Our teaching team is the heart that sustains Allegra every day.
We are a team trained in Waldorf and Montessori pedagogy, a combination that allows us to integrate the warmth, deep respect for rhythms and a carefully prepared environment typical of a Montessori and Waldorf school.
Our team specializes in respectful early childhood education and active pedagogies.
We experience education as a conscious vocation, not as a job, but as a real commitment to childhood.
Each one brings her own story, her own journey and her own sensitivity, but we share the same perspective: a vision of childhood as a sacred, unique and unrepeatable stage.
That coherence is what gives solidity to the educational project.
We firmly believe in continuous learning. We continue to deepen our knowledge and stay up-to-date in both Waldorf and Montessori, because we understand education as a living, constantly evolving path.
But beyond training and experience, what truly defines our team is the way we see each child. We look at who they are, what they need, how they express themselves, and we support their development through presence and attentive listening. Every gesture, every word, and every suggestion is carefully considered with love and respect, without haste or pressure, honoring the unique rhythm of each child's development.
“When I began my teaching career, I felt a very deep impulse to create a space. When I thought about it, I dreamed of a place where children could be freely guided according to their temperament, their family, their life impulses. A perfect place to begin a school life, in society and in community.
In my first year of university, I stumbled upon Waldorf pedagogy and it touched my heart; something told me, "This is it." As soon as I finished my degree, I looked for training and jumped right in.
I worked in public schools and private schools, but I couldn't find anything that resonated with me; something was missing. Finally, an opportunity arose at the Waldorf School of Aravaca. I started in 2003 as a classroom assistant with a group of young children, and the following year I became a tutor. But my desire to create that space remained strong. At the same time, during those years I observed the generational shift in children. Eighteen-month-olds were beginning to seek out the outside world, much more than years before, more social interaction with other children, and perhaps a different rhythm than at home. So I made up my mind and launched the Allegra Educational Project.
The need to transfer this type of educational philosophy to the rest of society has led me to combine my activity as director and teacher of Allegra with teaching, collaborating in the programs of the Waldorf pedagogy training center and participating in its two programs at the La Salle University Center.
Since the 2020/2021 academic year, I have also been the director of the Waldorf School of Aravaca. This allows us to offer a very comprehensive educational program, covering everything from early childhood to secondary school.”
From childhood, I felt a very strong urge to care for young children. My first contact with children was over 17 years ago, when I did my teaching practicum at a school that also included children with special educational needs; this experience made me appreciate the importance of seeing each individual in their uniqueness as a unique human being.
Later, with my specialization in the first cycle of Early Childhood Education, I have had the privilege of accompanying many families in the first years of their children's lives, in those first steps into the world.
Motherhood brought me the gift of being able to stop and continue deepening and growing at the same time as a teacher; and Waldorf pedagogy came into my life at that moment as a gift, a certainty that "this is it," that this holistic view and healthy rhythms allow children to breathe and be themselves.
And as part of the Allegra educational team, asking ourselves questions about what each child who arrives at the school needs, Montessori was a breath of fresh air that made us see that its order and structure could be embraced with Waldorf art and sensitivity in a natural way and with a lot of meaning and heart.
Waldorf pedagogy came to me from a young age: I grew up within its classrooms, from preschool through my second year of high school. My school memories, my first learning experiences, my most significant moments are all imbued with this way of seeing and experiencing life. Waldorf wasn't just the place where I studied; it was the space where I developed as a person. It's part of how I feel, how I understand childhood, and how I exist in the world. That's why, when I teach, I don't just transmit a methodology: I transmit something that has been lived, felt, and experienced throughout my entire life.
Having experienced all stages of my schooling within a Waldorf school allowed me to experience this pedagogy from within, not as a theory, but as a daily practice. I learned to observe, to respect processes, to do a lot of manual and artistic work, and to understand that each person needs their own time to mature. I didn't see it as something extraordinary, but as a natural and coherent way of growing. Over the years, I have come to recognize how much it influenced my way of thinking, feeling, and relating to the world.
I want to share with children the richness of this perspective, to teach them to live from a more conscious, creative, and humane point of view. To show them how authentic the world can be when we learn through respect, wonder, and lived experience.
I am constantly developing my skills in education, delving deeper into both Waldorf pedagogy and Montessori methodology, because I understand that education is a continuous learning process. I am passionate about education and feel a real responsibility to continue growing, broadening my perspective, and enriching my practice.
I've been part of Allegra for three years now, and from day one I felt this was my place. I fell in love with its essence and the way childhood is experienced here. I don't resonate in any other space the way I do in this school. My intention is to stay for many more years, accompanying the children in their first steps and growing alongside this community.
