Ms. Ally has always known that she wanted to work with children. She loves teaching them and watching them grow. This all began when she babysat the neighbor’s children as a young teenager. When she was old enough to get a job, she searched through the local preschools and found Mt. Olympus. She started working at Mt. Olympus 13 years ago. It immediately felt like an instant family. As her family started to grow and changes occurred in her life, she sadly had to leave Mt. Olympus when her family moved across the country. Ms. Ally spent the next 11 years being a stay-at-home mom to four beautiful kids. After several moves, she ended up back in Utah. When she was ready to return to work, the first place that came to mind was Mt. Olympus. Over the last year and a half Mt. Olympus has become her second family once again. She absolutely loves the staff and families.

Over the past year, she has grown in her positions of assistant teacher and lead teacher. Her ability to understand what the children want and how best to take care of them comes from her experience with her own children. Therefore, when the Assistant Director position became available, she knew this would be a great opportunity for her to share her love for all the children in the school. She is excited to be able to help in every classroom in our center and get to know all the kids. She is eager to help support our amazing staff and wonderful parents. Currently, Ms. Ally holds a National Administrator's Credential.

Ms. Yolanda has been with Mt. Olympus for eight years. She is originally from Oceanside, California. Her family moved to Virginia before settling in Utah in 1994. This is her first job in childcare. She absolutely loves it, especially working with the babies! Currently, she is working on obtaining her Child Development Associates (CDA), and hopes to complete that within the year. Ms. Yolanda is married with four beautiful children.

Ms. Yanni (Jenny) was born in China and moved to Utah three years ago with her family. Before moving to America, she worked with young children for four years. She loves working with kids because seeing them play and smile brings her great joy. Ms. Yanni has been married for six years and has one son named William; Billy for short. He is the light of their lives. 

Ms. Guadalupe was born in Mexico and moved to Utah when she was 15 years old. She has been the Lead Toddler Teacher at Mt. O for the past six years, and has over 16 years of experience working with children. She is at Level 8 on the Utah Early Childhood Education Career Ladder and has her Child Development Associates (CDA). Ms. Lupe loves working with children because she feels it is such a rewarding job. It is a wonderful feeling for her to see the children learn and grow. She is married and has two boys of her own: Andres; 12, and Ivan; 7. Their favorite thing to do as a family is go to the movies.

Ms. Brandy has worked at Mt. Olympus for the past eight years. She is currently at a level 3 on the Utah Career Ladder and is close to obtaining her Child Development Associates (CDA). She loves working with children. Her favorite things about her job is watching the little ones grow and seeing their personalities develop. In her free time, she can be found camping, hiking, fishing, and enjoying the outdoors looking for scenes to photograph. Most of all, she loves spending time with her six year old son and her family.

We’re so excited to welcome Ms. Katelyn to Mount Olympus this year! Ms. Katelyn has always had a passion for working with children and helping them grow. She earned her Child Development Associates in 2018 and enjoys learning new things about children and their learning styles.  She has worked with many age groups from Infants to Kindergarten. She has been a Twos teacher for the past 3 years and loves it. Her favorite part about it is watching them grow and meet their milestones! In her free time, she enjoys spending time with friends, family, crafting and painting. 

Ms. Rachelle has been working at Mt. Olympus for over a year now. This is her first official job in childcare. She is currently working on obtaining her Associates Degree in Social Work. Her goal is to earn her Masters Degree in Social Work. Ms. Rachelle has a five year old son named Lyle who will be attending Kindergarten in the fall. Rachelle is very artistic. In her free time, she loves working on art projects. She is also in the Utah Fire Tribe. She is very dedicated to her friends and family, and enjoys spending time with them whenever possible.

Ms. Sarah is an assistant teacher in our Two's class. She adores them and all of the funny things they say! She loves to come up with fun activities and messy projects. In her free time, Ms. Sarah enjoys spending time with her four adult children and her granddaughter, Willow. She also enjoys paddle boarding with her daughters.

Ms. Jolie just recently moved to Salt Lake City from St. George, where she was born and raised. She has worked in childcare before, teaching swim lessons at a Montessori school and nannying. Jolie loves to spend time with children of all ages and hopes to provide the kids with a safe and educational learning environment. In her free time, she loves to read and spend time in the sunshine, bake cookies and hang out with family and friends.

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Ms. Kiersten recently graduated with her Bachelor’s Degree from the University of Utah in Human Development with an emphasis in Early Childhood Education. She has been working with children in an educational setting for two and a half years. She has been at Mt. Olympus since 2018. She loves watching and helping the kids continually learn and develop. In her spare time, Ms. Kiersten enjoys reading and painting.

Ms. Taylor was born in Mesa, Arizona and lived in Colorado for nearly 20 years. She loved Colorado so much, but knew that there was another path out there, and it led her to Salt Lake City in 2017. She has loved exploring Utah and getting to know so many wonderful people. She feels truly blessed for the friendships and associations that have come into her life! Ms. Taylor has been in the Early Childhood Education field since 2014 and recently earned her Child Development Associates credential in June. She has a big passion for teaching and is fulfilled when working with children on a daily basis! She hopes to provide a safe, happy and experience-rich environment for the children in her care. More than anything, she wants to impact children in a positive way that will open up new opportunities and experiences for them in the future!

She loves to laugh and have fun with those around her! She finds joy in the little things in life because those make up the much bigger picture in the end. She loves to bake (and loves watching “The Great British Baking Show”), draw, write and sing! Being creative is the best! Mermaids, rings, cookies, and makeup are a few of her favorite things.

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Ms. Tammy is in her second year teaching at Mt. Olympus and is a wonderful "quaran-teacher"! She has a passion for development. Graduating with a degree in Psychology from Westminster in 2004, she has spent most of her time in government and the private sector. With her two children now in school, she decided it was time to do something for herself and become a teacher. She is excited to watch her class grow, learn, and create excitement about education.

When she isn't in the classroom, Tammy loves RV camping with her family, walking her dogs, and indulging in new foods.

Miss Ana was born in Mexico but has lived in Utah for 19 years. She has worked for the After School Program in the Salt Lake City School District for three years with ages kindergarten through six grade as a group leader and also a sub coordinator. Miss Ana loves crafts, spending time with family and her two dogs. 

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