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Ms. Pegah Firoozi - Site Director
I am a dreamer. I realized many years ago that the best and most effective way to make
a difference in the world is through children. I am a mother of two whom have inspired
me to finally get in the field that I have always had passion for since I were very young. I
have a bachelor of science in Business Administration/ Business Information Systems,
seven years of experience in childcare, 6 years in management and 2 year as a school
director. My mission is to create a very loving, peaceful, healthy and educationally fun
environment for children of all different backgrounds. I would like to help parents, grow
as well as the children. The first few years of a child's life are the most important years,
developmentally. I believe that all the rights and wrongs we experience throughout our
adulthood are somehow linked to our experiences during the first few years of our lives.
I believe that we dance to the tune that the environment we live in or the circumstances
around us, play. What is special about IQ Academy is that all of us, teachers and staff,
share the same mission. I look forward to the relationship with every single parent and
child that walks through IQ Academy.
I am a dreamer. I realized many years ago that the best and most effective way to make
a difference in the world is through children. I am a mother of two whom have inspired
me to finally get in the field that I have always had passion for since I were very young. I
have a bachelor of science in Business Administration/ Business Information Systems,
seven years of experience in childcare, 6 years in management and 2 year as a school
director. My mission is to create a very loving, peaceful, healthy and educationally fun
environment for children of all different backgrounds. I would like to help parents, grow
as well as the children. The first few years of a child's life are the most important years,
developmentally. I believe that all the rights and wrongs we experience throughout our
adulthood are somehow linked to our experiences during the first few years of our lives.
I believe that we dance to the tune that the environment we live in or the circumstances
around us, play. What is special about IQ Academy is that all of us, teachers and staff,
share the same mission. I look forward to the relationship with every single parent and
child that walks through IQ Academy.
MS. Maryam Akbarshahi - Lead Teacher
Ms. Maryam is a dedicated wife and mother, a passionate teacher, and an educator at
heart whom has dedicated her whole life to education. She has a bachelor degree in
philosophy, teaching at high schools for 14 years before she moved to Sweden and
received Montessori certification for early childhood education. She worked as a
teacher in Sweden public school system for eight years. She moved to United States
and continued educating children of 2 through 6 years of age for the last 10 years.
Her special training and experience is in after school programs and special education
working with children of different backgrounds. Maryam not only teaches children but
because of her effective ways with small children she finds herself educating their
parents. Her strong background in child psychology and many years of experience
working with small children, not to mention her passion and energy, has been a reason
for her success in her personal and professional life.
Ms. Maryam is a dedicated wife and mother, a passionate teacher, and an educator at
heart whom has dedicated her whole life to education. She has a bachelor degree in
philosophy, teaching at high schools for 14 years before she moved to Sweden and
received Montessori certification for early childhood education. She worked as a
teacher in Sweden public school system for eight years. She moved to United States
and continued educating children of 2 through 6 years of age for the last 10 years.
Her special training and experience is in after school programs and special education
working with children of different backgrounds. Maryam not only teaches children but
because of her effective ways with small children she finds herself educating their
parents. Her strong background in child psychology and many years of experience
working with small children, not to mention her passion and energy, has been a reason
for her success in her personal and professional life.
Ms. Usha Ganeshan - Lead Teacher
Ms. Usha is an exceptional and qualified Montessori with 13 years of teaching
experience. She was trained at the German Academy for Developmental
Rehabilitation in Munich as a Montessori therapist for children with special needs
and received her Montessori Diploma from AMI in 1996. She is also teacher of
German as a Foreign Language. Usha attended a program called, “Teaching children
with specific learning difficulties” at Hornsby International Dyslexia Centre in
London , and has participated in numerous seminars and workshops in India ,
Germany , Great Britain , Italy and USA from 1997-2007. After working in India for
six years, Usha relocated herself to USA in 2002 where she well-known in the
community as an outstanding and sought after teacher of the Montessori Method
for young children.
Ms. Usha is an exceptional and qualified Montessori with 13 years of teaching
experience. She was trained at the German Academy for Developmental
Rehabilitation in Munich as a Montessori therapist for children with special needs
and received her Montessori Diploma from AMI in 1996. She is also teacher of
German as a Foreign Language. Usha attended a program called, “Teaching children
with specific learning difficulties” at Hornsby International Dyslexia Centre in
London , and has participated in numerous seminars and workshops in India ,
Germany , Great Britain , Italy and USA from 1997-2007. After working in India for
six years, Usha relocated herself to USA in 2002 where she well-known in the
community as an outstanding and sought after teacher of the Montessori Method
for young children.
