Grisel Okuma
Ms. Grisel is thrilled to be the Lower Elementary teacher here at Milton Montessori.
She was born and raised in Miami, FL. She attended high school in Miami at the New World School of Performing Arts and she majored in Musical Theater. She then went on to college and graduated from Florida International University with a Bachelor of Arts in Liberal Studies.
She was a professional singer and traveled through the United States and abroad, performing before becoming a teacher in 2017. Then, she fell in love with teaching and she realized that she had found her calling. She loves children and music. Music has always been a part of her life and she try to incorporate it in class as much as possible!
“Working as an assistant in the Montessori Lower Elementary classroom surprised me. I never realized how important it was to follow the child in education as we do in Montessori. It’s a very different way of educating, and I was thrilled with it.” She has an AMS Montessori Lower Elementary teaching degree from The Montessori Teacher Education Institute in Grayson, GA.
Ms. Grisel loves working in Milton Montessori because all of the staff, including the director and the owner, make it feel like she is working with family. She loves working with children! She loves how smart and funny children are. They always have something interesting to say. “Whether I like it or not, they will always be honest.” Ms. Grisel spends her day laughing at random cute comments. Also, watching them as they grasp a new concept is amazing; they light up in a way unlike no other.
She lives in Cumming, Ga., with her husband and two boys; Lukas and Colton. She loves singing and going to the movies with her family when she is not working. In the summer, they spend most of their days at the beach or the pool. Her family also loves theme parks! They are a Disney family.