Alerces Bilingual Teachers


Maru Aguirre & Bati McComas
The passion and will of Maru and Bati to change the landscape of Early childhood education in Saskatoon inspired the creation of Alerces Spanish Preschool & Kindergarten. Read more about their mission and vision here.
Vanessa Galarza
I come from Ecuador. My education includes a bachelor degree of Child Psychology and Psychorehabilitation, and a postgraduate degree as M.D. in University Teaching and Educational Administration. I have been teaching for over twenty years. I have had the opportunity to work in different areas as a teacher and coordinator in preschool. I have found that teaching little children is marvellous and magical.
Adventure, exploration, discovery, and creativity are experiences that I always try to provide to my students; as well as the inspiration to learn with love in a wonderful place.

Daniella Garcia Lugo
Although I was born in Canada I spent most of my life in Venezuela. I earned a Bachelor of Education with a major in Early Childhood Education from the University of Los Andes. I have been a preschool teacher for almost 15 years. My professional experience includes the position of head teacher for nursery school children, preschool coordinator, and educational advisor for children living in refuge. I really enjoy working with children, so I feel privileged accompanying them on their educational journey and at the same time learning constantly from those little great masters.

Blanca Mirna Quintanilla
I was born in El Salvador, Central America and graduated from high school in 1986. I received a diploma in physics and math at the National Institute Francisco Morazan as well as computer science at Jose Matias Delgado University. In 1992 I moved to Canada with my husband and completed my studies in Early Childhood Education. I spent the majority of my teaching career teaching Spanish at Mount Royal Collegiate for 14 years through the multilingual programs.
In 1998 I graduated from the University of Saskatchewan with a degree focused on the methods of teaching heritage languages.
I am the proud mother of two adult daughters and a school aged son.

Daniela Trujillo
I'm Daniela Trujillo. I was raised in Colombia and have been in Canada for 3 years.

Anabel Lopez Gomez
I'm Anabel Lopez Gomez and I'm from Ensenada B.C.N., Mexico. I have a Masters Degree in Education. I'm very passionate about education and working with little ones, helping them to flourish and enjoy learning through experiences.
I have been in Saskatoon for 4 years. I'm married and I have 2 children.
I'm very approachable and love to develop good communication with children and their families.