Meet Our Staff
The teachers at MCHL are trained professionals who bring years of experience, as well as compassion, into the classroom every day. All of the lead teachers are Montessori certified. The entire staff is first aid and CPR certified and take classes annually to ensure they are kept abreast of current practices in the field of early childhood education. MCHL is proud of the fact that more than half of its staff of forty have been at MCHL for over ten years. Though richly diverse in their individual backgrounds, all of the staff are united in creating a nurturing and fun home away from home for the children in their care.
Administration

Rupina Jadeja
Director/Co-Owner
Lead Primary
Teacher Room 3

Meg Brown
Director/Co-Owner
Lead Primary
Teacher Room 8

Marcia Vaughn
Office Manager

Hope Luongo
Office Administrator

Heather Macdonald
Student Accounts
Early Childhood

Megan Cerniglia
Lead Primary
Teacher Room 2

Luz Gomez
Assistant Primary
Teacher Room 2

Lan Sponaugle
Intern/Floater
Room 2

Rupina Jadeja
Director
Lead Primary
Teacher Room 3

Tyn Tyn Aye
Assistant Primary
Teacher Room 3

Martha Salguero
Assistant Primary
Teacher Room 3

Nilsa Cordova
Lead Primary
Teacher Room 4

Lia Revollo
Assistant Primary
Teacher Room 4

Terri Davis
Assistant Primary
Teacher Room 4

Lindsey Patterson
Lead Primary
Teacher Room 7

Katie Benishek
Assistant Primary
Teacher Room 7

Meg Brown
Director
Lead Primary
Teacher Room 8

Carrie Lentz
Lead Primary
Teacher Room 8

Kathy Benishek
Assistant Primary
Teacher Room 8
Toddlers

Molly Whittaker
Lead Toddler
Teacher Room 9

Zar Amin
Assistant Toddler
Teacher Room 9

Friendly Nelson
Assistant Toddler
Teacher Room 9

Shazia Abbasi
Lead Toddler
Teacher Room 10

Olivia McMenamin
Assistant Toddler
Teacher Room 10

Kathy Darsch
Lead Toddler
Teacher Room 11

Cathy Lescarbeau
Assistant Toddler
Teacher Room 11
Infants

Nazli Siddiki
Lead Infant
Teacher

Labina Wardak
Assistant Infant
Teacher

Yasmin Ponte-Trujillo
Assistant Infant
Teacher

Jennifer Weetman
Assistant Infant
Teacher

Marcela Vasquez
Assistant Infant
Teacher

Zee Zee Ayazi
Assistant Infant
Teacher
Floaters

Elif Tuncyurek
Floater

Lan Sponaugle
Intern/Floater
Enrichment

Cinthia Bascope
Spanish Teacher

Lisa Li
Mandarin Teacher

Lauren Jackson
Music Teacher
Art Teacher

Katie Benishek
Computer Teacher
Extended Day

Nishi Mathur

Amrit Sagoo

Hung Klemens

Kayla Pham

Cleide Burton
Contact Info
Address
880 W Church Rd
Sterling, VA 20164
Phone: (703) 421-1112
Fax: (703) 421-9356
E-mail: info@mchl.org
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