The role of the Montessori Guide is to observe each child and present individual lessons as the child is ready for them. Our Guides propose questions that promote learning, allowing students to be actively absorbed in activities they themselves have selected.

The Guide controls the environment, not the children. The child's effort and work is respected, and the Guide, through extensive observation and record keeping, plans individual projects and lessons to enable each child the opportunity to learn what she needs to in order to progress.  Assessments are not based on grades, high-stakes tests, or homework but, rather, by ongoing observation, compilation of portfolios or work, and by supporting mastery of concepts.

Our learning environments support a bilingual, inclusive, and equitable approach to Education.  Each classroom’s team includes at least one native Spanish speaking Assistant and an English speaking Lead Guide, however, many of our head faculty members are also fluent in Spanish.

Nido
Susan He (bilingual)
Honeybee Lead Guide

Maria Gonzalez (bilingual)
Honeybee Nido Assistant

Roseanna Madrid (bilingual)
Honeybee Nido Assistant

Toddler House

Kat Nieves (bilingual)
Hummingbird Toddler House Lead Guide

Dafne Hall (bilingual)
Hummingbird Toddler House Assistant (Maternity Leave)

Kayla Murillo (bilingual)
Interim Hummingbird Toddler House Assistant

Rebeca Flores (bilingual)
Butterfly Toddler House Lead Guide

Daisy Wilson (bilingual) Butterfly Toddler House Assistant

Nadia Alvarez (bilingual)
Squirrel Toddler House Lead Guide

Bri Olivarria (bilingual)
Squirrel Toddler House Assistant

Sarahi Urquijo (bilingual)
Toddler Outdoor Environment Guide

Children’s House

Yadira Barnett (bilingual)
Jackrabbit Children’s House Lead Guide

Karen Soto (bilingual)
Jackrabbit Children’s House Assistant

Hany Paucarmayta Caceres (bilingual)
Bobcat Children’s House Lead Guide

Evelyn Vance (bilingual)
Bobcat Children’s House Assistant

Rama Sidagam (bilingual)
Gray Fox Children’s House Lead Guide

Rocio Mendoza (bilingual)
Gray Fox Children’s House Assistant

Joselyne Valdes (bilingual)
Cactus Wren Children’s House Lead Guide

Roxanne Gonzalez (bilingual)
Cactus Wren Children’s House Assistant

Lower Elementary
Samantha Lantz
Coyote Lower Elementary Lead Guide

Evelyn Ramirez (bilingual)
Coyote Lower Elementary Assistant

Rebeca Godfrey (bilingual)
Black Bear Lower Elementary Lead Guide

Carmen Hernandez(bilingual)
Black Bear Lower Elementary Assistant

Upper Elementary

Emily Wharton
Falcon Upper Elementary Lead Guide

Carla Hernandez (bilingual)
Falcon Upper Elementary Assistant

Lauren Mena
Roadrunner Upper Elementary Lead Guide

Juany Montero (bilingual)
Roadrunner Upper Elementary Assistant

Adolescent & High School Program

Jill Rovira
Head of School

Mariana Abelson (bilingual)
Farm Program Director

Ximena Camarena (bilingual)
Adolescent Guide

Ann Gay-Baradic
Humanities & Language Arts Guide

Ron Gilley
High School Science Guide

Prabha Andamuthu (bilingual)
Adolescent Science & Math Guide

Jennifer Snead
Mathematics Guide

Nan Marie Swapp
Language Arts Guide & Farm Animal Coordinator

Maiza Lombardo (bilingual)
Enrollment Coordinator & Economics Guide

Yami Salmon (bilingual)
Administrative Assistant & Spanish Guide

Rich Jacobs
Athletic Director

Support & Specialty Assistants

Kathya Bracamontes(bilingual)
Nido & Toddler House Support Guide

Jazmin Bautista (bilingual)
Children’s House Educational Support Assistant

Kayla Murillo (bilingual)
Campus Support Staff

Silvia Escobar (bilingual)
Campus Support Staff

Dalia Quintero Ortiz (bilingual)
Elementary Educational Support Assistant

Prabha Andamuthu (bilingual)
AMI Elementary Math Instructor

Brook Veltri
Literacy Specialist

Becca Sievert (bilingual)
Carpentry Specialist

Laura King
Campus Garden Specialist

Leadership and Administration

Jill Rovira
Head of School

Bonnie Shearer
Assistant Head of School, Elementary Program Director

Marcela Durlanich (bilingual)
Children’s House Program Director

Lindsey Nevarez (bilingual)
Finance Controller

Erika Weaver
Enrollment Coordinator, Nido & Toddler Program Director

Judith Bracamonte (bilingual)
Office Manager

Tori Miller
Aftercare Administrator