2024-2025 Faculty & Staff
Featured
Yassena Seward
Sunflower Nursery Lead Teacher
Education: A.S. In Early Childhood Education
Years at WSCC: 3
Residence: Plymouth, MA
Interests: Art, Graphic Design and Digital Art, Spending time with family, Cooking, Sewing, Nature Walks, Traveling.
Holly Pratt
Sunflower Nursery Assistant Teacher
hpratt@waldorfcapecod.org
Amanda Ellis
Lead Elderflower Kindergarten Teacher
aellis@waldorfcapecod.org
Kristie Soderberg
Elderflower Kindergarten Assistant Teacher
Education: AA degree from CCCC
Years at WSCC: 2
Residence: Yarmouth, MA
Interests: Archery, Sewing, Nature
Melissa McNeil
First Grade Teacher
mmcneil@waldorfcapecod.or
Michelle Marks
Second Grade Teacher
mmarks@waldorfcapecod.org
Julie Condron
Third Grade Teacher
jcondron@waldorfcapecod.org
Leah Green
Fourth Grade Teacher
Education: B.A. Environmental Studies, St. Lawrence University; M. Ed and Waldorf Certificate, Antioch University NE Graduate School
Years at WSCC: 8
Residence: Centerville, MA
Interests: Spending time with my family, gardening, permaculture, native plant restoration
Treather Gassman
Fifth Grade Teacher
Education: BA, MEd
Years at WSCC: 3
Residence: Monument Beach, MA
Interests: Singing, acting, ukulele, swimming, biking, paddle boarding, hiking, baking, crafts, woodworking, and fixing up my old house.
tgassmann@waldorfcapecod.org
Kate Condon
Sixth Grade Teacher
kcondon@waldorfcapecod.org
Bronwen Prosser
7th/8th Grade Teacher
Education: BA University of Massachusetts, Atlantic Theatre Company Conservatory Program, Waldorf Teacher Training: ongoing
Years at WSCC: 3
Residence: Woods Hole
Interests: Nature, Education, Storytelling
bprosser@waldorfcapecod.org
Louisa Hopewell
Handwork Teacher
Education: B.F.A. in Ballet from the University of Utah
Years at WSCC: 8
Residence: East Falmouth, MA
Interests: family time, good food, traveling, walking/hiking, and of course…knitting!
Isabel Stearns
Handwork and Parent/Child Teacher
Education: B.A. in Business Management, Simmons College, Gradalis Waldorf Teacher Training
Years at WSCC: 2
Residence: Plymouth, MA
Interests: Fiber Arts, Hiking, Dancing, Traveling
istearns@waldorfcapecod.org
Yoko Furihata Waynen
Strings Teacher
Education: BA Soai University, Performance Certificate University of Wyoming, Suzuki Certified violin and viola
Years at WSCC: 4
Residence: Barnstable, MA
Interests: Family, cooking, music and teaching
Sarah Fachada
Singing, Chorus & Recorder Teacher
Education: Bachelor of Music Education, Major in Voice, Minor in Piano-Mount Union University, Alliance, Ohio
Master of Music, Major in Vocal Performance-Cleveland Institute of Music, Cleveland, Ohio
Years at WSCC: 3
Residence: Marstons Mills, MA
Interests: Quilting, sewing, embroidery, reading, aerobics, walking/hiking, music composition
sfachada@waldorfcapecod.org
Cynthia Reis
Spanish Teacher
Education: Cape Cod Community College and Escuela Nacional de Bibioteconomia y Archivonomia (ENBA México City)
Residence: Barnstable
Interest: listening to live music, going to museums, walking on the beach, reading books, traveling, and spending time with family
creis@waldorfcapecod.org
Anne Aitkin
Reading Specialist
Education: BA Institut Francais du Royaume Uni, London, England; Certified Reading Specialist, MGH Boston
Years at WSCC: 4
Residence: Sandwich, MA
Interests: Theater, Gardening, Travel, Writing, Cooking, Reading
AnneAitken4@gmail.com
Nuray Bent
Enrollment Director & Administration
Education: B.A. Biological Anthropology and Psychology, Boston University
Years at WSCC: 3
Residence: Falmouth, MA
Interests: gardening, flower arranging, cooking nourishing foods, and being outside
Emily Holmgren
Development Director & Business Manager
Education: BA University of Vermont, Certificate in Non-Profit Management, Harvard Extension School
Years at WSCC: 6
Residence: Sandwich, MA
Interests: Art, travel, theatre, organic agriculture and education
