Kate holds a B.A. from Emmanuel College. She received her Birth to Three Years training at the highly respected Sophia’s Hearth Center in Keene, New Hampshire and has studied at the Center for Anthroposophy. With over 15 years of development experience working with nonprofits, Kate has used this knowledge to grow our parent and child program. She was Vice President for Development at the Conservation Law Foundation and Director of the Harvard Medical School Alumni Fund. Kate lives in Magnolia with her husband Chris, her daughter Kat who is a 2016 graduate from Waldorf School at Moraine Farm, and golden retriever Winston. The Hill family joined the Waldorf community close to 20 years ago and the school has been an important part of their family life.

Stephanie Irvine was born and raised in New Zealand. She has a B.S. from Auckland University majoring in Physiology and Pharmacology. She has taken Foundation Studies and is currently taking courses at Sophia’s Hearth. Stephanie has been an assistant in nursery for many years and has also substituted in kindergarten and parent and child classes. She has two children who both attended Waldorf School at Moraine Farm. She lives in Salem with her husband and children.

Brian Fizer has over a decade of elementary and early childhood education experience. A native of West Virginia, Brian has lived in New England for about 15 years. He earned a masters in Elementary Education from Northeastern University, where he also served as an adjunct faculty member. For most of his career, Brian taught in the Boston Public Schools where he taught students who were new to the country. 

Brian is excited to join a community committed to racial justice and inclusion. He is a baker, gardener, and an outdoor enthusiast. He lives in Beverly with his husband and daughter as well as their 2 dogs and 6 chickens.

Celia holds a bachelor’s degree in Early Childhood Education and a minor in Social Work from Elizabethtown College and is currently pursuing Waldorf Teacher Training at Sunbridge Institute. She was lucky enough to discover Waldorf Education during her undergraduate studies and had the wonderful opportunity to complete her student teaching internship in third grade and then work as an assistant last year in first grade at the Susquehanna Waldorf School in Lancaster, Pennsylvania. Upon graduating from Elizabethtown College this past spring, Celia moved from Philadelphia to Massachusetts to take her first class on an adventure through the grades. What an adventure it has been so far! In her free time, Celia enjoys reading, painting, handwork, and hiking with friends and family.

Jessalyn Hall attended the University of Massachusetts at Amherst earning her B.A. with a dual focus in Anthropology and Comparative Mythology. She fell in love with class teaching at a Waldorf Charter School in Arizona, teaching grades 1-3, before moving to New York and continuing in grades 5-8. Jessalyn holds a MEd in Waldorf Education from Sunbridge College. In addition to Waldorf, Jessalyn has completed her Montessori teacher training and co-taught in Montessori elementary classrooms. In both Waldorf and Montessori schools, Jessalyn has worked as a math specialist, developing mathematics curriculum. She brings a sense of wonder and delight in learning to work with her students.

Danielle has her Masters in Education and Child Development from Tufts University from where she also earned her undergraduate degree with a major in French and studio art.  She studied experiential education with the School for International Training in Toulouse, France, where she lived for three years leading hands-on learning excursions for American college students as well as teaching English to French children and executives. Danielle brings a wealth of teaching experience as a lead teacher in both private and public schools and has worked professionally in the field of teacher education as well. She has special interest and expertise in teaching foundational reading, writing, and mathematics skills to a wide range of learners, and has special training in children’s social-emotional learning as well. Her goal is to help students see their own amazing strengths while building their skills and confidence step by step in areas that challenge them. 

Prior to joining us at WSMF, Danielle was a teacher at Glen Urquhart School where she served for eight years. She also taught for seven years in the Brookline public schools, including one year as an elementary math specialist. Danielle was first introduced to our school when she attended parent-child classes as a new mom. Her interdisciplinary teaching style, meaningful relationships with students, collaboration with parents, and desire to be part of a close-knit community all drew her back to WSMF. 

Heather Collis Puro received her B.A. in Political Science and English from the University of Richmond in 1990. She received her handwork teacher certificate from the Applied Arts Program in Spring Valley, NY in 2015. Heather and her family discovered the Waldorf School at Moraine Farm in 2000 when she began Parent and Child classes with her son. Heather joined the faculty as the handwork teacher in 2017 and now teaches in Grades 1-8. Ms. Collis Puro learned to knit, sew and embroider at an early age and takes every opportunity to add to her repertoire of handwork. She is on the faculty of the Applied Arts Training Program, a four year certificate course for handwork teachers. Heather has served the school in many capacities over the years, including as Faculty Trustee on the Board, member and Chair of the Faculty Management Group (now the Leadership Circle) as well as serving as the Interim Director of Faculty and Administration for the 2019-2020 school year.

Deann Reyes-Wangh has a bachelor’s degree in Criminal Justice Studies with an emphasis in mathematics from Arizona State University and a Masters of Education in Middle School Mathematics from Cambridge College in Charsletown, MA. Most recently, Deann taught math at the Waldorf School of Garden City in Garden City, NY.  Deann has 10+ years of teaching experience in middle school math. Growing up, Deann was an avid soccer player and continued her love for the sport at the college level.  She now thoroughly enjoys coaching soccer and softball. Deann resides in Beverly with her wife and 2 children. Deann is a member of the school’s Faculty Management Group.

​After obtaining her B.A. from the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Marshunda began teaching and discovered a love of conducting and teaching music! She earned a Master’s degree in Orchestral Conducting with an emphasis in Music Education at the University of Southern Maine.

While in Maine, she conducted the Odeon Youth Orchestra as well as guest conducted at various music festivals. She was inspired to help co-found and conduct the No-Name Orchestra of Boston, granting musicians a chance to play a concerto or other solo work with a full orchestra. The conductor, soloist, and orchestra perform a work for the first time upon meeting each other with no rehearsals. No-Name Orchestra is now in its 6th year since being founded and gives at least 3 performances each year around the Boston metro area.

In February of 2018, Marshunda guest conducted the North Shore Philharmonic Orchestra and made history by becoming the orchestra’s second female conductor in 20 years and the first African American to conduct the orchestra in its 70-year history! In the same year, she created the Coquettish Dances program and recorded and released the Coquettish Dances album.

​Currently, Marshunda is working on several musical endeavors titled “The Marshunda Project presents”. The first Marshunda Project premiered on October 5, 2019. She conducted and premiered new works by a local composer as well as brought forth works for chamber orchestra from composers who aren’t well known. Because of the success of the first project concert, Marshunda is creating a series of concerts. “Il Violoncello Italiano” and “Second-Hand Melodies” are two concerts that are coming up in the near future

Andrea grew up in Ecuador and has recently become a US citizen. She is a native Spanish speaker and looks forward to bringing elements of the culture of her childhood along with her while teaching our students