Amanda Kirk is the Operations Director for our schools. She graduated in 2000 with a Bachelors degree from Texas Lutheran University and moved to Austin. She began her Early Childhood journey as a 3-4 year old teacher and worked her way up in that company to School Age Manager. In 2009, Ms. Kirk decided to move back to Houston. She began at the Primrose School of Pearland Parkway as the Private Pre-Kindergarten 1 teacher in October of that year. Since then, she has moved up as Administrative Assistant for that school and then as Area Curriculum Coordinator for the Primrose Schools under the franchise owners. During her time as an Area Curriculum Coordinator, she helped train teachers on how to implement the Primrose curriculum. Now as Operations Director, she travel the schools helping in all aspects of the building. Ms. Kirk loves the journey that she is still on with Early Childhood and hopes to be with Primrose for many more years to come.

Mrs. Sanderson began working for Primrose in August of 2012. She is a certified Texas teacher and holds a Master’s Degree in Education from the University of St. Thomas. She taught in both the Private Pre-Kindergarten and Private Kindergarten classrooms prior to moving into the position of Curriculum Coordinator. Mrs. Sanderson is passionate about the Primrose Balanced Learning approach as it encourages children to explore and learn on their own while providing that nurturing guidance that young children need. Her educational background, experience, and her passion is what makes her an effective role model to our teachers.

Now as the Director of Education, Mrs. Sanderson serves as the education coach for all new and current teachers. She leads by example and works closely with our teachers to ensure the highest of standards in our classrooms. In her free time, Mrs. Sanderson enjoys reading with her two sons and watching movies.

Ms. Vanessa is our school’s Business Administrator. She holds her industrial engineering degree and has joined our Primrose team having ten years of experience at her previous company. Ms. Vanessa is in charge of the day-to-day aspects of Primrose that go on behind the scenes. Her responsibilities include billing and taking care of our financial accounts, maintenance, and the daily operations that ensures our school is running smoothly. With Ms. Vanessa’s experience, commitment, and dedication, our school stands strong and is maintained inside and out to the utmost quality. Not only does she do this for our school, but also five more schools under our franchise owners in the greater Houston area. She holds quite the critical role here at Primrose! We are so lucky to have her.

Mrs. Maria De La Cruz joins us having 12 years of experience in the childcare industry! Mrs. De La Cruz strongly believes in the quality of childcare that Primrose provides our families with; she has been a fantastic addition to our team thus far, and we are really looking forward to her continued growth with us. Mrs. De La Cruz now joins our team at this Primrose location after having been Director at our sister school, Primrose School of West Pearland for about 3 years. We are confident that our students and families will be in great hands under her leadership. She has demonstrated drive and passion for both the continual development of our staff and the children in her care.

A fun fact about Mrs. De La Cruz is that two of her favorite hobbies are reading and going on walks.

Mrs. Tita is our schools chef. She goes by Mrs. T as the children call her. She has been working for Primrose School of First Colony for almost eight years now! Mrs. Ts favorite part of the week is our Cookie Friday. She truly enjoys seeing the excitement in the children’s faces when they get to take a cookie home. A moment in the day that stands out to Mrs. T is every morning when the children stop by the kitchen, say good morning to her and ask me what she will be cooking that day. She always strives to deliver the best meals for the children in our care!