Johanna Banks
Teaching Assistant
Johanna was born and raised in Venezuela and trained as a lawyer, then migrated to her sister country Ecuador which offered her the opportunity to train in various areas of education in 2015 she began her learning as a Montessori Guide, Doula / Perinatal Companion (Pregnancy, Childbirth, Postpartum and Exclusive Breastfeeding), Mediator in Prevention and Promotion of Prenatal and Postnatal Health to Avoid Chronic Malnutrition in Both Pregnant Mothers and Unborn Children, Early, and Language Stimulation. In addition, she founded an educational project called I Learn and I Have Fun in Ecuador where Animal Contact worked, intervening in an inclusive way to support children with ASD, ADHD, and Down syndrome. Her life mission is to guide children in building ways of learning where they can be free and creative and where their greatest reward is knowledge.