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“What is the greatest height of a Montessori teacher’s success? To be able to say:

“Now the children work as if I did not exist,” She has become nothing and the children have become all…

“I have served the spirit of these children so that they have achieved development

and I have accompanied them in all their experiences,”

-Dr. Montessori, The Absorbent Mind, The Montessori Teacher

Our Team

Joy Wilder | Founder and Director

Montesshare is the most recent piece of Joy’s Montessori legacy, a legacy of peace for parents, children and our planet! She has always been passionate about enriching her community. She holds Marketing and Sociology degrees from the College of William and Mary. She homeschools her four children, serves on the Board of Owners at ToTH Montessori, as a Girl Scout Leader and is the former Location Co-Pastor of Capital City Church.

Joy is also the founder of Brilliant Life Business where she helps service based business owners transition into online business models generating passive income. She is the host of the Brilliant Life Show found via Podcast, Facebook or YouTube videos, where she shares life, parenting and business tips.

Joy is Mom to four beautiful children, a spinning junkie and loves a mean game of Settlers.

Nathaly Stansbury |
Montessori Lead Teacher

Nathaly is a passionate Montessori guide who hails from Colombia. She has a degree in Psychology, is a certified Montessori Toddler teacher and has completing her Primary certification. She has been a lead Toddler teacher and boasts twelve years experience creating and implementing a Montessori Spanish curriculum on both the Toddler and Primary level.

When she became pregnant with her now eleven year old, she began to search for an educational method that would allow her to raise a happy, peaceful and smart child. She discovered Montessori and started a journey that changed their lives forever.

Through her psychology and Montessori background, Nathaly is able to understand children’s needs and nurture their readiness to discover their environment. This has, “...prepared me to gaze in awe at the wonders of their little minds which are the treasures of my soul.”

Nathaly enjoys family time, camping, reading, gardening and decluttering. She has a secret obsession with organizing school supplies and enjoys her coffee with an indulgent piece of chocolate.

Nathaly Stansbury | Montessori Lead Teacher

Daniela Crespo | Assistant Teacher

Daniela studied Psychology and Spanish at George Mason University. She discovered her passion for teaching young children while working at a local preschool. Before becoming interested in the Montessori Method, Daniela worked as a Registered Behavior Technician (RBT) specializing in children with Autism.

Daniela loves to practice self-care, devour true crime podcasts and enjoy a myriad of movies with her husband. She also travels as often as she can to visit family in Bolivia.

Lizzie Noble | Part-Time Assistant Teacher

Lizzie Noble is currently pursuing her associate's degree in Social Sciences, with plans to obtain a Bachelor of Social Work later on. Serving as a nanny for many families over the past couple of years, she's been able to experience a variety of kids and their individual needs. One of the most challenging being a family with ten kids under the ages of 13! While she has enjoyed these abundant adventures, she's excited to become immersed in the Montessori community. Lizzie enjoys reading, drinking coffee, and spending time with her nieces and nephews

Katie Perschbacher | Substitute Teacher

Katie Perschbacher studied Early Childhood Education at the University of Dayton and found the Montessori method to be a unique, effective, and refreshing approach to teaching. She incorporated it into homeschooling her own children, who are now 10 and 13 and are thriving in their classrooms. She is very excited to be joining the Montesshare team!

Katie holds true to the belief that any environment can be a teaching environment. This belief was tested and proven true when Katie found herself teaching in her RV in the mountains of New Mexico for a few months, along with their two dogs and two cats, and managed to stay ahead of schedule with her daughters’ schooling! The nomadic military lifestyle has certainly kept her family on their toes over the past 19 years, and they have appreciated all the many experiences their different home states have had to offer.

Katie’s husband is a retired Colonel in the US Air Force and their family is now looking forward to settling down here in Alexandria, Virginia. Although Katie has had many different careers, including a firefighter, EMT, photographer, baker… She has always, first and foremost, been an advocate for children and a cheerleader for every child’s desire to learn.

When Katie is not setting up challenges, experiments, and art projects for her daughters, she enjoys tending to her plants, going on hikes with her dogs, tackling construction projects around the house, solving crossword puzzles, and losing track of time in her craft room.

David Rolls | Substitute Teacher

David was Montesshare's assistant teacher and is now pursuing some other business ventures. But, he is still our go to sub! David hails from Oxford, England and has his B.A. in Political Science. He had his own business teaching English in Spain for 14 years. He recently taught for two years as bilingual, PreK3 lead teacher in Virginia.

He enjoys family, sports, cooking up culinary concoctions, and a versatile side business of voice overs, podcasting and script and copy writing.

Esther Hyun | Substitute Teacher

Esther touts a teaching credential from San Francisco State University with an early childhood development K-3rd grade. However, after teaching in elementary school for a number of years, she transitioned into middle school, where she enjoyed helping children discover and grow in math and science. In 2005, she moved to Northern Virginia where she taught math at a private school. After several years, Esther decided to homeschool her children. She had homeschooled until her oldest graduated from high school. Esther enjoys reading, taking walks with her children, and exploring new places.

Julie Arms | Substitute Teacher

Julie Arms is excited about joining the Montesshare team and sharing her love for learning. She recently retired from a rich, successful and satisfying career with Fairfax County Public Schools, where she taught second grade, as well as ESOL for students in kindergarten through fifth grades.

Licensed in Virginia, Julie holds a B.S. in Economics and a Masters of Education. She served with the Peace Corps in Guatemala and speaks conversational Spanish.

Julie and her husband have resided in Alexandria for more than thirty years and enjoy having their adult children and families close by. When she’s not out enjoying her grandkids, Julie can be found in her vegetable or monarch butterfly gardens, with her nose in a good book, traveling or enjoying a good meal with friends.

Julie Arms | Substitute Teacher

Licensed in Virginia, Julie holds a B.S. in Economics and a Masters of Education. She served with the Peace Corps in Guatemala and speaks conversational Spanish.

Could you be our next

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Email info@montesshare.org to discover how you could join our team as a substitute.

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