Costa Mesa Primary: Teacher Biographies
Costa Mesa Primary: Teacher Biographies
Meet Our Teaching Staff
Our teachers are all fully qualified Montessori teachers, many with bachelor and graduate degrees. Our classrooms are NIDO (6 weeks to 24 months), Orange Room (18 - 36 months), Blue Room (30 - 47 months), Red Room (Pre-K to K age)
Ms. Elva Medina (NIDO)
Ms. Elva has been in the child care profession (specifically infant/toddler care) for more than 2 decades. She is a loving, nurturing, and caring child care provider. Families love the attention and love she gives to the infants under her care.
Ms. Michelle Kennedy (NIDO)
Ms. Michelle's jovial nature is a wonderful treat to the infants enrolled in the NIDO room. Ms. Michelle loves to read books to the children and tell them stories. She also has more than a decade of childcare experience.
Ms. Tesja De Veyra (NIDO)
Ms. Tesja has been a Montessori teacher for 3 years now and currently pursuing a degree in Sociology. She loves working with the infants under her care and she loves to prepare art activities for them.
Ms. Yessica Vargas (Orange Room)
Ms. Yessica was a child care provider at a Community College Child care division for a few years prior to joining International Christian Montessori Academy of Costa Mesa. She loves working with the toddlers in her class and her sweet and nurturing personality make the children feel "at home" in her class
Ms. Ana Ramirez (Blue Room)
Ms. Ramirez has been with ICMA for almost a decade now and her dedication to her profession and the love and care she provides for her students has endeared her to a lot of families. She provides a perfect blend of Montessori structure and a nurturing factor that makes her class a wonderful Montessori classroom.
Ms. Zaira Camargo (Red Room)
Ms. Camargo is a very artistic, precise, and wonderful educator. She provides a quality Montessori education among her pre-K students. She loves teaching through Art and the children are drawn to it and become interested in learning because of the fun environment she provides in her class.
Ms. Jessica Rios (Assistant Teacher
Ms. Isabel Ramirez (Assistant Teacher)
Ms. Miranda Markle (Assistant Teacher )

