Administrative Staff

A Florida native, Wendy has a graduate degree in architecture from the University of North Carolina at Charlotte. She has worked for over 20 years in several Tampa Bay firms as well as her own firm and with her husband, interior designer David K. Lowe. Their daughter, Eleanor, has attended the ...

Karen has worked at the Center for over 25 years.  A Florida native, she grew up in Tampa and moved to Bradenton in 1978. She earned a B.A. in accounting from USF and a Master's from FSU. Her three children are Center alumni: Evan received his PhD from Carnegie Mellon University and is ...

Kara is from the first class of students to attend the Center, as her mother Janice Mattina created Center Montessori to provide an education for Kara and her brother, Kristopher. She attended the Center from kindergarten through 5th grade. Kara graduated from the University of Florida, Phi Beta ...

Mara Fulk was born and raised in Wisconsin, where she was a Montessori student from primary through 8th grade. After receiving her child development degree in 1991, Mara began teaching in the local public school system. After two years, she decided to obtain her Montessori training. Mara graduated ...

A Bradenton native, Michelle is an alumna of the Center, where she attended from the age of four through 6th grade. Michelle attended the University of Central Florida where she studied Serology, DNA Analysis. She is married to Jeremy and has two children. Hunter is in the Level 3 class and Natalee ...