Help… can only come from the children, for they are the makers of man.    –Maria Montessori

Montessori Directress Angela Rovegno grew up in a multicultural, multinational family in Lima, Peru, with an Italian father deeply influenced by Maria Montessori. There was no formal Montessori schooling available to the young Angela. Still, she was raised to be independent, to take pride in completing tasks in the manner of the Method, and to love learning while participating in the family business.

Ms. Rovegno attended Newton College, a Peruvian-British high school with an international reputation for excellence in academics and service learning. She subsequently graduated from the Universidad San Martin de Porres in Lima, Peru with a Bachelor of Science in Law. After a career in Juvenile Justice, she moved to the United States and, while teaching law courses online to students in her native country, pursued other career directions, eventually becoming drawn back to the Montessori Method and earning an Early Childhood Teaching Certificate from the Age of Montessori program in Bozeman, Montana. She has been an Assistant Teacher, Lead Teacher, and Director of a Spanish Immersion Program in several schools in Northern Virginia. Of coming full circle, she says: “I love young children and guiding them to learn. Children with open minds and hearts can help achieve a peaceful world, one where we learn from each other.”

Ms. Rovegno loves taking adventure trips throughout the world with her two daughters and enjoys drinking espresso.