Victoria is from Southern California and is a Montessori kid herself. She loved her experience going to a Montessori charter school from 3rd-6th grade, and believes it really helped cement her love of learning. She graduated with her BS in Liberal Studies (Elementary Education) from Cal Poly San Luis Obispo, and since has followed a path of alternative education. After teaching as a Naturalist in the Santa Cruz Mountains and in a homeschool pod during Covid, she found herself in the right place at the right time, stumbling upon an opening as an assistant at Santa Cruz Montessori. Four years later, she truly believes she is where she is meant to be at this school. Not only is she passionate about the Montessori philosophy, she adores the strong sense of community, care, and love she finds in the Adobe Class and at SCM at large.