Candace started with aim in Spring of 2021 in what was supposed to be a part time position as the Educational Technology Director. Her drive, organization, and affinity for leadership proved her to be the perfect candidate for the position of Executive Director which she was promoted to in December 2021.

Sandra learned about Maria Montessori’s work decades ago and is convinced that we all have an inner child needing the Montessori experience.

She began working for aim in 2020, helping to develop the financial services area. She lives in Bozeman, Montana, with her husband, William, and basil, parsley, chives, tulsi, rose geranium, lemon tree, chickadees, warblers, bunnies, and other friends.

Like many Montanans, she has had diverse experience as the opportunity or need arose: irrigation wheel lines, ranch cook, writer/editor, publishing production/project management, database troubleshooting, and land subdivision preliminary plat creation. What else would one do with an English major and philosophy minor Bachelor of Arts degree?

When she is not managing tuition payment plans and assisting students and schools with navigating our financial system, she and William love to take their Class B RV traveling home to explore Montana and beyond.

Diana lives in North Carolina where she has continued to work for Age of Montessori since 2012. 

Liz currently teaches in a primary classroom at King’s Wood Montessori School in Foxboro, Massachusetts. She lives in Sharon, Massachusetts with her husband where they raised two children, a recent college graduate and rising college junior. Liz holds a M.Ed. in Montessori Education from Xavier University, a Montessori Early Childhood Certification from aim, and a B.A. in U.S. History from Central Connecticut State University. Her experience as an educator spans over 20 years both as a high school teacher, and for the past 11 years in an early childhood Montessori classroom.  

Christine has been teaching at the Montessori School in Davenport, Iowa for the past ten years. She holds a Montessori Early Childhood Certification from AIM. She so greatly enjoyed her certification experience with the AIM organization that she now works as an online advisor for them.

Janet Nordemann began her career in education in 1971 in a traditional school in the St. Louis, MO area. In 1976, she discovered Montessori and in 1980 received her AMS Montessori Elementary 6 – 9 certification. Recently, she earned her Montessori Elementary 9 – 12 certification from Age of Montessori (now aim). In 2000, she became certified in Gifted Education. After teaching 40 years in both lower and upper elementary and in a gifted program, she retired from the classroom in 2011. 

In 2011 Janet joined the Board of Directors for Authentic Institute of Montessori and served as a volunteer. in 2015, she began working at aim in the elementary teacher training program. She’s had many meaningful moments teaching, one being the two weeks spent in Russia teaching adults about Montessori. Mentoring and advising teachers who are taking their Montessori training is the highlight of her career.  

Montana is now her home where she lives with her husband. She likes traveling, going for walks or soaking in the beautiful Montana hot springs. She enjoys reading history books, biographies, and the occasional historical fiction novel. She is a lifelong learner who is grateful for the opportunities she’s had to continue learning through her work and recreation.

Amy grew up on Alabama’s Gulf Coast, spending most of her childhood on or near the water. She studied fine art in college and later built a successful business photographing weddings using medium format film. While working as a photographer, Amy also began to teach art in community centers, museums, and as a volunteer in a public high school. Her love of teaching grew, and she began to study various alternative approaches to education. She moved to Boston and worked at a large homeschool resource center, working with children of all ages. There, Amy continued to learn about different approaches to education, and her love for and interest in Montessori grew.

Jared started at Aim in April of 2022. Before he was hired as a full-time employee, he had helped with a few webinar productions as a camera operator. He was then brought on out of a desire to expand content production to the realm of live streaming and podcasts. After successfully live streaming a couple webinars, it was time to start gearing up for the 2022 virtual residencies.

Carolyn holds a bachelor’s degree in art history from The Ohio State University and advanced degrees in art history and American culture studies from Bowling Green State University.

Carolyn is passionate about education and has been involved with Montessori schools as a marketing and admissions coordinator, board member, and volunteer since 2013.   

She has been teaching courses in the humanities at the college level since 2006 and has been a marketing professional for almost a decade.

In her spare time, she enjoys traveling with her husband and two children, reading novels of all kinds, and spending time on the beach.