EARLY CHILDHOOD ASSISTANT

Waldorf education lives in Kate! Kate is a proud Waldorf alumna, her mother taught Waldorf kindergarten and handwork for 30 years and Kate babysat many of her mother's students and often helped in the kindergarten.

Kate studied anthropology in college and traveled in New Zealand and Australia where she worked as an Au Pair in Sydney. Kate pursued landscape design and botany and worked as a horticulturalist and gardening teacher at Austin institutions including The Natural Gardener, The Ladybird Johnson Wildflower Center, and the Sustainable Food Center. Kate created curriculum and taught gardening classes to adults and children on topics including herbal medicine, foraging, and native plants. Kate designed and directed a farm summer camp at The New Farm Institute at Green Gate Farms.

In 2020, Kate earned a masters degree in Ecopsychology with a special interest in the garden as a site of profound learning and healing. Kate is deeply interested in outdoor learning and forest school models. Kate is revisiting Waldorf education at a new depth as a parent and she feels called to pass along her experiences and knowledge as a Waldorf student to the next generation of learners!