Having been Montessori-educated herself, Amy received her American Montessori Society 3-6 Primary certification from Lander University and served as a Primary Directress at Five Oaks Academy from 2005-2008. After her son was born in 2008, Amy became a guest lecturer for parent education workshops at Five Oaks Academy and designed Montessori materials that she sold around the world. In 2012, Amy illustrated a children’s book entitled Am I Like My Daddy? published by Bronze Man Books. As a guest artist, she shared her illustration process with Five Oaks Academy students.
When her children were old enough to attend Five Oaks, Amy returned to FOA in 2013 as the Co-Lead Toddler Program Directress and Creativity Program Directress. In 2015, she joined the Upper Elementary team as the Lead Upper Elementary Program Directress and obtained her Upper Elementary Montessori Certification from the North American Montessori Center in Canada. In 2019, Amy joined the FOA administrative team, while continuing to share Creativity lessons with students and serving as FOA’s Curriculum Coordinator.
In 2025, Amy began as Assistant Director as well as Lead Creativity/Art Program Directress for the Primary through Middle School program levels; she has been active in the integration of STEAM into the curriculum at Five Oaks. Amy is a member of the Curriculum Council and the FOA Think Tank Committee, and she is affiliated with the South Carolina Montessori Alliance (SCMA). She has presented at SCMA and American Montessori Society regional conferences.
Amy received a BFA degree in Fine Art with an interdisciplinary degree in Art Therapy from Millikin University in Decatur, Illinois; she received a Master’s degree in Modern & Contemporary Art History from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Amy has previously served as an Artist-in-Residence at Hope Montessori Infant-Toddler Community and Hope Montessori Preschool in St. Louis, Missouri, as Education Director at the Anderson County Arts Center in Anderson, South Carolina, and as an Adjunct Art History Instructor at Anderson University in South Carolina. Finally, Amy is a proud parent of two Five Oaks Academy graduates.
