After a few years in international business consulting, Valentina is focusing on education management. She graduated from Moscow State University in Russia and has a Master's degree from Tufts University in the USA.

Before starting the school, Valentina travelled to the United States to visit schools accredited by Association Montessori Internationale and American Montessori Society.

In 2010 Valentina went through the Whole School Management training under David Kahn, the Executive Director of North American Montessori Teachers Association.

Joanne has a strong background in international Montessori education. A British citizen, she has lived and worked in Thailand, Japan and India before coming to Russia in 2009. Joanne has solid experience of working in multicultural classrooms and knows how to work effectively with children whose native language is not English.

With 14 years of teaching experience, Joanne has obtained her 0-3 certification from North American Montessori Centre and holds her 3-6 and 6-12 diplomas from Association Montessori Internationale. This unique qualification is a true asset to our school.

Joanne helped Valentina start Montessori School of Moscow and launch all of our programs in line with the AMI standard. Besides directing a class of 25 children, Joanne oversees our 3-6 program and is a key cotributor to MSM's strategic planning.

Eleonora has studied in Russia, United States and Japan. In addition to her native Russian skills, she speaks fluent English and Japanese. Before her employment with us, Eleonora was working at an international school and in the corporate world.

Eleonora leads our Toddler Community and oversees our work with parents who come to class with their children aged 2 to 12 months. Eleonora also conducts workshops for parents-to-be.

Eleonora is qualified by Association Montessori Internationale to work with children under 3 years of age and their families. She holds her Assistants to Infancy diploma from The Montessori Institute of Denver, where she trained under Judi Orion, one of the best trainers in the world, after being recommended for a 0-3 course by Susan Stephenson, our consultant.

Student of International Academy for Business and Management, fluent in English and an avid musician (singer). Maria supports Joanne in Casa dei Bambini.

Yana joined Montessori School of Moscow at its inception and since has taken part in launching all of our programs.

At the moment Yana is hosting our Parent Infant Class for parents with babies aged between 2 and 12 months. She also supports Eleonora in various other aspects of our 0-3 program.

Yana is a graduate of Higher School of Economics. In addition to her native Russian and fluent English skills, she speaks Ukrainian.