Meet our
Speakers
Speakers
Dr. Angeline Lillard
Professor of Psychology, University of Virginia; Author of Montessori: The Science Behind the Genius
Judith Cunningham
Founder and Chief Strategy Officer of Montessori Model UN - "Montessori's Vision of Peace"
Chloé Valdary
Founder of Theory of Enchantment - "Humanistic Principles on Education"
Ashley Yeh (Hapa Family)
Montessori YouTube Star, Certified Montessori Educator
Simone Davies
Author of The Montessori Toddler, The Montessori Baby - "Ten Tips for Parents to Raise a Montessori Baby with Love, Respect, and Understanding"
Junnifa Uzodike
Author of The Montessori Baby - "Ten Tips for Parents to Raise a Montessori Baby with Love, Respect, and Understanding"
Barbara Isaacs
President, Montessori Europe - "Following the Child – the heart of Montessori education"
Michael Abello
Head of Education, Bezos Academy - "Transforming Communities through Montessori education"
Kim Smith
CEO, Learning Beautiful - "A Montessori Approach for Our Technological World"
Dr. Laura Mazer
General Surgeon and Surgical Educator at University of Michigan - "Camera in the classroom"
Rebecca Girn
Chief Program Officer, Higher Ground Education - "Camera in the classroom"
Rivkah Schack
Senior Director of Program Development, Academy of Thought and Industry - "Camera in the classroom"
Elizabeth Slade
Director of Innovation, Public Montessori in Action - "Self-Reflection as a Vehicle for the Transformation of the Montessori Educator"
Wendelien Bellinger
co-founder of Montessori Musings UK - "Following the Child – the heart of Montessori education"
Ben Kornell
CEO, Altitude Learning
Rahul Raghavan
Founder of PEP Schoolv2 - "Workshop on Montessori elementary Math"
Carolina Ortiz
Parenting Influencer @Caroortizmama
Joy Jackson
Parenting Influencer @joymarilie - "Montessori Inspired"
Juli Williams
Parenting Influencer @juliwilliams - "The Benefits of Preparing Your Young Child's Environment"
Fiona Sosa
Parenting influencer - "Montessori at home as working parents? You can do it!"
Mariana Serralde
Dean of Training, The Prepared Montessorian - "Bilingualism in Montessori education"
Kyla Chen
Montessori Guide and Trainer - "How to run a bilingaul Mont classroom"
Peter Piche
Montessori Trainer - "Mental Fitness for Montessorians in any role"
Margaret Whitley
Speaker, Author and Montessori Elementary Trainer - "One of the best ways to prepare children for the 21st Century? Montessori Pedagogy"
Ellen Feather
Elementary Montessori Guide - "Where does Virtual Montessori Teaching fit into the future of Montessori?"
Alice El-Jamal
Montessori Lead Guide - "Loss and the Young Child: Methods of Coping and Discovery"
Melissa Kelly
Lead Elementary Guide - "Guiding children through climate change"
Steven Gaudino
VP of Prepared Environment, Higher Ground Education - "Creating and maintaining a Montessori environment"
Jennifer Schwartz
Montessori Lead Guide - "Building Relationships and Partnerships With Parents Through Open Communication"
Gabrielle Kotkov
Early Years Lead Guide - "Workshop on language development and multilingualism"
Aury Venegas
Montessori Educator - "The Wonder Years 0-3"
Nanli Zhao
Montessori Lead Guide - "Language development in Montessori"
Ray Girn
CEO, Higher Ground Education
Gena Gorlin
Clinical psychologist
Maria Smirnova
Founder, Beautiful Mind - "Building a Montessori school as a self-organizing community"
Dr. Matt Bateman
VP of Pedagogy, Higher Ground Education