
Maria is a creative and energetic Early Childhood Education professional. She is devoted to offering diverse activity plans and experiential learning opportunities to enhance individual development. She is friendly, supportive and motivated with strong desire to help each student achieve their full learning potential. She holds a Masters Degree in Education (Innovation in Learning and Teaching) from the University of South Wales. She has her teaching certification from Hawaii Teacher's Board and from the the Teacher's Registration Council of Nigeria. She is certified to Teach English as a Foreign Language (TEFL). She is a lifelong learner, she recently completed a course in Montessori Teaching among other professional development courses over the past years. She has been teaching in Early Childhood for over 12 Year. She spent the last 7 years teaching Preschool at the American International School of Abuja (AISA). She enjoys helping young children gain the vocabulary they need to express their feelings and needs, and she takes advantage of the teachable moments that happen everyday. Outside teaching she enjoys spending time indoors with her family.