Alejandra Tryon

Alejandra Tryon is a Montessori leader, guide, wife and mother who lives in San Francisco with her husband, daughter (when she visits from college), cat and 2 poison dart frogs. Her journey in education began over 20 years ago in Colombia where she is originally from. There she studied Early Childhood Education and Psychology. In 2011, she moved to California where she later received her Montessori Primary (3-6 yo) training at the Montessori Institute of San Diego and Montessori Assistant to Infancy (0-3 yo) training at Montessori Stoppani Institute.

Alejandra is one of the pioneer teachers for one of the first Montessori Spanish Immersion programs in the country where she spent seven years in the classroom as leader of the program. After this, Alejandra worked as a parent and teacher consultant and ran a home pod during the pandemic, before starting her journey as Founder and Teacher Leader of The Dahlia School.

Lindsey Barnes

Lindsey enrolled her daughter in a Montessori home program in 2016 while working at Google and quickly fell in love with the peace, tranquility and joy that she observed among the children.

She has since received her Montessori teacher training from the Maria Montessori Institute of London and now as a mother of two has sought to bring the method to her community of San Francisco Mission Bay.

In the classroom, Lindsey enjoys creating beautiful environments for the children to have the freedom to construct themselves. She partners with the children on big work activities such as baking, nature excursions, grace and courtesy, yoga, bathroom independence and English literature. She also enjoys coaching parents in the methods of positive parenting and Montessori at home. Lindsey is a graduate of Harvard College, received her MBA from Stanford University, and is a great believer in education from birth to life.