Examples of Provider Bios

Here is some information you can include in your bio:

• Your education
• Your child care experience
• Why you are excited to open a program
• Why you love caring for children
• A bit about your family and background

Below are some examples from Wonderschool programs. Use them for inspiration, but please don’t copy and paste.

Little Lemon Tree Nursery School

"Devon Schlegelmilch has a Masters degree in Learning and Instruction and an Education Specialist credential from USF. She spent 4 years teaching in Daly City public schools. Her BA is in Liberal Studies with a concentration in the arts from Purchase College in Purchase, NY.

Devon loves working with and teaching children and has experience instructing toddlers through college age students in many varied settings. Before formalizing her teaching education, she was a Founding Company Member of the professional dance company, Inlet Dance Theatre, in Cleveland, OH. There she headed the educational outreach department and worked with vision impaired students, students in high poverty areas and oversaw the Inlet School of Dance.

Prior to starting Little Lemon Tree, Devon has been a stay-at-home mom to 3 year old daughter, Ella and has also worked at Mighty Bambinis, a RIE-inspired in-home preschool in San Francisco. Some of Devon's favorite hobbies are thrift store shopping, DIY projects and crocheting. She loves watching movies and reading. She spends her evenings with Ella, her husband, Andrew and dogs, Lucy and Rufus."

Banana Fana

"Gloria received her Bachelors of Arts in Psychology from San Francisco State University. She has also completed some courses in Early Child Education From City College of San Francisco. In addition to caring for her own son, Isaiah, Gloria has over ten years of experience in caring for children. Gloria loves to play, sing, and dance and believes that working with children is a great joy."

Little Nest Learning Space

"Theresa Marino is the Director and Head Teacher of Little Nest Learning Space. She is a mom to a 33 month old. Her daughter is her inspiration of why she left her role as a head teacher at a local Montessori school to continue her teaching career by starting her own in-home school.

Theresa holds a B.A. in Psychology from the University of La Salle, a Certificate in Early Childhood Education and Administration Units from the UCLA-Early Childhood Education Extension Program, and she is Montessori Teacher Certified. Theresa has been teaching children ages 2-6 for the last 12 years. She is also a member of the National Association for Education of Young Children (NAEYC)."

Open Minds Early School

"Karen was born and raised in Venezuela and education runs in her blood. Her mother ran an after school program for children since Karen was very little and Karen grew up in that program, always surrounded by children and a love of education. Karen has experience teaching students from the pre-primary education to intermediate level, in both public and private school districts in Venezuela and the United States.

After moving to the United States in 2011, Karen has focused on learning more about the U.S. education system. She has been studying Child Development at City College of San Francisco. Karen worked in a number of different early childhood education programs in the Bay Area, including teaching for two years at the Dr. Betty Shabazz Family Resource Center in San Francisco. Karen attributes much of her teaching style to her time teaching at the Family Care Center in San Francisco, noting “This position has helped me to rise up to the expectation of the children and teach them in a lucid, fun and interesting way. Thus with the children, I am creative, patient and most of all nurturing in nature.”

Karen is very excited to offer Open Minds early school to her community. Karen’s work is supported and inspired by her husband Jesus, her two sons, and her parents."