Maria is not new to the FPC Weekday School, nor is she new to the school environment. During the 2016-2017 school year, she was a classroom teacher and has spent many years actively engaged in educating young people in a variety of educational environments. In recent years, she has served as an on site and online college instructor of Early Childhood Education.
Maria has a degree in Early Childhood Education from Algonquin College in Ottawa, Ontario and a Masters Degree in Educational Leadership and Management from Royal Roads University in Victoria, British Columbia. Can you tell she has some deep connections and experiences in the country of Canada?
Maria is the mother of four beautiful young people whom she loves and adores greatly and names as her greatest blessing. Maria is fast moving and always working on some kind of task or project. But when she gets a few free minutes to herself she enjoys reading, writing, gardening, baking, and cooking. Maria's favorite quote is "The doors of caring do now open unto us, O most blessed Theotokos, so that hoping in you we shall not fail; through you we may be delivered from adversities, for you are the salvation of the Christian faith." (Theotokion from the Service of the Small Paraklesis)
