help high school students and adults in their pursuit of obtaining their driver's license. Learning how to drive can be fun, but it can also be challenging for some. By providing support and guidance for each person, tailoring each lesson to my students needs, my students can learn how to drive in a safe, relaxed learning environment. As a guidance counselor, I am open to listening to your concerns about driving and am happy to support you.
Beverly Weiland, Instructor
Beverly is a PA state certified teacher with 28 years of experience in public schools. She earned both her Bachelor’s and Master’s degrees in Education from West Chester University. As an elementary/middle school classroom teacher and Reading Specialist, she has worked with students with different ability levels and learning styles, focusing on their individual needs. Bev has an extensive background in teaching students with learning challenges in remedial reading and math programs. She is skilled at tailoring her instruction to meet various needs, including those of gifted learners and those with IEPs. During her free time, she is an avid traveler, having visited 50 countries and 49 states to date. Bev especially loves reading, music, animals (“including her cats and ferrets"), amusement parks, and all things Disney. She loves being a driving instructor because she enjoys working one-on-one with teens and adults to help them learn such an important life skill!
Steve Speckman, Instructor
Steve is a long time Delaware County resident, graduating from Marple Newtown Senior High School and earning his Associates Degree in Business Management from Delaware County Community College. Having spent most of his career in the automotive industry, he has successfully driven 400,000 accident and violation free miles.
Steve enjoys working with people of all ages, backgrounds and learning styles. As the father of a daughter with special needs, Steve brings an extremely patient and calming teaching method. This is particularly beneficial to nervous and anxious students. He understands the encouragement, patience and different learning techniques needed to successfully instruct all types of new drivers.
Steve brings a passion to his teaching, while focusing on the needs of each individual student by identifying their strengths and eliminating their weaknesses. His goal with each and every student through the use of many defensive driving techniques is to give them the confidence to be a skilled and safe driver for many years to come.
Demetria Hamilton, Instructor
In addition to working as a driving instructor, Dee continues to work in the Admissions Office of Swarthmore College as she has for the last 13 years. She has held her Commercial Driver’s License (CDL) for over 20 years including 9 years when she was a Chichester School District bus driver.
Dee gained her deep sense of compassion, understanding and patience while working at Elywn with students and adults who have a wide range of intellectual, physical, behavioral and developmental disabilities. This experience has enabled her to effectively teach students of all needs, skill levels and learning styles, while putting the most inexperienced and nervous of these students at ease.
She uses her calm and pleasant personality to help focus her students on developing safe driving skills along with strong defensive driving techniques for life. Her goal is to provide a positive, relaxed and enjoyable learning experience to all of her students.
Ashley Nee, Examiner
Ashley is a graduate from West Chester University and has a bachelor’s degree in Criminal Justice. Ashley worked for 7 years for The Walt Disney Company where she was a was a store lead. She also worked as a Domestic Relations Officer for the Delaware County Courts for 6 years. In addition, she has volunteered with a local Nonprofit Organization, Healing Hats & Toys, since 2010 where she helps raise funds and donates new hats and toys to children suffering from cancer and other life-threatening illnesses.
Outside of work she loves spending time with her family. Her favorite place to go on vacation is Disney World. She a big sports fan and her favorite team is the Flyers.
Andrew "Andy" Testa, Instructor
Andy has been a Delaware County resident for over 40 years and graduated from Penn Wood High School. For the past 7 years he’s taught driving fundamentals to people of various backgrounds, ages, and skill levels. Andy has successfully taught new drivers of all ages to be aware, defensive, and gain confidence in their own abilities. His passion is to teach new drivers the skills they need to be a safe and quality driver not only for today, but for many years to come! Andy is a “student first” instructor who is very patient and will go above and beyond to see a student succeed.
Outside of work he loves traveling with his family as well as playing video games and spending time with the family pets. Andy is also an avid 76ers and Phillies fan!
Tom Nee, Instructor
Tom is a retired police officer after serving for 37 years. He was the administrator of the community affairs unit. Tom was assigned to the local school district teaching many driver educational programs throughout the years. He was a certified buckle up PA instructor and instructed many other driver safety courses to many students.
He has been a Pennsylvania licensed driver instructor for four years. He enjoys instructing new drivers how to be safe while driving.
Alex Tullo, Instructor
Alex is a PA native, growing up in the Poconos and living in the Philadelphia area for the past 10 years. He loves being a Dad to his daughter Emily who’s 13. As a driving instructor since 2013, Alex is detail oriented and enjoys working with all types of students from beginner to seasoned drivers. He is patient and works well with all age groups and enjoys being impactful to his student's lives. When he was younger, Alex spent 6 years in Civil Air Patrol where he mastered Search & Rescue. With Civil Air Patrol, he traveled to Mississippi to help with the clean up efforts after hurricane Katrina. Alex likes to travel in his spare time and has visited the Bahamas, Spain, Germany & France.
Amanda Gunn, Examiner, Admin
Amanda has been in the driving school world since 2011. She previously taught the 30 hour in-person course at Penn Crest High School, Delaware County Christian School, Notre Dame Academy & The Agnes Irwin School, as well as helping out with the Marple Newtown Gauntlet Center classes. She has done research work with Children's Hospital in accident prevention, where she sat on the panel of experts in the field. In her personal life, Amanda has 4 daughters; 3 of which are teenagers.
Sam Rheault, Instructor
Sam loves teaching driving and working with students and has previously worked as a tutor and teaching assistant in the STEM field. Sam prides himself on being calm and patient with his students, creating a low-stress, low-pressure environment for them to focus on improving their skills. He finds it incredibly rewarding to watch a student progress from being brand new to driving to becoming a skilled, safe, defensive driver. Learning to drive opens up the world to you and Sam loves to help students achieve that for themselves. In addition to working as a driving instructor, Sam is also a tailor at a bridal alterations studio, making alterations on wedding gowns. Sam is also a member of the LGBTQIA+ community.
Alan Weiland, Examiner
Alan grew up in southern Maryland and graduated from the University of Maryland College Park with a Bachelor’s Degree in Transportation and Logistics. After graduating, he spent nearly a decade working with a private contractor on the Federal Transit Administration’s National Transit Database Program. Alan relocated to the Philadelphia region in 2003 and worked in the insurance sector for a number of years, later following his passion to write for the travel and tourism industry. He likes to stay “on the move” and has visited 49 of our 50 states, as well as more than 50 countries across the globe! During his adventures, Alan has driven in many unique destinations including the congested streets of Rome, the high speed Autobahn in Germany and driving on the left in the United Kingdom.
