Faculty & Staff

Elvira grew up in Vigo, a small town in the northwestern part of Spain, lived in Virginia from 1999 to 2013, and in 2021 returned to the area with her husband, her elementary-age daughter, and two rescue dogs after living in Barcelona and Valencia. She discovered the Montessori pedagogy when her daughter was a few months old and fell in love with the method and the way it instills a passion for learning and curiosity in their students. Elvira holds a Business and Tourism Management Degree, a Convention and Exposition Management Certificate, the AMI School Administrator Certificate, and the AMI Introduction to Adolescence Certificate. Her experience in education includes an administration leadership role in a Montessori School in Valencia and a British school in Barcelona, as well as managing a national educational leadership program in Washington, DC. Her other experiences include working in an environmental NGO and a digital business platform start-up. She is grateful to have joined the Montessori School of Northern Virginia along with its community, and being able to use her expertise and passion for education to foster our student-centered mission and long-term vision.