Our Teachers

Anu has deep passion and love for furthering education in young children. Her ambition is to make a difference through the S.T.E.A.M. program of Goddard and make the San Clemente location a one-stop children's center. Anu brings to the school her natural love and playfulness with children and a sociable personality combined with proven executive leadership in the computer software industry. Anu and Vikram have raised two wonderful daughters in South Orange County. Travel and education are the family's biggest passions.

Wendy received her college degrees in Early Childhood Education, Psychology, Human Development, and Anthropology. She began working in Early Childhood Education in 2013, at Mira Costa College Child Development Center, teaching STEAM learning and language development to infants and toddlers and since, cannot imagine that there is any career out there that she could enjoy more. She enjoys working with children of all ages. Wendy has worked in Reggio Emilia and Waldorf inspired school settings. She enjoys incorporating music, science, multi-language learning, and play into every learning opportunity. Wendy's favorite classroom experiences are hands-on, deeply-explored investigations that drive children of any age to ask the question, “Why?” Wendy considers herself a perpetual student and loves bringing new knowledge that she acquires directly into the classrooms. She could not be happier to have joined the Goddard Team!

Bertha has been working in the field of early childhood education for more than twenty-five years. She has two adult children and two handsome grandsons. Teaching has always been her passion. She received her education in Human Development from Saddleback College and has loved working with young children, teaching them patience, love, and independence, and treating and caring for each child as if they were her own.

Ms. Bethania has her Bachelor's Degree in Secondary Spanish Teaching form the Dominican Republic. She is also credentialed in Infant/Toddler care as well as Preschool. Teaching is a family vocation , as all of her aunts are teachers and she grew up watching them teach. She also enjoyed substituting for her aunts before becoming a teacher. She loves the children and likes to take advantage of every opportunity to teach them something new. Bethania moved to the United States in 2021. She has a little dog, Lucky, who is the joy of her house. In her free time, she loves to read and spend time with her family.

Ms. Kylie has been teaching since 2021. She has experience working with ages varying from 6 weeks to school age. She has taught in Montessori and Waldorf settings. She loves reading and painting in her free time and loves sharing stories and art activities with the children.

Ms. Liza has an internationally accredited B.A. degree with a major in English as a Second Language and a minor in Secondary Education. Ms. Liza feels that being a significant part of nurturing individuals who will potentially contribute to the betterment of societies and the world is a huge calling and one with incredible passion and strong determination. Her vision for the children is to learn virtues of kindness, love, and compassion in tandem with academics. She considers all children unique and to discover and develop their intrinsic abilities and gifts is something that thrills her to a degree of enthusiasm that transcends inspiration.

Ms. Yesenia loves working with children and has been doing so since 2010. She has a five year old daughter, two cats, and a new dog. Yesenia and her husband enjoy being foster parents and recently renewed their license. She lives in Lake Elsinore but enjoys the drive to San Clemente because she really loves working with the kiddos in her classroom.

Sarahi grew up in Dana Point and moved to San Clemente when she was eight years old. She loves working with kids because they always know how to put a smile on her face. She loves playing and making her friends laugh. In her free time, Sarahi loves going to the beach and taking her dogs on hikes.