Teachers & Staff
Ms. Patti
Childcare/Teaching Experience: 15 years
Education: Bachelor’s Degree in English/Elementary Education
Favorite Thing About Working with Children: Getting to see the smiles on each of their faces each and every morning as they enter our school!
Favorite Children’s Book: Where the Wild Things Are by Maurice Sendak
Favorite Holiday: Christmas
Favorite Family Tradition: Celebrating Christmas Eve with family
Languages Spoken in the Home: English
In My Personal Time, I Like To: I enjoy spending time with my son and daughter, exploring new adventures with family, reading and baking!
Ms. Ashanti
Child Care/Teaching Experience: Seven years
Education: Criminal Justice & Childcare
Favorite Thing About Working with Children: I love watching them grow and learn
Favorite Children’s Book: Where the Wild Things Are by Maurice Margolis
Favorite Holiday: Christmas
Other Significant Cultural Celebrations in Your Home: Ramadan
Favorite Family Tradition: Celebrating Thanksgiving and Christmas
Languages Spoken in the Home: English and Spanish
Pets in the Home: Leopard Gecko & Angelfish
In My Personal Time, I Like To: Shop and hanging out with my loved ones!
Chef Emely
Child Care/Teaching Experience: 10 years
Education: High School Diploma
Favorite Thing About Working with Children: Seeing their smiles each day
Favorite Children’s Book: Pete the Cat by Eric Litwin
Favorite Holiday: Christmas
Languages Spoken in the Home: Spanish and English
In My Personal Time, I Like To: Go to the gym, hike, travel, and eat!
Ms. Tiannah
Child Care/Teaching Experience: Ten years
Education: Bachelors in Psychology from Rutgers University
Favorite Thing About Working with Children: Influencing the future working in a fun and creative setting
Favorite Children’s Book: Giraffe’s Can’t Dance by Giles Andreae
Favorite Holiday: Christmas
Favorite Family Tradition: Christmas Ornament Exchange
Languages Spoken in the Home: English
In My Personal Time, I Like To: Paint!
Ms. Ebony
Child Care/Teaching Experience: 21 years
Education: Human Development and Early Childhood Education
Favorite Thing About Working with Children: Watching them learn and grow, and seeing the joy they bring when they are proud of their accomplishments
Favorite Children’s Book: Pete the Cat; I Love My White Shoes by Eric Litwin
Favorite Holiday: My birthday
Other Significant Cultural Celebrations in Your Home: Christmas, Thanksgiving, and Easter
Favorite Family Tradition: During the Christmas season my family have gingerbread contest and I win every year
Languages Spoken in the Home: English
In My Personal Time, I Like To: Spend time with my family as well as shop, exercise, skate, do hair, craft, and read!
Ms. Tiffany
Child Care/Teaching Experience: Three years as a Pre-K teacher and one year as an ABA therapist working with children with disabilities.
Education: Bachelors Degree in Psychology from Rowan University and an Associates Degree in Elementary Education
Favorite Thing About Working with Children: You can be silly all the time.
Favorite Children’s Book: Where the Wild Things Are by Maurice Sendak
Favorite Holiday: Halloween
Other Significant Cultural Celebrations in Your Home: Christmas
Favorite Family Tradition: Celebrating holidays together
Languages Spoken in the Home: English
Pets in the Home: Two cats; Charlie and Cali
In My Personal Time, I Like To: Hang out with my family and bake!
Ms. Danielle
Child Care/Teaching Experience: Fifteen years
Education: Degree in Human Services
Favorite Thing About Working with Children: I love watching the children learn and grow.
Favorite Children’s Book: Oh, the Places You’ll Go by Dr. Seuss
Favorite Holiday: Christmas
Favorite Family Tradition: Christmas Eve pajama party
Languages Spoken in the Home: English
In My Personal Time, I Like To: spend time with my family!
Ms. Francis
Education: Currently working on my CDA
Favorite Thing About Working with Children: Seeing the children accomplish new things
Favorite Children’s Book: Chicka, Chicka, Boom, Boom by Bill Martin
Favorite Holiday: Christmas
Favorite Family Tradition: Thanksgiving and sharing the blessings we had throughout the year
Languages Spoken in the Home: Spanish and English
Pets in the Home: Puppy named Zoe
In My Personal Time, I Like To: Listen to music, try new desert recipes!
Ms. Joanne
Child Care/Teaching Experience: Over 25 years
Education: B.A. Elementary Education from Rowan University and M.A. in Education from Stockton University
Favorite Thing About Working with Children: Seeing them grow socially and academically
Favorite Children’s Book: The Giving Tree by Shel Silverstein
Favorite Holiday: St. Patrick’s Day
Other Significant Cultural Celebrations in Your Home: Christmas and Easter
Favorite Family Tradition: Birthdays and St. Patrick’s Day
Languages Spoken in the Home: English
Pets in the Home: Cat named Shashone
In My Personal Time, I Like To: Paint pictures, play music, and garden!
Ms. Heather
Child Care/Teaching Experience: Three years
Education: Social Services
Favorite Thing About Working with Children: Seeing them grow and develop their personality is the most rewarding about children
Favorite Holiday: Easter
Other Significant Cultural Celebrations in Your Home: Christmas, NYE and Halloween
Favorite Family Tradition: Opening gifts at midnight on Christmas Eve
Languages Spoken in the Home: English
In My Personal Time, I Like To: Go for a walk with my children and journal!
Ms. Jenna
Child Care/Teaching Experience: Seven years in childcare
Education: Bachelor’s Degree
Favorite Thing About Working with Children: The joy I see on their face when they complete something they have been working towards
Favorite Children’s Book: Love You Forever by Robert Munsch
Favorite Holiday: Thanksgiving
Other Significant Cultural Celebrations in Your Home: My family celebrates the Seven Fishes on Christmas Eve.
Favorite Family Tradition: Vacationing with my family in Aruba
Languages Spoken in the Home: English
In My Personal Time, I Like To: Read!
Ms. Paula
Child Care/Teaching Experience: 14 years
Education: Associates in Early Childhood Education
Favorite Thing About Working with Children: When they are excited, happy and eager to learn, play, and dance. It shows me that they are content and feel safe at school.
Favorite Children’s Book: Possum Come a Knockin’ by Nancy Van Laan
Favorite Holiday: Christmas
Favorite Family Tradition: We grew up celebrating Christmas on Christmas Eve and have continued this tradition with our families.
Languages Spoken in the Home: English
Pets in the Home: Fish
In My Personal Time, I Like To: Spend time with my family especially exploring the outdoors and reading!
Ms. Sydney
Child Care/Teaching Experience: Five years
Education: Rutgers University; Galen College of Nursing
Favorite Thing About Working with Children: Watching them grow and develop new skills.
Favorite Children’s Book: The Giving Tree by Shel Silverstein
Favorite Holiday: Christmas
Other Significant Cultural Celebrations in Your Home: I am Haitian, so we have a specific New Years celebration.
Favorite Family Tradition: None, but I enjoy spending quality time with my family.
Languages Spoken in the Home: English and Creole
Pets in the Home: Dog named Parker Flynn Camper
In My Personal Time, I Like To: Play softball and cook!
Ms. Deborah
Child Care/Teaching Experience: Five years
Education: Currently attending
Favorite Thing About Working with Children: Seeing them hit their milestones every step of the way.
Favorite Children’s Book: The Very Hungry Caterpillar by Eric Carle
Favorite Holiday: Christmas and Easter
Favorite Family Tradition: Annual Christmas Eve Party
Languages Spoken in the Home: English
Pets in the Home: Three cats; Baby, Linus and Lucy
In My Personal Time, I Like To: read and hangout with friends!
Ms. Ziveilszchka
Child Care/Teaching Experience: Three years
Favorite Thing About Working with Children: Seeing all of the different personalities and contributing to their development
Favorite Children’s Book: If You Give a Mouse a Cookie by Laura Numeroff
Favorite Holiday: Thanksgiving, I love being around family and eating good food!
Favorite Family Tradition: Sunday dinner potlucks
Languages Spoken in the Home: English
In My Personal Time, I Like To: Spend time with my son, Cayden, and take him to do fun things!
Ms. Alaya
Child Care/Teaching Experience: Two years
Education: Farleigh Dickinson University
Favorite Thing About Working with Children: Making them laugh
Favorite Children’s Book: Llama, Llama, Red Pajama by Anna Dewdney
Favorite Holiday: Christmas
Other Significant Cultural Celebrations in Your Home: Thanksgiving
Favorite Family Tradition: Game night
Languages Spoken in the Home: English
In My Personal Time, I Like To: Bake and make homemade lemonade
Ms. Grace
Child Care/Teaching Experience: Two years
Education: Associates of Arts in Psychology; Currently pursuing Bachelor’s in Psychology
Favorite Thing About Working with Children: Being able to see them grow and learn their independence.
Favorite Children’s Book: The Monster at the End of This Book by Jon Stone and Pete the Cat, I Love My White Shoes by Eric Litwin
Favorite Holiday: Christmas
Favorite Family Tradition: Christmas at my house as all my extended family comes over super early!
Languages Spoken in the Home: English
In My Personal Time, I Like To: read, go to the gym, go on walks, and spend time with my family!
Ms. Jennifer
Child Care/Teaching Experience: 6+ years
Education: High School; Currently enrolled in CDA
Favorite Thing About Working with Children: Getting to see them learn and grow.
Favorite Children’s Book: The Giving Tree by Shel Silverstein
Favorite Holiday: Christmas
Favorite Family Tradition: Football Sundays and Sunday Lunch
Languages Spoken in the Home: English and Spanish
Pets in the Home: Dog named Khloe (Maltipoo)
In My Personal Time, I Like To: Read books, watch my favorite shows, and go to food festivals!
Ms. Danielle
Child Care/Teaching Experience: 5+ years
Favorite Thing About Working with Children: Seeing them learn, grow and laugh
Favorite Children’s Book: The Pout Pout Fish by Deborah Diesen
Favorite Holiday: Thanksgiving and Christmas
Favorial Family Tradition: Holiday family games
Languages Spoken in the Home: English
Pets in the Home: Cat named Caspain
In My Personal Time, I Like To: Play with my kids, read and write!
Ms. Aliya
Child Care/Teaching Experience: Ten years
Education: Bachelors Degree in Speech Language Pathology
Favorite Thing About Working with Children: I ensure that every child I work with feels consistently heard, supported, and truly valued.
Favorite Children’s Book: I Am Enough by Grace Byers
Favorite Holiday: Christmas
Favorite Family Tradition: Family bible study
Languages Spoken in the Home: English
Pets in the Home: Beta fish named Maria
In My Personal Time, I Like To: Pray, meditating on and reading the Holy Bible!
Ms. Annie
Child Care/Teaching Experience: Twenty years
Education: Associates Degree in Early Childhood Education
Favorite Thing About Working with Children: Experiencing their infectious enthusiasm and the joy on their faces.
Favorite Children’s Book: Any book by Eric Carle
Favorite Holiday: Christmas
Other Significant Cultural Celebrations in Your Home: Chinese New Year and Moon Festival (Mid-Autumn Festival)
Favorite Family Tradition: Taking weekend trips to new places.
Languages Spoken in the Home: English, Mandarin and Taiwanese
In My Personal Time, I Like To: Read, gardening, knitting, crocheting, and walking!
Ms. Linda
Child Care/Teaching Experience: 30 years
Favorite Thing About Working with Children: The ability to impact their lives with a gracious, caring heart, pure honesty and humor.
Favorite Children’s Book: Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See? By Eric Carle
Favorite Holiday: Christmas
Other Significant Cultural Celebrations in Your Home: Christmas, Thanksgiving, Kwanzaa
Favorite Family Tradition: Yearly gatherings
Languages Spoken in the Home: English
Pets in the Home: Titus; a Bishon Poodle
In My Personal Time, I Like To: Read, walk, decorate, and shop!
Ms. Emily
Child Care/Teaching Experience: Two years
Education: Currently attending RCBC for Nursing to be a Labor and Delivery Nurse
Favorite Thing About Working with Children: Teaching them new things, watching them grow and change into little people.
Favorite Children’s Book: Goodnight Moon by Margaret Wise Brown
Favorite Holiday: Easter and Christmas
Favorite Family Tradition: Going to California every Christmas Eve to see my family.
Languages Spoken in the Home: English
In My Personal Time, I Like To: spend time with family and friends, and travel!
Ms. Libby
Child Care/Teaching Experience: Two years
Education: Associate Degree in Business Administration
Favorite Thing About Working with Children: Watching them grow and achieve new milestones.
Favorite Children’s Book: The Rainbow Fish by Marcus Pfister
Favorite Holiday: Christmas
Favorite Family Tradition: Every Christmas eve my mom buys everyone Christmas pajamas. This has always been the first gift we receive.
Languages Spoken in the Home: English
Pets in the Home: Dog named Shaggy and cats named; Lucy, Winnie, Binx, and Oliver
In My Personal Time, I Like To: hike, draw and read!
Ms. Daisy
Child Care/Teaching Experience: 6 years
Education: High School
Favorite Thing About Working with Children: I enjoy reading and engaging in purposeful play with the children in my care
Favorite Children’s Book: You Are My I Love You by Maryann Cusimano
Favorite Holiday: Christmas
Languages Spoken in the Home: English
In My Personal Time, I Like To: Read!
Ms. Gwen
Child Care/Teaching Experience: 30 years with children with disabilities, 6.5 years with Primrose
Education: 3.5 years at Caldwell University
Favorite Thing About Working with Children: The children love unconditionally, seeing them grow into their own unique person
Favorite Children’s Book: Is Your Mama a Llama? By Deborah Guarino
Favorite Holiday: Christmas
Other Significant Cultural Celebrations in Your Home: Birthdays
Favorite Family Tradition: Thanksgiving
Languages Spoken in the Home: English
In My Personal Time, I Like To: Read, shop, go to the movies and concerts!
Franchise Owners
Ankit Patel
Meet Ankit Patel – proud Franchise Owner of Primrose School of Cherry Hill. As a long-time resident of South Jersey, working dad and an experienced business owner, Ankit is thrilled to bring the Primrose Experience of premier early education and care to the families of Cherry Hill.
Ankit first learned about Primrose Schools in 2015 through his friend and hospitality business partner who opened his own Primrose school in Maryland. Both personally understood the toll that the hospitality industry could have on family life, and as an expecting parent, Ankit knew that his next business venture needed to be more family-friendly and allow him to spend time with his wife, Dr. P., and their future children. He noticed a lack of high-quality early education in their local community, so he decided to combine his strong business background with his passion for education and family to open a Primrose school in South Jersey.
“I have lived in South Jersey all my life, and when my wife and I knew we were expecting our first child, we realized we needed to build a stronger foundation for the children in our community, including our own,” said Ankit. “Our community has been lacking in this area, and all children deserve the high-quality early education and care that our Primrose school will provide.”
With experience in operations, development and management, Ankit will be managing the day-to-day operations of the school. His bachelor’s degree in finance from Drexel University in Philadelphia will also help with the business side of the school. As a pediatric hospitalist, Ankit’s wife has a passion for children and their well-being.
“We believe in the research-based Balanced Learning® approach, which encourages curiosity, creativity, confidence and compassion because who children become is as important as what they know,” Ankit said. “Primrose Schools promotes the same nurturing, loving and learning environment I want for my own children, and I can’t wait to see the children and families in our community grow with Primrose.”
Slated to open in early 2018, Primrose School of Cherry Hill will feature the Balanced Learning approach, which nurtures intellectual, creative, physical and social-emotional development. Ankit and Padmavathy’s first child will be one of the first students enrolled in the school, and the family cannot wait to provide the Primrose Experience to the children and families of South Jersey and the greater Philadelphia area.
Primrose School of Cherry Hill is located at 1875 Route 70 East. For more information, visit www.PrimroseCherryHill.com.
Ankit Patel
Meet Ankit Patel – proud Franchise Owner of Primrose School of Cherry Hill. As a long-time resident of South Jersey, working dad and an experienced business owner, Ankit is thrilled to bring the Primrose Experience of premier early education and care to the families of Cherry Hill.
Ankit first learned about Primrose Schools in 2015 through his friend and hospitality business partner who opened his own Primrose school in Maryland. Both personally understood the toll that the hospitality industry could have on family life, and as an expecting parent, Ankit knew that his next business venture needed to be more family-friendly and allow him to spend time with his wife, Dr. P., and their future children. He noticed a lack of high-quality early education in their local community, so he decided to combine his strong business background with his passion for education and family to open a Primrose school in South Jersey.
“I have lived in South Jersey all my life, and when my wife and I knew we were expecting our first child, we realized we needed to build a stronger foundation for the children in our community, including our own,” said Ankit. “Our community has been lacking in this area, and all children deserve the high-quality early education and care that our Primrose school will provide.”
With experience in operations, development and management, Ankit will be managing the day-to-day operations of the school. His bachelor’s degree in finance from Drexel University in Philadelphia will also help with the business side of the school. As a pediatric hospitalist, Ankit’s wife has a passion for children and their well-being.
“We believe in the research-based Balanced Learning® approach, which encourages curiosity, creativity, confidence and compassion because who children become is as important as what they know,” Ankit said. “Primrose Schools promotes the same nurturing, loving and learning environment I want for my own children, and I can’t wait to see the children and families in our community grow with Primrose.”
Slated to open in early 2018, Primrose School of Cherry Hill will feature the Balanced Learning approach, which nurtures intellectual, creative, physical and social-emotional development. Ankit and Padmavathy’s first child will be one of the first students enrolled in the school, and the family cannot wait to provide the Primrose Experience to the children and families of South Jersey and the greater Philadelphia area.
Primrose School of Cherry Hill is located at 1875 Route 70 East. For more information, visit www.PrimroseCherryHill.com.
