Meet The Faculty Archive - Soaring Wings Montessori

Faculty

Our faculty is a brilliant collection of people from many parts of the world who all have one thing in common – a love for children and education. Teachers hold a minimum of a bachelor’s degree and a Montessori teaching credential from AMS, AMI or CGMS. 65% hold, or are working on, master’s degrees. 18% are working on doctoral programs.

The faculty participates in at least two professional conferences each year as well opportunities to attend national and global Montessori conferences. We host specialty speakers about once each month to deepen our practice on every level.

We enjoy contributing to Peace House, Adopt-a-Native Elder, Recycle Utah, Summit County Library and Swaner Nature Preserve through school projects.

Every member of our faculty brings something treasured to our school. We meet daily to share our gratitude, insights and inspirations.

Soledad Coello Serrano, BS Teaching Assistant

Soledad was born in Spain, although part of her family is from Ecuador. She…

Madison Cheal, BFA Teaching Assistant

Madison, originally from Heber City, Utah, has dedicated her life to the art of…

Mandy Pratt, BS AMS MACTE Infant Teacher

Mandy started her career working with children in 2016. She received her Bachelor’s degree…

Millie Bishop, BA Infant/Toddler Intern

Millie grew up in Kaysville, Utah. Her two greatest passions are art and people….

Megan McDaniel Teaching Assistant

Megan grew up here in Utah in a small town called American Fork. She…

Gretta Harris, BS IMC MACTE Early Childhood Intern

Gretta was born in Las Vegas, Nevada where she spent her childhood. The rest…

Lily Ponce, BA Teaching Assistant

Lily is excited about the SWIMS adventure! She has a bachelor’s degree in University…

Johanna Banks, ABG Teaching Assistant

Johanna was born and raised in Venezuela and trained as a lawyer, then migrated…

Dejah Tharpe, BA IMC MACTE Infant/Toddler Intern

Dejah grew up on the island of St Croix, in the U.S. Virgin Islands,…

Sarah Reinecke, BS Teaching Assistant

Sarah Reinecke graduated with her bachelor’s degree in psychology in 2023z she has about…

Emily Squadroni, BS MS IMC MACTE Lower School Director

Emily was born in Tennessee and raised in Virginia deep in the coal mining…

Eden Day, BS IMC MACTE Secondary School Facilitator

Eden is from Minnesota and has a BS in Elementary Education from the University…

Agnes Scott, BA IMC MACTE Lower Elementary Teacher

Agnes has a BA in Elementary Education from the University of the Virgin Islands….

Audrey Marshall, BS AMS MACTE Lead Upper School Teacher

Audrey was born and raised in Salt Lake City and grew up skiing and…

Laura Kemper, BS AMI Lead Early Childhood Teacher

Laura grew up in Portland, Oregon. After attaining her Bachelor of Science from Oregon…

Kassidy Waddell, BS IMC MMEd Early Childhood Teacher

Kassidy is originally from Gilbert, Arizona, and earned her Bachelor of Science in English…

Annie Hays, BS IMC MACTE Early Childhood Teacher

Annie Hays has been working with young children in Montessori since 2015. She holds…

Hollis Esposito, BA IMC MACTE Early Childhood Teacher

Hollis was adopted from China when she was two years old and grew up…

Richelle Gaines, BS MMA IMC MACTE Toddler Teacher

Richelle is a Cal State University of Fullerton graduate with a bachelor’s in psychology…

Jillian Cain, BS Teaching Assistant

Jillian graduated from The University of North Carolina at Greensboro with a degree in…

Paulina Perkins, BS MAEd IMC MACTE Toddler Teacher

Paulina has a master’s degree in Early Childhood Education including TESOL from Jan Kochanowski…

Amanda Engebretsen, BA IMC MACTE Toddler Teacher

Amanda grew up in Philadelphia, PA and moved to Provo, UT when she was…

Jade Wilson, BS Teaching Assistant

Jade graduated from the University of Utah with a Bachelor of Science in Psychology…

Rosa (Nathy) Canales, BS AMS Lead Infant/Toddler Teacher

Nathy (Natty) is from Arequipa, Peru and has a BA in Advertising & Media…

Rosa Uribe Teaching Assistant

Rosa Uribe was born in the city of Pisco, Peru. She studied Secretariat and…

Katherine (Katie) Bavasi, BS MMA IMC MACTE Infant Teacher

Katie was born and raised in Park City and after attending school in both…

Ashton Powers, BS Auxiliary Lead

Ashton grew up wandering the back country of Utah where she was born and…

Summer Haynes, BA Teaching Assistant

Summer was born and raised in Asheville, North Carolina. She graduated from the University…

Duna Strachan, BS AMS MMEd Founder/Executive Director

Duna founded Soaring Wings in 1987. She received a BS in Wildlife Biology from…

Leah Linebarger, BS AMS MMEd Operations Director

Leah has a BS degree in Social Science from Westminster College. She holds an…

Bruce W King, BS AMS MEd Chief Financial Officer & Project Manager & Gardener

Bruce W. King holds a BS in engineering, an MEd in Education, and AMS…

Leith Strachan, BS IMC MBC Upper School Director

Leith grew up in Park City, attending Soaring Wings through 6th grade. He holds…

Meet The Faculty

Faculty

Soledad Coello Serrano, BS

Madison Cheal, BFA

Mandy Pratt, BS AMS MACTE

Millie Bishop, BA

Megan McDaniel

Gretta Harris, BS IMC MACTE

Lily Ponce, BA

Johanna Banks, ABG

Dejah Tharpe, BA IMC MACTE

Sarah Reinecke, BS

Emily Squadroni, BS MS IMC MACTE

Eden Day, BS IMC MACTE

Agnes Scott, BA IMC MACTE

Audrey Marshall, BS AMS MACTE

Laura Kemper, BS AMI

Kassidy Waddell, BS IMC MMEd

Annie Hays, BS IMC MACTE

Hollis Esposito, BA IMC MACTE

Richelle Gaines, BS MMA IMC MACTE

Jillian Cain, BS

Paulina Perkins, BS MAEd IMC MACTE

Amanda Engebretsen, BA IMC MACTE

Jade Wilson, BS

Rosa (Nathy) Canales, BS AMS

Rosa Uribe

Katherine (Katie) Bavasi, BS MMA IMC MACTE

Ashton Powers, BS

Summer Haynes, BA

Duna Strachan, BS AMS MMEd

Leah Linebarger, BS AMS MMEd

Bruce W King, BS AMS MEd

Leith Strachan, BS IMC MBC

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