Our team

Head of School and English Guide
3 to 6 Class

After 12 years of experience in the field of business training and marketing, she chose the path of Montessori education. Holding a Montessori 3-6 AMI degree from Paris, Raluca has six years’ experience as a Montessori guide. Her skills allowed her to take over the Montessori Meyrin School’s management, where she is putting in practice her passion for children’s harmonious development. Mother of 3, she has a high interest in ikebana floral art and pottery.

School founder

AMI Montessori Trainer, she supervises the pedagogical program for the 3 to 6 class.

French Guide
3 to 6 Class

Living in the Geneva region since 2005, Aude has embraced the Montessori pedagogy since 2017. After 16 years professional experience in marketing operations and sales, she has grasped the opportunity to change careers. Holding an AMI Montessori Guide diploma for 3 to 6 years old from Lyon training institute, she is now working in the field she has dreamed of since her teenage years.

Aude has done several replacements in schools in the region before joining our team in May 2020. She’s caring and patient, and she loves guiding the children to observe and discover the world surrounding them.

French Guide
3 to 6 Class

After 15 years of experience in the banking industry, Michèle graduated in 2001 as a Montessori educator. This conversion, fully matured, continues her path with a very rich and joyful experience during these many years with children. During her career, she also followed a training to accompany children with special needs.

Michèle is very interested in nature and likes to share and make children discover this environment to which they are very sensitive and curious.

French Guide
3 to 6 Class

Sara started working with children as a dance teacher in 2006 after 20 years of dance practice. It was during a 2-year stay in China that she started teaching French as a foreign language, a profession she practiced for 10 years. At the same time, thanks to her role as a mother of 3 children, she was gradually introduced to the Montessori pedagogy until she decided to do the training at the IFMM in Geneva in 2020. After several internships and replacements, Sara joined the team in 2021 and embarked on the project to open the second class for 3-6 year olds. The first children were welcomed with joy and good humour on 1 February 2022 and the adventure continues happily!

English Guide
3 to 6 Class

A native of the United States, Alison holds Bachelor’s and Master’s degrees in education and earned her AMI Montessori diploma in 2021.  With nearly 15 years’ experience in foreign language education, she enjoys seeing our childrens’ language skills develop right along with their self-confidence, independence, and understanding of the world.  With her own two children in a Montessori school, she is convinced that a Montessori education sets children up with the necessary tools for a bright future.

English Guide
3 to 6 Class

Growing up in Burkina Faso, Cambodia, and Thailand, Praxède’s passion for working with children with special needs ignited at a young age. She later delved into studies and training at a center specializing in children on the autism spectrum.

Curious about alternatives to traditional teaching methods, Praxède explored ways to support children not only academically but also socially and emotionally. In her quest for a system tailored to each child’s unique needs, she discovered the Montessori pedagogy, a philosophy that resonated deeply with her. She underwent training and internships, and now, as a full-time English Montessori teacher, she applies these principles in her classroom.

Complementing her teaching role, Praxède holds a bachelor’s degree in psychology, enriching her understanding of the diverse needs of her students.

Assistant
3 to 6 Class

Fatma has been holding the Montessori Assistant Certificate since February 2012. She supports children and educators during the morning and lunch time.

She also introduces children to the cultivation of the vegetable garden.

English Assistant
3 to 6 Class

French Guide
Pedagogical Coordinator
6 to 12 Class

Working with children for over 18 years, Emmanuelle has a BA in Education from L’UQAR University in Canada. She has taught in public schools before focusing on Montessori education. She holds an AMI 6 to 12 Diploma since 2015, accompanying children for over nine years through the Montessori pedagogy.

Passioned by travelling and culture, she always has beautiful stories to share, creating a dynamic and organised class environment. She’s dedicated to guiding children for a true autonomy, preparing the adults of tomorrow.

English Guide
6 to 12 Class

Born in South Africa, Eurydice is a native English speaker, with a BSc in multimedia and a MAS in communication. In 2010, she launched her professional reorientation in visual arts, which propelled her on the path of art therapy.

In 2015, she discovered Montessori environments by working as an art teacher. Highly interested in this visionary brand of humanistic pedagogy, Eurydice thus trained as an AMI 6-12 Educator. This allows her to create a pleasant balance between her family life, her passion for visual arts and her commitment as an English-speaking guide to the 6-12 class.

German Teacher
6 to 12 Class

Petra has a Master diploma in Creative Drama and has been working as a drama and language teacher in different countries ( the Czech Republic, Germany, Austria) before coming to Switzerland.
Having an Austrian grandmother, she came very early in contact with the German language and speaks German at home with her German husband. Being fascinated by the Montessori pedagogy, she decides to get trained as a Montessori Assistant 6-12 and joins the team as a German teacher.
She loves travelling, stories, nature and going with her family to the mountains in every season of the year.

Nathalie accompanies children during the Wednesday mornings’ workshops and after-school activities. With 6 years of experience accompanying special needs children in kindergartens and elementary schools, Nathalie holds a AMI Montessori Assistant diploma for 3 to 6 years old. She also practices Land Art and sculpture.

Accountant at Montessori Meyrin School

Administratif helper for Montessori Meyrin School