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About Us

Meet The Team

Ms. Maggie | Founder/Teacher
Maggie is an early childhood educator who received her undergraduate degree from Appalachian State University in Dance Studies, with a minor in teacher education. She is currently pursuing a graduate certificate in Birth-Kindergarten Education from Appalachian. With over ten years of experience teaching young children, Maggie brings a unique perspective education, as both a dance teacher and early childhood educator. She is passionate about immersing children in nature and the outdoors at a very young age and believes strongly in the impact this can make on them in all areas of their development. Maggie focuses on creating a nurturing and intentionally curated environment for children to learn and grow through research based practices.
Maggie lives on site in a tiny house with her husband, two boys (ages three and one), two cats, and their chickens.
She believes all children have the right to high quality, engaging education and is excited to be a part of bringing that to the families in our community.

Ms. Jess has been working with kids since she herself was a preteen. Nannying and babysitting jobs helped finance her dreams to travel and after receiving her Bachelors of Arts in Music, she went to Thailand to complete a yoga teacher training. She later spent 6 years living in Germany, where she taught English and Yoga, met her husband, and had a baby! Jess is currently growing her family in Raleigh, loves singing and crafting, and strives to foster an atmosphere of creativity and openness.
Ms. Jess | Teacher

Ms. Lucy loves to spread her knowledge and love for nature with our friends here at Forest Kids! She enjoys learning along side the kids and fostering a lifelong desire to create, investigate, and discover everything nature has to offer. In her free time she enjoys spending time with her cats and working in
her garden!
Ms. Lucy | Teacher

BIO COMING SOON!
Ms. Madi | Teacher
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