Kylamen found Elizabeth Academy while doing her student teaching. She received her Bachelor’s in Early Childhood Education in December of 2021 from Grand Canyon University. Prior to this she worked for a Montessori School in West Valley when she got her Montessori Diploma through the North American Montessori Center. Her favorite part about teaching is seeing her students become more independent and finding things to teach them through following the child’s interest.

Kylamen also loves to spend time teaching and participating in aerial fitness. She also enjoys spending time with her fiance and dog.

Mya joined the Elizabeth Academy/Garfield School staff with two years of experience working as a childcare provider. She enjoys baking, and dancing in her free time. But most of all watching her baby girl grow!

Avolea was born and raised in Ogden, Utah. She grew up in Montessori schools and has 5 years worth of experience being an assistant teacher.

Avolea loves to adventure outside. She goes hiking and camping and travels as much as possible.

Alyssa Lund has been actively involved with Montessori in one way or another since 2012. Whether teaching in a formal school setting or establishing a home classroom environment, Alyssa is devoted to creating a welcoming space to encourage children as they learn and grow. She received her infant-toddler Montessori certification through the Institute for Guided Studies in 2014 and continues to educate herself so that she might better serve the children around her.

In her spare time, Alyssa loves reading, dancing, spending time with her family, and contemplating how to knit non-Euclidean geometry.

Jeanne d’Arc Mukarugomwa was born in Africa – Rwanda. She is married and has a kid! She is a mathematical scientist and she enjoys sharing knowledge! Jeanne is always willing to learn something new; she does spend her free time with the family!

Rachel received her Montessori infant and toddler certification through Rings of Knowledge in 2023. She worked for 2 years at Blooming Minds Montessori. She spent a year working in an infant classroom and a year working with toddlers. This is her first year at Elizabeth Academy working in the Iris classroom.

Nozomi was born and raised in the beautiful coastal countryside of northern Japan. She moved to the United States to attend college and graduated with a Bachelor of Music degree. Nozomi has 15 years of rich experience with teaching young children. Prior to joining Elizabeth Academy, she enjoyed guiding toddler students at Montessori schools in Salt Lake City and San Antonio, Texas as well as teaching in preschool settings in Houston, Texas and Tokyo, Japan. Nozomi obtained her infant/toddler Montessori certificate through the North American Montessori Center in 2007. She is excited to continue guiding children at Elizabeth Academy.

During her free time, Nozomi enjoys playing her flute, traveling, shopping and going to the movies and concerts.

Kassandra was raised and born in Salt Lake City, Utah. She joined Garfield School campus staff in 2019 and worked in the Infant/Toddler program before joining the Early Childhood team at Elizabeth Academy. She has over six years of experience as a Teacher, Assistant Teacher and Paraprofessional in childcare and school setting. She is excited to be a part of a Montessori school! It’s always been a passion of her to guide and educate children through early childhood as they are in a developing phase in life of learning new things everyday!

Jess completed her Master of Education degree and Montessori AMS Early Childhood credential through the Institute for Montessori Innovation at Westminster College. She has a Bachelor of Science in Early Elementary Education from the University of Utah. Jess has been an Early Childhood teacher at Elizabeth Academy since 2012. Prior to joining the Elizabeth Academy / Garfield School staff, Jessica was an Early Childhood teacher at Dancing Moose Montessori School.

In her free time, Jessica loves camping, Zumba, reading, photography, traveling (particularly to the Oregon Coast), and writing.

Jasmine has experience working with children 5 years old and younger. Before coming to teach at Elizabeth Academy in 2019 she worked at Buttons and Bows for two years as a lead teacher with the 2 year olds and 3-4 year olds. She has worked at Upstart, an early childhood readiness program where she helped parents and children get ready for kindergarten using an online program. She has also worked at St. John’s Child Development Center with the 4-5 year olds as an assistant teacher.

Jasmine was born and raised in Salt Lake City.