Faculty & Staff
Family Montessori School Society is a non-profit society and is governed by a parent-run, volunteer Board of Directors.
Staff & Faculty
Rocio was born and raised in Mexico. In 2003, Rocio obtained a Bachelor of Psychology. During her studies she realized that children and education were her main passions. In 2006, Rocio completed a Masters of Education. The following year, she decided to move to Canada to begin a new adventure. Rocio encountered the Montessori Method in 2008, and was excited to find a coherent, structured and effective way of giving children the tools they need to live – something she had been looking for since her days as a psychology student. It was this discovery that led her to study at the Montessori Training Centre of BC, where she obtained her AMI diploma and her Early Childhood Educator Diploma in 2009. In 2013 Rocio earned her Independent School Teacher Certificate.
Rocío Montenegro
Principal & Co-Guide
Jean grew up knowing that she wanted to be a teacher. As a child she loved sharing new discoveries and information with others. Jean began her teaching career as a high school mathematics teacher in Hong Kong. Jean became interested in the teachings of Maria Montessori after seeing the development of her daughters as they progressed through the three-year Primary program. She was amazed at the confidence and independence they exuded as young children. Jean earned her AMI Primary Montessori Teaching Diploma and Early Childhood Education Certification in 2004 and her Independent School Teacher Certificate. Jean has over ten years of experience as a co-Guide. In the future, Jean hopes to expand her education through studies on childhood brain development.
Jean Wong
Co-Guide
Sera Chalco
Teacher Assistant
Pamela comes to us as both a parent of a former Jericho Kindergarten graduate and board member with Family Montessori. As a graduate of UBC in Psychology, she has experience working with autistic children and spent many years working in Human Resources for London Drugs as an Employee Relations Advisor.
Pamela Nam
Office administrator
Catherine is a classically trained soprano with over 25 years of voice performance. Like many singers she started singing in choirs at a young age. She holds a Bachelor of Music in vocal performance from the Vancouver Academy of Music. She has sung with opera companies and choirs across Canada. Catherine debuted and recorded the role of The Woman for Modern Baroque Opera’s production of Powers of Two by local composer Barry Truax. She currently sings with the Phoenix Chamber Choir and is the resident soloist for the First Church of Christ Scientist in West Vancouver. As a music educator, Catherine began working with elementary school choirs in 2009. She is passionate about bringing music to young people through the joy of singing. Over the years she has conducted choirs in numerous schools across the west side of Vancouver, she currently has 6 choirs in 3 schools. Her children’s choirs have performed for Canadian dignitaries, on radio and TV, at Bright Nights in Stanley Park, VanDusen Gardens, FlyOver Canada, The Vancouver Maritime Museum and several retirement homes. Along with her school choirs, Catherine also conducts the Piccolo and Partita level choirs at the Vancouver Bach Children’s Chorus, a post she has held since 2011.
Catherine Campolin
Music Teacher
Agi is a native Vancouverite and a UBC graduate with a double major in French and Spanish. As a young adult, Agi spent 2 years in Europe (France and Spain) perfecting her foreign language skills. She is fluent in four languages including Hungarian. She believes that when you are raised bilingually, your ability to learn more languages comes naturally. She is also fascinated by how easily young children are able to absorb a second language.
Agi MacLeod
French Teacher
Elena was born and raised in California but has lived in Vancouver for over a decade. She feels the most herself in the company of young children and has worked with them throughout her life. Her favorite way to spend a day is reading, eating delicious food, and making things with her hands. She loves spending time by the water and sitting with old trees. She is always looking for new ways to live sustainably and respectfully and dreams of one day having a large garden, chickens, and bees.
Elena Ramos
Lunch supervisor
Board Of Directors
Chris Fu
Christa Thiede
Andrea Hoff
Mehrdad Youssefi
Lu Du
