Our Team

Our team is a colourful mix: from young to old, from job starters to experienced professionals, from practitioners to graduates. This mixture is what makes us special and what is reflected in our work every day.
Everything and everyone keeps moving, we benefit from each other and complement each other. With all our bundled competences and together with you, we can support and accompany your child in its development.
The flag serves as a symbolic identification of our English-speaking employees. It does not indicate the origin of the respective team members.

Alexandra Böhmel
Kindergarten Manager

I gained professional experience as an educator in Heidelberg, Stuttgart and Neuss. In 2014, I successfully completed my specialist training in organization and leadership, after which I already worked for several years as a daycare center manager in Ludwigsburg. I find it very exciting to rediscover and open up the world together with children every day. “Children learn primarily through what adults do, less through what they say.” – Jesper Juul (family therapist)

Emilia von Finckh
Pedagogical staff

I grew up bilingual myself, my first mother tongue is German and the second is English. Here at Villa Luna I am completing the practical part of my dual studies in social work.

Karine V. Gomide César
English-speaking staff

Hello everyone, my name is Karine and I’m working at Villa Luna since September 2021. I’m so happy be part of Villa Luna because it’s an incredible team that inspires me and makes me come to work every day with a smile. Working with kids is one of my passions, I love to be part of their magical world and my goal is to guide them to become the best version of themselves. One quote that I bring to work with me is “Early childhood education is the key to the betterment of society.” – Maria Montessori

C. Z.
Pedagogical staff

I have been working at Vila Luna Grafenberg since 2017. In 2021, I graduated with a bachelor’s degree in social work. I chose this career field because I love working with people. The way children look at the world makes me very happy because it is unique. I chose Villa Luna because of the diversity of people and the bilingualism.

Rebecca Oberföll
English-speaking pedagogical staff

I am a Norland Nursery Nurse and since November 2009 part of the Villa Luna Team in Grafenberg. It is a great pleasure for me to introduce my mother tongue to the children. As an English-speaking staff member, I am the “Mary Poppins” of the Blue Group and accompany the everyday life of the children with the English language. I like to work according to the Montessori approach and after more than 2 years, in January 2016, I enhanced my CPD (Continuous Professional Development) with the National Montessori Diploma. In the spirit of Marie Montessori – “Help me to do it myself …” – I accompany and support the children to enable them to independently discover and explore their environment.

Alexa Kirsten
Pedagogical staff

I am a state-certified educator. I completed my training in 2016 and in 2017 I successfully completed my further training as an inclusion specialist. Since June 2019 I have been working at Villa Luna in the blue group. Since I am open to all cultures myself, I find it very nice to come into contact with so many different cultures in my work. In addition, the bilingualism and the age-differentiated working environment made me decide to start at Villa Luna. Working with the children is a lot of fun for me, because it never gets boring, because you can do different things every day. And every day anew I am fascinated by the developmental steps the children take every day.

M.O.
Pedagogical staff

I am a trained social pedagogue and was mainly active in children and youth work. In 2016, I moved to Hong Kong and worked at a language school for several years. During this time, I discovered my passion for working with younger children in a multilingual environment, which I am fortunate to be able to pursue now – back in Düsseldorf – at Villa Luna.

Christine Mölders
Pedagogical staff

Hello, I am a trained educator with a focus on music. I have been working at Villa Luna since 2007 and am now a mother of a daughter myself. I enjoy working at Villa Luna very much, I always put my heart and soul into my work, with a song on my lips and a guitar in my hand.

M. N.
Pedagogical staff

I completed my training as a state-certified educator in 2019. In the meantime I have started many internships here in the institution with pleasure. I am very happy to be a part of the Villa Luna team afterwards as I enjoy working with the children and find the concept of bilingual care very appealing.

I. F.
Pedagogical staff

I have been working at Villa Luna since April 2009. Since September 2016 I am looking forward to accompany the children in the red group in the future. I am happy to be able to work here at Villa Luna and wish you and the children a wonderful and unforgettable time in kindergarten. My motto: “Give the children as much love as you would like to have yourself!”.

T. E. 
English-speaking pedagogical staff

English native speaker with a B.A. (Education) and Higher Education Diploma in Pre Primary.

I am a born and bred South African of Greek origin. For me, teaching English to kindergarten-children as a second or even third language is a great challenge and experience.

T. M.
Pedagogical staff

In 2015 I completed my training as a state-approved educator. “To stimulate life – and then to let it develop freely – this is the first task of the educator”. In my opinion, this is a beautiful freely translated quote from Maria Montessori. To accompany and support the children in their research and exploration of their environment and themselves is an important part of my work.

Marek Majer
Music teacher

I’m Marek Majer, guitar teacher, music school teacher. With my music studies I turned my passion into my profession and have been teaching for many years now, among others at Villa Luna. I take great pleasure in introducing children to music through dance, singing and rhythmics and lay the first foundations for further musical education.

Vanessa Klostermann
Housekeeping

Vera Sternkicker
Dipl. chemist, science for kids

My name is Vera Sternkicker and as a graduate chemist I take care of the concept and implementation of the science courses for children from 3 years of age at Villa Luna.

Melanie Bußmann (currently absent)
Kindergarten manager

I am an educator with the Montessori diploma and have been working at Villa Luna since 2009. I started in the group work with a mixture of Montessori work and the situation-oriented approach. Now I am looking forward to accompanying and supporting you and your children from the Villa Luna management office.