Jordan is originally from the San Francisco Bay Area in California and is brand new to New England. She comes from an enormous family and has known she would work with kiddos for as long as she can remember. She received her Bachelor of Arts in Liberal Studies as well as her Multiple Subject Teaching...Read More

Lucy lives in Brattleboro. Prior to living here, she lived in New York where she worked as an assistant preschool teacher for two years at a preschool geared towards children with special needs. Before that, Lucy was living in California where she grew up. When Lucy was growing up she started riding at a therapeutic...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

Dave Bradt was born and raised in New Hampshire, graduating from Fall Mountain Regional High School in 2001. After graduating from Dartmouth College in 2005 with a B.A. in Environmental Studies, he has been teaching across the world, including stints teaching in the Republic of the Marshall Islands and at the Kindle Farm School in...Read More

Daniel joins Hilltop Montessori School after 15 years of teaching abroad at international schools in Thailand, Bangladesh, Hong Kong, and Indonesia. During this time, his passion for project-based collaborative learning and belief in the power of learning by doing has grown. Before becoming a teacher, Daniel pursued various creative enterprises, including graphic design, web design,...Read More

Lily (she/her) started her career in Montessori Education in 2017 and earned her MACTE accredited Primary diploma. She worked in a Primary classroom for 2 years but found an almost gravitational pull towards toddlers and the extraordinary levels of independence she saw from these very young children in Montessori environments. She was then inspired her...Read More

Malindi (she/her) will be joining the Hilltop community this year as the Social Emotional Learning Coordinator and lower elementary assistant teacher. Born and raised in Vermont, Malindi was home schooled until 5th grade and feels the values of Montessori were integral to her early education. After graduating from Hamilton College with a degree in Anthropology...Read More

Megan grew up in Southern Vermont and is rejoining the community by way of Rhode Island. She originally left the state to volunteer with AmeriCorps in a service learning program at a charter high school in Austin, Texas. There, she started taking classes at community college with an eye toward education. She completed her associate...Read More

Born and raised in Southern Vermont, Ashley knew she wanted to work with children from a young age. She joined the Hilltop community in 2021 as an Assistant for the Children’s House and AfterCare Program. She is currently earning her Early Childhood Education degree through the Community College of Vermont. Ashley has had experience working...Read More

Akari is excited to join Hilltop this fall as a Lower Elementary Assistant Teacher! She just spent the past school year teaching first grade at a local charter school in Brooklyn, New York where she was born and raised. Before teaching first grade, Akari attended Bates College in Lewiston, Maine and got her undergraduate degree...Read More