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Meet our staff!

Jill J. Ferrer  - Jill has been a teacher for thirty years.  Her first nineteen years were as a Music Teacher from preschool age through, what was known as, Jr. High School.  She has always loved working with children and putting great excitement in them for whatever she was introducing.  She would choreograph, direct and write scripts for many performances that were done on large stages.  When she moved to Ocala, she took on a job, at a Montessori school, in the year  1997, as a part-time Music teacher and then was asked to take the Early Childhood Montessori training.  She began teaching in  the 2-3 year old classroom and then moved up as the years went by.  She was then asked to go and take the Montessori Elementary training.  She taught in the elementary classroom for five years and was Assistant Director at the same time.  She then became Co-Director at the Montessori school and then Director.  She worked at that Montessori school for 10 years. Currently, she is Director/Founder of the Montessori House of Ocala, Inc.

Alesandra Zimmerman  - Alesandra is our Class A (Ages 1-2) Lead Teacher.  She has worked in Montessori since the beginning of this year.  She is working on her CDA and has already completed her introductory courses in Childhood Development.  She loves working with children and has a daughter, Sarah, who is 3 years old.  Alesandra is from Colombia and will be teaching our Spanish classes on a daily basis.

Shannon A. Ferrer   -  Shannon is our Class B  Lead Teacher.  She has worked in a Montessori school since 2002. She began at a young age and grew into a mature teacher. In September of 2004, she went for her Montessori training.  She is gifted in the area of music, and loves to sing in different languages.  She enjoys sharing this gift with the children and instills a love of music within them.

Jamie L. Ferrer -  Jamie is our Class C Lead Teacher.  She became a Certified Montessori teacher in the 2004.  She loves the Montessori philosophy and teaching in the Montessori classroom.  She began working in a Montessori school earlier in the year of 2004.  She began with the younger age and moved up to work with the 3 - 6 year old children.  She loves the challenge of the advancing work.  She is a mother of two girls, Tori and Allie.

Krystle Mendoza - Krystle is our Administrative Assistant.  She has worked in one of our county offices and she is very organized.  She is a wonderful asset to our staff in helping to make sure that things are done correctly.  She is always on top of what needs to be completed and she is a great  right-hand  to the Director. She has two children, Brook (6 years old) and Jordan Jr. (17 months old).