Our Team
At AMS, we take pride in the unique abilities, and experiences that each member of our knowledgeable and dedicated team brings to our environment. From having speakers of many different languages on staff to staff members with experience in the sciences, and the visual, culinary and performing arts, we feel that a variety of interests and abilities allows us to better understand and support the needs of our diverse group of students and their families.
All AMS team members have current First Aid Certification, Clear Criminal Record Checks and Child Abuse Registry Checks and complete regular professional development courses.
Analia Lowe
Co-owner, Administrator and Inclusion Support
Analia Lowe holds a BSc degree in Psychology from Dalhousie University, a Master of Science in Early Childhood Special Education from Johns Hopkins University and a certificate in Montessori for Special Needs from the Center for Guided Montessori Studies. Since 2003, she has been working in the field of early childhood education in Canada, the United States and Asia.
Analia enjoys family time with her husband and twin boys, who are both graduates of the AMS Casa program. She enjoys keeping up her fluent Spanish by staying in touch with family and friends in Uruguay and the United States.
Andrea Cavicchi
Co-owner, Administrator and Head Montessori Guide
Andrea Cavicchi received her AMI Montessori teaching diploma from the Foundation for Montessori Education in Toronto in 2007 and holds a certificate in Montessori for Special Needs from the Center for Guided Montessori Studies. Andrea has been working with young children since 2003, in Nova Scotia, Ontario and Asia. She holds a BFA degree from NSCAD University and is also a TESOL trained children’s English teacher.
Andrea loves to spend time with her husband and her daughter, who is a graduate of the AMS Casa program. She enjoys painting and writing and has published two books for children, The Good Luck Dragonfly and The Crow’s Voice.
Isla Morrison
Casa Blue Jay Montessori Guide
Isla Morrison joined AMS in September 2017 as a Casa Guide. Isla completed her second practicum placement in our Casa class and earned her AMI Montessori teaching diploma from the Foundation for Montessori Education in Toronto in May 2017. Isla is originally from the United Kingdom and through her travels and growing up abroad, she has observed a number of different styles of education. She feels that Montessori education offers children a well-rounded and natural approach to learning.
Isla also has an interest in the performing arts and has a degree in Theatre Studies from Acadia University.
Joanna Fan
Casa Blue Jay French Assistant
Joanna Fan joined AMS in March 2022, shortly after moving to Halifax. Joanna became fluent in the French language during the three years she spent living in Montreal with her family. She has worked in the field of language learning since 2014, including developing English graded learning libraries for children in her home country of China.
Joanna has an AMI Montessori Assistant’s certificate from the Montessori Center of Minnesota. She also has a BSc in Human Resources from the University of Manchester and a Diploma in Public relations from Jiangsu Wuxi Commercial College in China.
Asma Begum
Casa Cardinal Montessori Guide
Asma Begum joined Atlantic Montessori School in summer 2022 and became our Casa Cardinal Guide in September 2022. She earned her AMI Montessori Diploma from the Montessori Training and Research Centre in Hyderabad, India. She has a Bachelor of Education degree from the Anwal Ul-Uloom College and a Bachelor of Science in Microbiology from the St. Anne’s Degree College, also in Hyderabad.
Asma has been teaching in the field of early childhood education in India and Saudi Arabia for over ten years and is happy to have her own classroom in Canada! In her spare time, she enjoys reading and henna design.
Karen DeGuire
Casa Cardinal French Speaking Assistant
Karen De Guire joined AMS in September 2022. Karen grew up in a Francophone family near the Ontario-Quebec border and has an ECE diploma from Universite Sainte-Anne. She has over 12 years of experience working in French child care centres.
Karen has a Montessori Fundamentals certificate through the Center for Guided Montessori Studies.
Karen enjoys making her own soaps and cosmetics in her spare time and she is passionate about caring for the environment.
Maria Rondon
Casa Cardinal English Speaking Assistant
Maria joined AMS in October 2022. She has lived in a number of countries around the world and has a Bachelor of Early Childhood Education degree from the Instituto Pedagogico de Maturin in Venezuela, as well as a Bachelor of Civil Engineering from the Universidad de Chile in Santiago. Maria has a Montessori Fundamentals certificate through the Center for Guided Montessori Studies.
Maria has over seven years of experience working in the field of early childhood education. She enjoys hiking, camping and yoga.
Sapna Ramnath
Hummingbird Room Toddler Assistant
Sapna joined AMS in December 2021. She has over eight years of experience working with young children in her home country of India. Sapna spent four years running her own Montessori focused child care and kindergarten program. She has a Montessori Beginnings certificate from the Center for Guided Montessori Studies and also holds a Bachelor of Science degree from St. Joseph’s College of Arts and Science in Bangalore.
Sapna is excited to continue her Montessori journey in Canada!
Megan Kozlowski
Hummingbird Room Toddler Assistant
Megan originally joined AMS for the 2018/2019 school year, when she covered a maternity leave for one of our Toddler assistants, and re-joined our team in September 2022. Megan has an ECE diploma from the Jane Norman College and a Montessori Beginnings certificate from the Center for Guided Montessori Studies. She has worked in the field of early childhood education for over 12 years.
Megan enjoys swimming, reading and spending time with her family.
Kelly Jackson
Montessori Consultant and Substitute Montessori Guide
Kelly Jackson joined Atlantic Montessori School in 2019 as a substitute Montessori Guide, after recently moving to Nova Scotia. Since that time, Kelly has been invaluable to our team as a Montessori consultant, bringing the knowledge of over thirty years of Montessori experience in British Columbia, Ontario, Prince Edward Island and Nova Scotia to AMS. Kelly has an AMI Montessori diploma from the Toronto Montessori Institute, where she completed her training under Maria Montessori’s granddaughter, Renilde Montessori. Kelly also holds a BA from McMaster University in Hamilton, Ontario.