Enrollment Contact:
office.thetreehouse@gmail.com 

Address:
16575 SE Webster Rd, Milwaukie, OR 97267

I'm so happy to join Treehouse Forest Garden School's excellent faculty as Co-Lead Acorn teacher, providing care for our littlest friends. This is such an important role in facilitating growth in the foundational earliest years of life, which I hold dearly in my heart and enjoy so much. I love the emphasis on nature and time outdoors that Treehouse offers, and the intention to have a gentle transition from home life into care and a community focused on healthy child development and intentional family support.

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I have been an early childhood educator since I was employed in the early childhood program at the Portland Waldorf School in 2000, when my own children were in Kindergarten. Since then, I completed Waldorf Teacher Training at the Micha-el Institute in Portland, and have worked in various Waldorf in-home programs in Portland as well as Cedarwood Waldorf School, Wasatch Waldorf School in Salt Lake City as Hearthkeeper in a remedial teaching position, and most recently as the Parent and Child Teacher at Westside Waldorf School in Los Angeles. I now have 3 grown children in their twenties and love spending my free time at the beach!

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My formal and professional education and certifications include an MA in Somatic Psychotherapy from Pacifica Graduate Institute in Santa Barbara, Lifeways training, RIE Foundations (Resources for Infant Educarers) and I'm a Certified Simplicity Parenting Group Leader through the Center for Social Sustainability with Kim John Payne.

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I bring a genuine love for young children and a special affinity for this age group, combined with a deep understanding of child development and the needs of modern children in our world today. I am committed to guiding these brave and beautiful souls toward their unique destinies, in the most kind, positive, and nurturing way.