Julia is motivated by her love of education and her desire to share that passion with her students and their families. She is currently serving as the executive director and lead guide at Monarch Montessori School, a nonprofit early childhood education center located in the Payne/Phalen Neighborhood of Saint Paul.

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Before teaching at Monarch Montessori School, Julia worked as a Children’s House guide at a public school in Saint Paul for six years. She served as Board Chair at Heartwood Montessori, a nonprofit school in Northeast Minneapolis. She earned a Master’s in Education from Stanford University and completed the AMI Primary Training at the Montessori Center of Minnesota.