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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.

Rosa Uribe Teaching Assistant

Rosa Uribe was born in the city of Pisco, Peru. She studied secretarial skills…

Fernanda Machado, BS Teaching Assistant

Fernanda Machado was born and raised in Brazil. She earned her first bachelor’s degree…

Kate Nichols, BS Teaching Assistant

Kate earned a Bachelors of Science in Business Management from the University of Utah…

Senali Nagasinghe, BA Teaching Assistant

Senali Nagasinghe was born and raised in Colombo, Sri Lanka. She graduated from Sabaragamuwa…

Shaylen Haney, BS Teaching Assistant

Shaylen Haney graduated with her Bachelor of Science degree in Psychology from Michigan State…

Vung Cing, BA Teaching Assistant

Vung has over 15 years of experience working with children through non-profit and faith-based…

Nicole Oppici, BA Teaching Assistant

Nicole began working with children in 2021 and quickly discovered it was her true…

Paola Canales Teaching Assistant

Her name is Rosa Paola Canales Uribe, but you call her Paola; she was…

Tiffany Ewell, BS Teaching Assistant

Tiffany is originally from Enumclaw, Washington. She moved around a lot as a child;…

Kara Rasmussen, BS Teaching Assistant

Kara spent her childhood in the Salt Lake Valley, enjoying being barefoot and outside….

Jacob Behle, BS Lead Auxiliary

Jacob grew up in Alpine, Utah, and went to Lone Peak High School. He…

Maria Behle, BS IMC MACTE Toddler Teacher

Maria grew up in Peru and earned her bachelor’s degree in Family Studies and…

Soledad Coello Serrano, BS Teaching Assistant

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

Mandy Pratt, BS AMS MACTE Toddler Teacher

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

Millie Bishop, BA IMC MACTE Infant Teacher

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

Gretta Harris, BS IMC MACTE Early Childhood Intern

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

Johanna Banks, ABG Teaching Assistant

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

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…

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 MACTE 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…

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…

Maribel Bazan Ramirez, BS Teaching Assistant

Maribel is from Mexico and has a degree in Psychology. Her goal is to…

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 from Arizona State University and worked for 15…

Leith Strachan, BS IMC MBC Upper School Director

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

Faculty

Rosa Uribe

Fernanda Machado, BS

Kate Nichols, BS

Senali Nagasinghe, BA

Shaylen Haney, BS

Vung Cing, BA

Nicole Oppici, BA

Paola Canales

Tiffany Ewell, BS

Kara Rasmussen, BS

Jacob Behle, BS

Maria Behle, BS IMC MACTE

Soledad Coello Serrano, BS

Mandy Pratt, BS AMS MACTE

Millie Bishop, BA IMC MACTE

Gretta Harris, BS IMC MACTE

Johanna Banks, ABG

Sarah Reinecke, BS

Emily Squadroni, BS MS IMC MACTE

Audrey Marshall, BS AMS MACTE

Laura Kemper, BS AMI MACTE

Kassidy Waddell, BS IMC MMEd

Annie Hays, BS IMC MACTE

Richelle Gaines, BS MMA IMC MACTE

Jillian Cain, BS

Paulina Perkins, BS MAEd IMC MACTE

Maribel Bazan Ramirez, BS

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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