Teachers & Staff
Michelle Harris
Name: Michelle Harris
Childcare/Teaching Experience: 16+ years
Education: Bachelors degree in Family and Community Services
Favorite Thing About Working with Children: I love seeing their sweet smiles of excitement each morning as they come into school, and I love watching them grow throughout their journey here at Primrose!
Favorite Holiday: Halloween and Christmas!
Other Significant Cultural Celebrations in Your Home: None
Favorite Family Tradition: Going to the NC State Fair every year in the fall, and going to see various Christmas lights during the holiday season
Languages Spoken in the Home: English
Pets in the Home: 2 cats and 1 dog
In My Personal Time, I Like To: Travel, spend time with my family, binge watch my favorite shows, and have date nights with my husband!
Kristy Moxley
Name: Kristy Moxley
Childcare/Teaching Experience: 20+ years
Education: Bachelors degree in Child Development & Family Relations
Favorite Thing About Working with Children: I love seeing their confidence build when they accomplish new things!
Favorite Holiday: Christmas
Other Significant Cultural Celebrations in Your Home: None
Favorite Family Tradition: Christmas Eve lunch with my parents and family
Languages Spoken in the Home: English
Pets in the Home: 9 chickens, 1 dog, and 2 fish
In My Personal Time, I Like To: Attend my children’s sporting events, read, and spend time with my family!
Ms. Angie
Name: Angie Zublionlis
Childcare/Teaching Experience: 25+ years
Education: Bachelors degree in Early Childhood
Favorite Thing About Working with Children: Seeing them make learning connections!
Favorite Holiday: Christmas
Other Significant Cultural Celebrations in Your Home: None
Favorite Family Tradition: Christmas Eve get together
Languages Spoken in the Home: English
Pets in the Home: 1 cat
In My Personal Time, I Like To: Read, craft, and garden!
Ms. Maritza
Chef Experience: 8 years
Education: College
Favorite Thing About Working with Children: Seeing children grow into the best versions of themselves!
Favorite Holiday: Thanksgiving
Other Significant Cultural Celebrations in Your Home: My family celebrates Thanksgiving and Christmas Eve. We also celebrate National Puerto Rican Day parade in June.
Favorite Family Tradition: My favorite family tradition with my daughter is taking her to see Christmas lights every year!
Languages Spoken in the Home: English and Spanish
Pets in the Home: None
In My Personal Time, I Like To: Spend time with my daughter and taking her to the park! I also love going to the movie theatre, enjoying nature walks, cooking, and shopping!
Ms. Yelena
Name: Ms. Yelena
Childcare/Teaching Experience: 21 years
Education: Early Childhood credentials
Favorite Thing About Working with Children: My favorite thing is loving the babies and singing with them!
Favorite Holiday: Christmas
Other Significant Cultural Celebrations in Your Home: None
Favorite Family Tradition: I love to go to the mountains with my husband in the fall
Languages Spoken in the Home: Russian and English
Pets in the Home: 3 dogs
In My Personal Time, I Like To: Garden!
Ms. Keisha
Name: Ms. Keisha
Childcare/Teaching Experience: 8 years
Education: Early Childhood credentials
Favorite Thing About Working with Children: My favorite thing about working with children is seeing them learn while watching them grow!
Favorite Holiday: Christmas
Other Significant Cultural Celebrations in Your Home: None
Favorite Family Tradition: Beach trip every summer
Languages Spoken in the Home: English
Pets in the Home: None
In My Personal Time, I Like To: Fishing, reading, and working on my balloon business!
Ms. Esther
Name: Ms. Esther
Childcare/Teaching Experience: 1 1/2 years
Education: Bachelors degree in Global Studies
Favorite Thing About Working with Children: Watching them grow each day!
Favorite Holiday: Thanksgiving
Other Significant Cultural Celebrations in Your Home: None
Favorite Family Tradition: Making food for holidays with my father
Languages Spoken in the Home: English
Pets in the Home: None
In My Personal Time, I Like To: Hang out with friends!
Ms. Sienna
Name: Ms. Sienna
Childcare/Teaching Experience: 3 years
Education: Student at Central Washington University majoring in Primate Behavior and Anthropology
Favorite Thing About Working with Children: I love getting to witness children as they grow into themselves; giving them tools or direction they need and watching them build upon that foundation with every challenge and new experience the encounter!
Favorite Holiday: Halloween
Other Significant Cultural Celebrations in Your Home: The same night as Halloween, my family and I Samhain in which we put together a small feast, an offering table for ancestors, pay our respects to loved ones, and reflect on our year so far.
Favorite Family Tradition: Every dinner each person around the table shares their favorite part of the day!
Languages Spoken in the Home: English and some French
Pets in the Home: 1 dog and 1 cat
In My Personal Time, I Like To: Do ballet, Pilates, grab baba, thrift, and take personal styling commissions!
Ms. Laura
Name: Ms. Laura
Child Care/Teaching Experience:
Education: Early Childhood Education
Favorite Thing About Working with Children: The best thing about working with kids is watching them learn and seeing how happy they are when they finally master a new skill!
Favorite Holiday: Anything in winter!
Other Significant Cultural Celebrations in Your Home: We have sushi roll day where we create our own sushi roll!
Favorite Family Tradition: Spending time with family!
Languages Spoken in the Home: Romanian
Pets in the Home: 2 dogs
In My Personal Time, I Like To: Draw and cook!
Ms. Emily
Name: Ms. Emily
Childcare/Teaching Experience: 5 years
Education: Some college
Favorite Thing About Working with Children: Watching them grow!
Favorite Holiday: Christmas
Other Significant Cultural Celebrations in Your Home: None
Favorite Family Tradition: Christmas every year at my Grandfather’s house and spending it with him!
Languages Spoken in the Home: English
Pets in the Home: 1 dog
In My Personal Time, I Like To: Knit, color, run, take walks, and hang out with family and friends!
Ms. Kimberlin
Name: Ms. Kimberlin
Childcare/Teaching Experience: 4 years
Education: Associates degree in Early Childhood Education
Favorite Thing About Working with Children: Witnessing their growth and development! The joy and curiosity of children is inspiring and heartwarming!
Favorite Holiday: Christmas
Other Significant Cultural Celebrations in Your Home: None
Favorite Family Tradition: None
Languages Spoken in the Home: English
Pets in the Home: None
In My Personal Time, I Like To: Going to the gym, going on walks, baking, watching movies/series, going to church, traveling, and trying new restaurants.
Ms. Cristine
Child Care/Teaching Experience: > 1 year
Education: Bachelors degree in Education
Favorite Thing About Working with Children: How contagious their energy is! I enjoy their excitement, curiosity, and joy in learning new things. Their positive energy makes each day fun and meaningful. It motivates me to create engaging and supportive experiences for them.
Favorite Holiday: My favorite holiday is summer in the Philippines. I enjoy the warm weather, family gatherings, and the relaxing time to spend with loved ones. It’s a season that brings back many happy memories for me!
Other Significant Cultural Celebrations in Your Home: Christmas, Thanksgiving, and Birthdays.
Favorite Family Tradition: Going to church every Sunday and going for picnics every Easter Sunday
Languages Spoken in the Home: Filipino and English
Pets in the Home: None
In My Personal Time, I Like To: Clean the house, gardening, and arts and crafts
Ms. Yari
Name: Ms. Yari
Childcare/Teaching Experience: 15 years
Education: High School
Favorite Thing About Working with Children: Watching them learn and grow everyday!
Favorite Holiday: No favorite holiday
Other Significant Cultural Celebrations in Your Home: None
Favorite Family Tradition: Taking trips every year to see family
Languages Spoken in the Home: Spanish and English
Pets in the Home: 1 dog
In My Personal Time, I Like To: Try new places to eat, go on walks, and enjoy time with loved ones!
Ms. Ina Marie
Name: Ms. Ina Marie
Childcare/Teaching Experience: 7 years
Education: High School
Favorite Thing About Working with Children: Being able to build relationships with each of the children!
Favorite Holiday: Christmas
Other Significant Cultural Celebrations in Your Home: None
Favorite Family Tradition: Spending holidays with every family member!
Languages Spoken in the Home: English
Pets in the Home: None
In My Personal Time, I Like To: Spend time with friends and family!
Ms. Andriana
Child Care/Teaching Experience: I started volunteering in middle school working with infants at my church and felt encouraged to pursue working with children as my career. I started teaching at the age of 19 and have been doing that since!
Education: Associates Degree in Early Childhood Education
Favorite Thing About Working with Children: I love the little laughs and building meaningful relationships with them!
Favorite Holiday: Christmas & Los Tres Reyes
Other Significant Cultural Celebrations in Your Home: On January 6th we celebrate Three Kings Day, also known as Dia de los Reyes Magos
Favorite Family Tradition: Putting up the Christmas tree together as a family and drinking coquito or hot chocolate
Languages Spoken in the Home: Spanish & English
Pets in the Home: 1 dog
In My Personal Time, I Like To: Read, play Sims, and travel to new locations and food spots!
Ms. Kumara
Child Care/Teaching Experience: 4 years
Education: London Business School
Favorite Thing About Working with Children: I love to connect one on one with each child and giving them a reason to be excited to come to school!
Favorite Holiday: Anything in fall!
Other Significant Cultural Celebrations in Your Home: I am Muslim, so I love to celebrate Eid!
Favorite Family Tradition: A big badminton game every spring break!
Languages Spoken in the Home: English and some Arabic
Pets in the Home: 1 dog
In My Personal Time, I Like To: Journal, workout, and go shopping!
Ms. Cierra
Name: Ms. Cierra
Childcare/Teaching Experience: 7 years
Education: East Carolina University
Favorite Thing About Working with Children: I love doing arts and crafts with children, making their favorite characters, and I love signing and dancing with them!
Favorite Holiday: Halloween
Other Significant Cultural Celebrations in Your Home: None
Favorite Family Tradition: Playing Christmas music during Thanksgiving dinner and watching Christmas movies before/while opening gifts!
Languages Spoken in the Home: English
Pets in the Home: None
In My Personal Time, I Like To: Write poetry, play piano, sing, majorette dancing, swimming, and playing video games!
Ms. Sammie
Name: Ms. Sammie
Childcare/Teaching Experience: 2 years
Education: High School
Favorite Thing About Working with Children: Watching the children grow and become themselves! Also watching the things they learn start to click!
Favorite Holiday: Christmas
Other Significant Cultural Celebrations in Your Home: None
Favorite Family Tradition: Riding through neighborhoods looking at Christmas lights!
Languages Spoken in the Home: English
Pets in the Home: 3 dogs, 2 cats, and 2 birds
In My Personal Time, I Like To: Read, fish, hunt, and spend time with family!
Ms. Gorham
Name: Ms. Gorham
Childcare/Teaching Experience: 20+ years
Education: East Carolina University and Early Childhood Credentials
Favorite Thing About Working with Children: You never know what they are going to tell you!
Favorite Holiday: Christmas
Other Significant Cultural Celebrations in Your Home: None
Favorite Family Tradition: Yearly family beach trip!
Languages Spoken in the Home: English
Pets in the Home: 1 dog
In My Personal Time, I Like To: Bake, spend time with friends and family, read, and watch movies!
Ms. Connie
Name: Ms. Connie
Childcare/Teaching Experience: 14 years
Education: 3 years at the College of Charleston and 1 year at UNCG
Favorite Thing About Working with Children: Watching them learn!
Favorite Holiday: Christmas
Other Significant Cultural Celebrations in Your Home: None
Favorite Family Tradition: Thanksgiving dinner with family!
Languages Spoken in the Home: English
Pets in the Home: None
In My Personal Time, I Like To: Going shopping and walking!
Ms. Dixon
Name: Ms. Dixon
Childcare/Teaching Experience: 21 years
Education: Associates degree in Early Childhood Education
Favorite Thing About Working with Children: Teaching something new or experience which will grow with them!
Favorite Holiday: Christmas
Other Significant Cultural Celebrations in Your Home: None
Favorite Family Tradition: Wearing Christmas pajamas on Christmas Eve
Languages Spoken in the Home: English
Pets in the Home: 2 dogs and 15 chickens
In My Personal Time, I Like To: Read, do yoga, travel, and hike!
Ms. Mandy
Name: Ms. Mandy
Childcare/Teaching Experience: 6 years
Education: Early Childhood Credentials
Favorite Thing About Working with Children: Seeing their confidence grow academically and socially!
Favorite Holiday: Halloween
Other Significant Cultural Celebrations in Your Home: None
Favorite Family Tradition: Sunday morning breakfast
Languages Spoken in the Home: English
Pets in the Home: None
In My Personal Time, I Like To: Read, paint, and draw!
Ms. Alyssa
Name: Ms. Alyssa
Childcare/Teaching Experience: 3 years
Education: Early Childhood Education certificate
Favorite Thing About Working with Children: Their reactions when learning something new!
Favorite Holiday: Christmas
Other Significant Cultural Celebrations in Your Home: None
Favorite Family Tradition: Christmas Eve dinner
Languages Spoken in the Home: English
Pets in the Home: 1 dog
In My Personal Time, I Like To: Read, cook, and spend time with family & friends!
Ms. Chanta
Name: Ms. Chanta
Childcare/Teaching Experience: 20+ years
Education: Bachelors degree in Art
Favorite Thing About Working with Children: Helping them be the best that they can be! Watching them learn and grow is so rewarding!
Favorite Holiday: Christmas
Other Significant Cultural Celebrations in Your Home: None
Favorite Family Tradition: Calling every family member at 12am and singing happy birthday to them on group calls on their birthday!
Languages Spoken in the Home: English
Pets in the Home: 1 dog
In My Personal Time, I Like To: Relax with my family, and painting/restoring old furniture!
Ms. Alyse
Name: Ms. Alyse
Childcare/Teaching Experience: 7 years
Education: Wake Tech Community College
Favorite Thing About Working with Children: Hearing their stories!
Favorite Holiday: Halloween!
Other Significant Cultural Celebrations in Your Home: Hanukkah and Passover
Favorite Family Tradition: Going to see Christmas lights!
Languages Spoken in the Home: English
Pets in the Home: 1 dog and 2 cats
In My Personal Time, I Like To: Bake, spend time with my children, and travel to new places!
Ms. Destiny
Name: Ms. Destiny
Childcare/Teaching Experience: 3 years
Education: Early Childhood credentials, Bachelors degree in Criminal Justice and currently working on a masters degree in Social Work
Favorite Thing About Working with Children: Seeing their little faces light up when they see me!
Favorite Holiday: Juneteenth
Other Significant Cultural Celebrations in Your Home: None
Favorite Family Tradition: Sunday dinner/weekly “check-in” day
Languages Spoken in the Home: English
Pets in the Home: None
In My Personal Time, I Like To: Read, DIY clothing, and redecorating!
Ms. Clem
Name: Ms. Clem
Childcare/Teaching Experience: 10+ years
Education: Early Childhood Credentials
Favorite Thing About Working with Children: Watching them grow and learn!
Favorite Holiday: Christmas
Other Significant Cultural Celebrations in Your Home: None
Favorite Family Tradition: None
Languages Spoken in the Home: English
Pets in the Home: None
In My Personal Time, I Like To: Play football and go shopping!
Ms. Anniya
Name: Ms. Anniya
Childcare/Teaching Experience: 4 years
Education: Bachelors degree in Elementary Education
Favorite Thing About Working with Children: Their personalities and teaching them!
Favorite Holiday: Christmas
Other Significant Cultural Celebrations in Your Home: None
Favorite Family Tradition: Baking cookies and watching Christmas movies on Christmas Eve!
Languages Spoken in the Home: English
Pets in the Home: 1 dog
In My Personal Time, I Like To: Read!
Ms. Karli
Name: Ms. Karli
Childcare/Teaching Experience: 9 years
Education: High School
Favorite Thing About Working with Children: Being able to watch them grow and getting to meet so many different faces!
Favorite Holiday: Christmas
Other Significant Cultural Celebrations in Your Home: None
Favorite Family Tradition: Making Christmas cookies with my Mom!
Languages Spoken in the Home: English
Pets in the Home: 2 dogs
In My Personal Time, I Like To: Fishing, spending time with family/friends, playing outside with my nieces/nephews, and walking my dogs!
Franchise Owners
Anna & Gaurav Sharma
Welcome to Primrose School of North Raleigh! We are proud to bring high-quality preschool and child care to young children and families in the Raleigh, NC, community.
We moved to the RTP area from the United Kingdom in 2017, where we quickly found a sense of community and now raise our family. As owners of Primrose School of Chapel Hill at Briar Chapel, we’ve built strong relationships with children, families and teachers, deepening our commitment to the Primrose mission and Balanced Learning® approach. Our goal is to create a warm, nurturing environment where children feel supported, families feel connected and teachers feel valued.
Together, we bring experience in human resources, leadership and operations, along with a shared passion for early childhood education. Anna spent many years in global human resources roles, where her work centered on building relationships, supporting people and creating strong team cultures. Gaurav has held executive leadership roles in the clinical research and biotech industry, overseeing complex operations, supporting large teams and helping organizations grow with purpose and accountability
We have two children and a German Shepherd named Luna. As a family, we enjoy staying active and spending time outdoors.
We’re honored to support both the Chapel Hill and North Raleigh communities and look forward to continuing to build meaningful relationships with our Primrose families.
Welcome to Primrose School of North Raleigh! We are proud to bring high-quality preschool and child care to young children and families in the Raleigh, NC, community.
We moved to the RTP area from the United Kingdom in 2017, where we quickly found a sense of community and now raise our family. As owners of Primrose School of Chapel Hill at Briar Chapel, we’ve built strong relationships with children, families and teachers, deepening our commitment to the Primrose mission and Balanced Learning® approach. Our goal is to create a warm, nurturing environment where children feel supported, families feel connected and teachers feel valued.
Together, we bring experience in human resources, leadership and operations, along with a shared passion for early childhood education. Anna spent many years in global human resources roles, where her work centered on building relationships, supporting people and creating strong team cultures. Gaurav has held executive leadership roles in the clinical research and biotech industry, overseeing complex operations, supporting large teams and helping organizations grow with purpose and accountability
We have two children and a German Shepherd named Luna. As a family, we enjoy staying active and spending time outdoors.
We’re honored to support both the Chapel Hill and North Raleigh communities and look forward to continuing to build meaningful relationships with our Primrose families.
