Primrose School of Upper Kirby

Amanda Kirk is the Operations Director for our schools. She graduated in 2000 with a Bachelor’s 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. Gabrielle Guzman is our Director. She joined the Primrose School of West Pearland location in the Fall of 2013. Mrs. Guzman was presented with the opportunity to complete the Directors' course and upon completion, she was promoted to the position of Director. Mrs. Guzman enjoys the continuing education Primrose provides, and her positivity, drive and commitment keeps our school to the utmost professionalism.

Mrs. Guzman's priority at Primrose is to make sure our families and staff feel welcomed and are happy. Her philosophy of a successful childcare is to protect, guide, educate, and provide the best experience for all children. She believes it is important to approach everyday with great joy and provide the best possible service both in and outside the classroom. Mrs. Guzman is thankful to be a part of such an amazing team and we are so appreciative to have a true leader at Primrose School of Upper Kirby who cultivates our desired culture daily. She does an amazing job capturing special moments for our school's Facebook and website. Mrs. Guzman grew up in the Pearland and Houston communities, and is a big family person! The Primrose Friend who she most relates to is Percy: the proud rooster who is the leader of the Primrose Friends. Percy has a big, caring heart and represents setting an example of good character.

Mrs. Lizbeth Bravo is our Co-Director alongside Mrs. Gabby Guzman. Mrs. Liz graduated from the University of Houston in 2019 where she obtained her Bachelor's degree in Business Administration, with a focus in Management and a minor in Human Resources. She joins our Upper Kirby team having almost ten years of Primrose experience at our sister school! At Primrose School of First Colony in Sugarland, she brought so much preparation, dedication, and a detail-oriented nature of the utmost quality in everything she did for both the school and children in her care. Mrs. Liz has continued to do the same for our team here and we are confident that she will make a wonderful addition as she continues to provide our Primrose families with a warm and nurturing environment.

Ms. Alondra was our Pre-Kindergarten teacher and has at least five years of childcare experience. She loves seeing how much her students learn and grow on a daily basis. It brings her joy to see her students implementing something new they learned from her lessons. One of Ms. Alondra’s strengths includes to be uplifting to her students especially when they say they cannot do something; she always encourages them to try their best! Her students would say that one of their favorite times in class is when they all sit down together and write in their journals. A fun fact about Ms. Alondra is that she loves doing crafts! She started getting “crafty” when she started working with kids and she actually learned how to draw because of her students.