Staff
Tots Academy staff
As a licensed Home Day Care all the staff of our facility counts with:
- Background checks
- High School Diploma
- Programmatic Experience
- Personal References
- Current First AID/CPR certification
- Tuberculosis screening
- Each year 16+ hours of training in childhood related topics
Director/owner
Mrs. Isabel Shanghai
I obtained my bachelor’s degree in Early Childhood Development. I am fluent in English and Spanish, and my curriculum is designed to engage children in both languages. I have over 12 years of experience working with children 0 to 5 years old and am passionate about bringing that experience to everyone I teach. I am MAT certified. In 2021 I obtained my diploma in Child Day Care Management, and permanently, I am taking different pieces of training to bring the children the best education possible.
The Goal of Early Childhood Education should be to activate the child's own natural desire to learn.
-Maria Montessori-
Assistant Teacher/Substitute
Ms. Michelle Feggans.
I have been working with children since 2003. I love working with children even though I do not have any children of my own, and I have two nephews and one niece that I treat like they are my own. I have worked with ages six weeks to 16 years old. I love seeing what children learn from what you teach them and believe it or not, children teach you as well. My mom was in the military, so as a child, I traveled a lot to countries such as Germany, where I learned to speak a little bit of Germany and within the United States (California, Texas, Louisiana, Tennessee, Florida, and Georgia).
I obtained my CDA and I am learning Spanish.
Assistant teacher/Cook
Ms. Ximena Yepez
I am a mom of 3 and grandma of 9 children and I love to bring smiles to each children every day like they are my own. I am in charge of cook nutritional meals to the children and find the way to make these meals enjoyable. In my free time I enjoy creating healthy treats for the children.
Kids who are fed healthy foods, grow up loving healthy food.