Duna Strachan
Founder/Executive Director
Duna founded Soaring Wings in 1987. She received a BS in Wildlife Biology from Arizona State University and was in the midst of a Master’s degree in Environmental Zoology when parenthood suddenly drew her attention to the world of Montessori. Duna found that her science background lent itself to the science-based Montessori method and enabled her to be a “Renaissance woman”, dabbling in art, music, geography, literature and math as well as science. Duna holds Montessori credentials at the Infant/Toddler and Early Childhood levels and received a Master’s degree in Montessori education from St. Catherine University. She was founding president of the Utah Montessori Council and founding member of the UMC Council of Elders. She coordinates the annual state teacher conference, hosts teacher training workshops and serves as faculty and consultant for teacher training programs locally, across the country and internationally. She serves on the advisory boards of the UMC and Rings of Knowledge teacher education program. Duna lives in Park Meadows with her husband, best friend, and administrator, Bruce King. Her two Montessori children, Lina and Leith, are grown but both are now living in Utah again with Leith transitioning into the Administrator position. As Executive Director of Soaring Wings, Duna oversees classroom quality, curriculum integrity, faculty development and community projects aimed at continual improvement and growth of the school.