The Meiers love watching the children at their school smile, laugh, grow and learn. Elizabeth and Martin discovered the value of a safe and nurturing learning environment through their own children's experience at The Goddard School. Before opening the Vine Street location in 2013 their backgrounds were as a lawyer and IT project manager. Operating the City Park West location has been a fulfilling change from their prior careers. Even though the Vine location serves many families who live in Park Hill the Meiers believe that Park Hill / Mayfair area still has a shortage of quality child care.

Heather moved to Colorado from a town right outside of Boston to pursue a college education at the University of Northern Colorado. She holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Elementary Education and is Director Qualified through the state of Colorado. She began her teaching career working under the Montessori philosophy for 5 years as an infant, toddler, and primary teacher. In 2013, she found her forever home in Goddard after falling in love with all that the Goddard program has to offer. She began her administration journey after five dedicated and impactful years in our Goddard classrooms. After being an Assistant Director at our City Park West location for 3 years, she opened the doors of our Park Hill location in 2018 as Director. With her always positive attitude and early childhood expertise, she is a huge support to our teachers, families, and children. She lives in Denver with her husband, Charlie, and two sons, Cody and Colin, who also happily attend the Goddard School Park Hill!

Millicent is originally from Ghana, West Africa. She has her B.A. from the University of Cape Coast in Ghana West Africa. She has been working with kids for almost 10 years. Her passion for kids gained her a place at the Goddard School when she moved from Illinois to Denver. Millicent is amazing with children especially infants. She loves reading, listening to country and gospel music, and she simply loves to clean! Due to her hard work, dedication and reliability, Millicent recently climbed the promotional ladder to the position of an assistant director. To Millie, the sky is the limit.

Miss Amal was originally born in Africa and moved to Colorado in 2006. She earned her Associate's degree in Early Childhood Education from Aurora Community College and has a Bachelor's degree in Social Work. Miss Amal loves working with her Pre-K students and sharing ideas about different cultures. Outside of work, Miss Amal loves traveling with her three children.

Education: Child Development Associate Keisha is from Denver Colorado. She has been working with children since the age of 16! She began babysitting, and eventually got her CDA and started working in childcare. Working with children has been a passion for a long time. Keisha has two dogs and loves spending time with them. When she has free time she enjoys relaxing and watching movies.

Miss Nancy is born and raised in Colorado. She has completed coursework in Early Childhood Education to become Lead certified in the State of Colorado. Nancy enjoys teaching and loves seeing her students’ honest reactions. In her free time, she loves having girls’ day activities with her three daughters.

Miss Susan is originally from Ohio and earned her Bachelor’s degree in psychology from Kent State University. She has 12 years of experience teaching. Miss Susan loves seeing smiles on her students’ faces each day. In her free time, she enjoys going to live theater.

Miss Danyale is born and raised in Colorado. She has seven years of teaching experience. Danyale is currently working on her earning her Bachelor’s in Education and plans to specialize in Special Education. She believes in Vygotsky’s Theory of Cognitive Development and understands that every child learns differently. Danyale loves working with children so that she can help shape the leaders of tomorrow.

Ms. Bouchra is originally from Casablanca, Morocco and speaks French, Arabic, and English. She has earned her degree in Arts & Sciences and has worked in the field of Early Childhood Education since 2017. Ms. Bouchra's favorite part of her job is getting to be around all of the different classrooms. Outside of school, she also works at a bakery specializing in Middle Eastern desserts.

Ms. Araceli was born and raised in Mexico City, MX and moved to Denver in 2005. She joins our Goddard family with over 15 years of experience in the Early Childhood Education field! As a mother of five, Ms. Araceli believes in nurturing and developing the skills of all children. In her spare time, she loves exploring the mountains with her family. In the summers, her family spends the weekends hiking, camping and fishing.

Judy is originally from Ohio, but calls Colorado home. She has a degree in Elementary Education and a minor in Bilingual Education. Judy has had lots of experience with young children, including her own, and retired in 2018. She came back out of retirement for her love of children.

Ms. Debra was born and raised right here in Denver, CO. She has an educational background in Early Childhood Art education and has several years of experience in this field. She loves sharing knowledge with her students through literature and hands-on projects. In her spare time, Ms. Debra enjoys ceramics, gardening, crocheting and spending time with family and friends.

Miss Sally is originally from Peoria, Illinois and moved to Colorado in 1983. She has her Bachelors’ degree in Physical Education from ECE-12th, Early Childhood Education endorsement, through 3rd grade, and a Masters’ degree in Counseling. Sally is passionate about working with children, especially the little ones! She enjoys seeing the looks on their faces when they learn something new.

Ms. Sandra is originally from Chicago, Illinois and moved to Denver in 1999. Ms. Sandra has worked with children for over 13 years! She is passionate about caring for her students and loves to incorporate her native language, Spanish, when singing songs and teaching new vocabulary. In her spare time, Ms. Sandra loves spending time with her two sons and travelling.

Ms. Tonya joins our Goddard family with over 22 years of experience in the early education field. Her favorite part of teaching is making her students in our Hiking Honeybees classroom smile and laugh. She holds a Pyramid Plus certificate, and has completed coursework in early childhood education. In her spare time, she loves to relax, spend time in nature and visit her grandchildren.

Miss Diamond is from Denver, Colorado. She has been working with children since her young age by taking care of kids of friends and families and it was always her dream to pursue a career in childcare. Miss Diamond enjoys reading, drawing and painting in her free time. She joined the Goddard Park Hill family in 2022 and she is looking forward to many more years with the wonderful family she says.

Ms. Leslie is from a small city in California’s Central Valley and moved to Denver this year! She graduated from UC Irvine, earning her Bachelor’s degree in Education Sciences, minoring in English and Psychology. Ms. Leslie loves how curious her students are and helping to guide their exploration of learning. In her spare time, Leslie enjoys embroidering, skateboarding, and playing the Ukulele!

Pamela is from Denver, Colorado and joined our Goddard family in 2019. She enjoys working with kids because of the joy they bring to her when she works with them. Pamela loves learning about all the different personalities of her students.

Miss Gwen is a native of Colorado. She has been with the Goddard school for a year now and her passion for babies won her a place in the infants room. Miss Gwen loves nurturing and caring for babies and she always says her skills are best suited for the infants room. Bowling, cooking, watching movies and collecting plants are her ways of relaxing. She loves getting together with her family enjoying some sea food.

Jillian's passion for teaching began in New Hampshire in 2003. She went to college in Florida for Environmental Science and Early Childhood Education. In 2011 She moved to Vail, CO to continue her teaching career. Jillian’s teaching style is exploration based which focuses on STEAM principles. She teaches many sciences using her home-made bubble solution and tools. In her free time Jillian enjoys playing outdoors; hiking, camping or doing water activities. She also has fun working on her off-road toys, her jeep and snowmobile, which she uses to explore Colorado’s great outdoors.

Ms. Emonie was born and raised right here in Denver, Colorado! She has previous experience in working with students from K-8. Ms. Emonie loves learning from her students to guide instruction and building strong relationships with families. She loves being a teacher because each day is different and she wants to make a difference in their lives! In her spare time, she enjoys reading, music, dancing, and spending time with her nieces and nephews.

Ms. Anusha was born and raised in Nepal and moved to the US in February of 2020. She earned her Bachelor's degree in Agriculture and is currently working on her Nursing degree. Ms. Anusha enjoys working in the Early Childhood field and hopes to work in Pediatric Health care after completing her degree. In her spare time, she rights social issue articles in her native language, travelling, and cooking.

Miss Heather is a Colorado Native! She has been an early childhood teacher for three years. She is currently working on obtaining the Child Development Associate (CDA) at Red Rocks Community College. Miss Heather loves to travel with her husband, family and her dog named Koda.

Miss Kimberly was born and raised in Denver , Colorado. She joined the Goddard family because of her love for children. She loves bonding with kids and loves seeing how they learn new things daily. In her spare time, she likes to go out with family and friends.

Veronica (Véronique) Koken was born in Brazil of European ancestry. She resided in many continents working in various careers, but education has always been a major part of her life. She earned a B.A in International Studies and a M.S in Aeronautics, and became Captain and Aerospace Educator in the US Air Force Auxiliary; taught at NASA; and was President and Flight Coach of a space training center. After retiring, she became an Accredited Lead Educator and Master Life Coach, and is working towards a Behavior Technician certification. In her free time, she likes to focus on her family, nature, technology, music, and motorcycle racing.

Cameron is born and raised in Colorado state! She attended college at the University of Missouri and has experience working as a preschool teacher and infant caregiver. Cameron loves teaching because it provides opportunities to help children grow and learn to explore their worlds. In her spare time, she enjoys reading, knitting, skiing and baking as well as spending time with her family and friends.

Ms. Riana was born and raised in New York City and moved to Denver in 2020. In addition to ten years of teaching experience, she has earned her Bachelor's degree in English Language Arts as well as her Master's degree Early Childhood Education! Ms. Riana's passion for teaching comes from seeing her students have a 'Eureka!' moment when they master a skill. In her spare time, she enjoys going to baseball games and seeing live music, especially Taylor Swift!

Miss Mabel is originally from Nicaragua. She loves to watch and guide the children in her care as they learn new things everyday and explore their surroundings. In her spare time, Miss Mabel enjoys listening to all kinds of music.

Miss Nancy was born in Chicago Illinois. Her family moved back to Mexico when she was 3 years and in 1999 they returned to the United States, Denver, Colorado. Nancy is a mother of 8 adorable kids. She loves to work hard and treat everyone with respect. She enjoys working with children which she finds very interesting and fun.

Ms. Zoe is a Colorado native and grew up right here in Park Hill! She earned her Bachelor's degree in Psychology from CU Boulder. Ms. Zoe began her teaching journey abroad in Thailand where she taught preschool and second grade classrooms. After returning to the US, she continued to advance her career by earning her CDA. In her spare time, she enjoys hiking and camping with her husband and dog, Frankie, and her son, Ollie.

Miss Stephanie was born in Denver, Colorado but grew up in Mexico. After she finished school, she came back to the United States. She gained experience working with children when she started taking care of her cousins, nephews and brothers. Miss Stephanie enjoys playing with children, teaching them Spanish, and guiding them in their education. In her free time, she likes going to the movies, taking care of her plants, and spending time with family and friends.

Miss Beatrix is originally from Denver, Colorado. She has been working with kids for over 5 years. Miss Beatrix loves animals! She enjoys being creative and learning new things no matter what it is. She loves to watch the kids in her care when they start to figure out things in the world around them.

Miss Zahra is from Afghanistan. She worked as a teacher for 6 years in Afghanistan before she moved to the United States. She got her degree in language and literature. Miss Zahra likes to be with children and loves to share what she knows with them. She spends her free time with her family and she loves to cook delicious meal for them.

Ms. Deria is a Colorado native! Before joining the Goddard family, Ms. Deria worked in various healthcare settings. She is passionate about working with children and loves to see them grow each day. In her free time, Ms. Deria loves spending time with her family, shopping, and watching crime shows