Office Staff
Autumn Douglas
Office Assistant
Autumn Douglas was raised in the Ogden Valley and graduated from Weber High School in 1996. She studied hotel management and worked as a Concierge for the Ogden Marriott and as a Tax Examiner for the Internal Revenue Service before deciding to stay at home full time in 2005.
She found Montessori that same year while searching for preschools. She fell in love immediately and knew it was the right fit for her family. She has been an active parent since MMA opened and has volunteered in the classroom and with the Montessori Academy Parent Association. She served as President of the Parent Association during the 2016-2017 school year. She was a substitute teacher before joining the office full time in July 2017. She completed the Montessori Teacher Assistant training program through Westminster in 2018.
She lives in Liberty with her two sons Lancer and Ryker. She enjoys skiing, horseback riding, traveling, crafts, the color mint green, spending time with the people she loves and watching her favorite movies over and over.
Specialists
Nicoletta Householder
Instructional Coach
Ms. Nicoletta is originally from the Pacific Northwest area. She holds her B.A. in Ecological Studies and minor in Sociology from Seattle University. She received a M.Ed. in Montessori Education from St. Catherine’s University. She has her upper and lower elementary Montessori certification through the Institute for Guided Studies, lower elementary Montessori certification from North American Montessori Center and her Utah State teaching license.
She has been in the Montessori classroom since 2005 as an upper elementary lead teacher and has been at Maria Montessori Academy since conversations began to open a Montessori Charter School. She has been teaching at Maria Montessori Academy since the doors opened in 2010. She is currently finishing her fourth term on the board of directors for Montessori Education Programs International. Montessori is a part of her lifestyle; it is not only applied in the classroom, but in her daily life. She is very excited to work at Maria Montessori Academy and know that the Montessori philosophy is an inviting and astounding education tool to watch blossom within a child. She fully believes all children need to have an opportunity for the love of learning. After 12 years of being being in the classroom she has now moved into the role of Instructional Coach.
Ms. Nicoletta loves the outdoors, snow, the colors green and blue, live music and traveling. She is married to a Pacific Northwest native, they moved here in 2001 to ski for one year and never turned back. They now have two children, both attending Montessori education. As a family they love to take road trips, camp, hike, ski, live music, laugh, play board games, and swim in freshwater.
Email: NHouseholder@mariamontessoriacademy.org
Website: http://blogs.mariamontessoriacademy.org/instructionalcoach/
Megan Mazur
Instructional Technology Specialist, Data & Assessment Coordinator
Megan Mazur has been working with children her whole life. As a young teenager she began babysitting, during her high school years she would nanny over the summer and worked in daycares. Megan’s passion has always been to work with children. Megan is married and has one beautiful daughter who attends Maria Montessori Academy. Over the years Megan worked at an insurance company that provided her with many computer training courses. Megan also attended Weber Applied Technology for computer classes. She spent many hours volunteering in the classroom at her daughters previous school. Recently she was able to attend a workshop for “Keyboarding in the Classroom”. Megan also has her Montessori assistants training. Now she spends time working with students of all ages on Keyboarding and computer literacy skills.
Ms. Megan loves to spend time with her daughter. In the summer they love to go swimming, kayaking, camping and exploring with friends. During the winter Ms. Megan enjoys taking her daughter skiing, watching movies and cuddling up with a good book and a mug of coffee. Together Megan and her daughter love to read and watch Harry Potter! Music is very important to Ms. Megan and there is always music playing wherever she is.
Megan loves working at Maria Montessori Academy. Education has always been a part of her life. She comes from a family of educators and learned at a young age the importance of education. Megan continues her growth through training to improve her teaching and technology skills.
Email: mmazur@mariamontessoriacademy.org
Website: http://blogs.mariamontessoriacademy.org/digitalliteracycitizenship/
