Support Educators
Meet the educators.
Nancy Wilkins
Education Experience: 25 years
Area of expertise: Elementary classroom teacher and team leader. She was a specialist for English, Math and Science in schools in the US and American curriculum schools in Dubai and Abu Dhabi.
Education: Master’s Degree in Education, University of North Carolina, USA.
Nancy is our K2 support educator.
Lyai-Marie Basbas
Education Experience: 11 years
Area of expertise: Early Years and Elementary assistant teacher at a top school in Dubai and classroom teacher for Science at private schools in the Philippines.
Education: Master of Arts in Education, University of the Philippines, Philippines.
Lyai-Marie is our K1 support educator.
Ljubinka Stamenkovic
Education Experience: 10 years
Area of expertise: An elementary class teacher in Science and Math. She has taught in Preschool in Dubai.
Education: Master’s Degree in Biology, University of Science, Republic of Serbia.
Ljubinka is our K1 support educator.
Myfanwy MacDonald
Education Experience: 7 years
Area of expertise: Teaching assistant and specialist classroom tutor in Dubai and nursery manager in Saudi Arabia. Prior to moving to Dubai, Miff worked with the Scottish government.
Education: Bachelor of Arts with Honors, University of Nottingham, UK.
Miff is our Grade 1 support educator.
Amala Joseph
Education Experience: 16 years
Area of expertise: Kindergarten to Elementary class teacher and teaching assistant at the United Nations School in New York City. Amala has taught in the Ukraine, India, Taiwan, USA and UAE.
Education: Bachelor in Education, Vijaya Teacher’s College, India.
Amala is our KG2 support educator.
Riva dela Cruz
Education Experience: 11 years
Area of expertise: Science specialist and early years assistant teacher in Dubai.
Education: Bachelor in Education, University of the Philippines, Philippines.
Riva is our PreK support educator.
Winnie Kimindu
Education Experience: 6 years
Area of expertise: Early Years and Elementary assistant teacher. She was a lead teacher at one of the top nurseries here in Dubai with experience in the PreK program.
Education: Bachelor in Education Science, University of Nairobi, Kenya.
Winnie is our PreK support educator.
Prajwal Shrestha
Education Experience: 10 years
Area of expertise: Science and Math classroom teacher in Nepal and participant in the Bank Street Teacher Training program at the Rato Bangala School.
Education: Master’s Degree in Business Administration (MBA), Lincoln University, Malaysia.
Prajwal is our Grade 2 and Grade 3 support educator.