Corina was raised in the Brattleboro area and went to Saint Michaels School until 6th grade. Her family moved to Oklahoma at age 12, where she completed her education. Corina’s mother opened a daycare center soon after moving to Oklahoma, where she worked after school in high school, and thus began her journey of working...Read More

  Now retired, Paul was Hilltop’s Middle School Director and Humanities Teacher from 2001 – 2022. These days he has the great privilege of continuing his connection with the Middle School through singing songs with students that deepen and enrich the humanities curriculum, a long standing Middle School tradition. He also assists musically with the...Read More

Marco joined Hilltop in 2015 as an After Care and Children’s House assistant, after seeing what a positive effect Hilltop had on his two children, one a Hilltop graduate and one currently in the Upper Elementary program. He moved to Brattleboro in 2014 from his home country of Ecuador. In Ecuador he taught language through...Read More

Travis Thiele was born in Brattleboro, grew up in Westminster West, attended Wesleyan University in Connecticut, and has worked in Costa Rica, New Zealand, Lake Tahoe, and Park City. He is a certified ski and snowboard instructor since 2001 and has taught thousands of lessons around the world to predominantly clients with disabilities. He was...Read More

Akari grew up in Brooklyn, N.Y. and moved up to Vermont in 2021 to join the Hilltop community. Akari studied political science, education, and gender studies at Bates College for undergrad and completed AMI’s 6-12 Elementary training program with the Montessori Training Center Northeast in August 2024. They are currently a co-teacher in the Lower Elementary...Read More

From a reading tutor to a ski instructor, Environment Educator at Nature Camps to teaching English as Another Language in Taiwan, Ashlyn has a passion for working with children in any capacity. Ashlyn completed her BS in Environmental Studies at Virginia Commonwealth University in Richmond and her MA in Education at Loyola University in Baltimore....Read More

Izzy Snyder is returning for a second year as an Upper El teacher. In this role, she supports students in planning their day, provides one-on-one and small group support to students with their follow up work, helps create Montessori teaching materials, and leads some group lessons within the language arts curriculum. Izzy is passionate about...Read More

Miranda grew up in Northern Virginia and moved to Colorado in 2008. She lived there until her husband and two kids moved to Vermont, in August 2023, to be closer to her East Coast family. Miranda studied Early Childhood Education and started working with toddlers at a Montessori school in 2013. She worked in this environment...Read More

Vicky grew up in Cleveland, Ohio where her mother ran a home-based child care program and taught her early on how to nurture and care for our youngest children. Her parents are Syrian and Spanish and influenced Vicky’s love of languages, food, and gardening.  For the last five years, Vicky was the director of a...Read More

Jessica grew up in Southern New Hampshire and moved to the area in October of 2022. Jessica developed a passion for working with children during the Covid-19 pandemic as a nanny. During her time as a nanny Jessica learned about the Montessori philosophy and strongly agreed with its principles. After leaving that job to move...Read More