BLOOM INFANT TEAM

SARA LONGTREE

Infant Lead Guide

Sara has been with Bloom for several years assisting in our Primary and Early Childhood environments.  Since summer 2018 Sara has been running our Infant program, helping to get it up and off the ground.  She has done training in Montessori Infant care and environments through the Center for Guided Montessori Studies.

In addition to her work with us here at Bloom, she has two lovely children who keep her busy outside of work!  Her youngest child also has attended Bloom for the last several years.  Through her work both here at Bloom and from her perspective as a Bloom parent as well, she has developed a replete understanding of Bloom Montessori practices and Montessori pedagogy in regards to infant care and development.

DOMI RIVES

Infant Spanish Assistant

Domtila Rives was born and raised in Columbia, where she studied Language Education in University.  She has been living in Helena for about 15 years with her husband and son.  Domi has been working in the early childhood education field for about 15 years as well, and enjoys helping children learn Spanish so much that she began tutoring children in her afternoons.  Domi has been working with Bloom since fall of 2018 at the beginning of our infant program.  She enjoys singing, reading and playing with the children in the Infant classroom, and offering a Spanish Language partial immersion environment for the infants in her care.

NANCY BUENALAYA

Infant Spanish Assistant

Nancy came to Helena from Huanta, Peru.  She is the mother of two beautiful children, and has 15 years of experience raising her children and her nephew all by herself.  Her husband has lived in Helena since 2004, and she had the opportunity to come to Helena to reunite with him in March of 2019. Nancy started working with Bloom in April of 2019, and is happy to have me such beautiful, wonderful teachers, parents and children through her work at Bloom, and it is this social interaction that makes her work with Bloom positive and exciting!