Meet your M.O.M. Staff

The teacher’s role is to observe, guide, assist, and facilitate the learning process. The M.O.M. teachers recognize the unique qualities in each child, meet them where they are at, and support each student in reaching their full potential.

The teacher’s role is to observe, guide, assist, and facilitate the learning process. The M.O.M. teachers recognize the unique qualities in each child, meet them where they are at, and support each student in reaching their full potential.

The teacher’s role is to observe, guide, assist, and facilitate the learning process. The M.O.M. teachers recognize the unique qualities in each child, meet them where they are at, and support each student in reaching their full potential.

The teacher’s role is to observe, guide, assist, and facilitate the learning process. The M.O.M. teachers recognize the unique qualities in each child, meet them where they are at, and support each student in reaching their full potential.

Csilla Horvath

Head of School/Co-Lead Teacher

Csilla joined M.O.M. in 2010. She was born and raised in Central Europe. Her younger daughter is a MOM alumna. Csilla received her Montessori Credential from St. Mary’s College in Moraga, CA, and holds a Master’s degree in Montessori Arts. She also holds a B.A. in English Language and Literature from the University of Novi Sad, ex-Yugoslavia. Csilla loves spending time with her daughters, going to art shows and concerts with her husband, cooking and baking, traveling, and painting. She brings her love of teaching art to MOM with weekly art lessons and daily art projects.

Caroline Hyde

Co-Lead Teacher

Caroline was born and raised in the UK. Prior to moving to the US, she worked as a Pediatric Physical Therapist and holds a BSc (Hons) degree in Physical Therapy, from Glasgow Caledonian University, UK. She spent a happy eight years at home raising her two boys, and joined the MOM team in 2014, completing her Montessori training at St. Mary’s College, Moraga, in 2017. Caroline enjoys spending her ‘spare’ time taking long walks in the forest with the 4-legged family member, and camping, biking and skiing with her family.

Jamie Chen

Assistant Teacher

Jamie was born and raised in Southern California, and moved to the San Francisco Bay Area to attend college. She has a B.S. in Forestry and Natural Resources from the University of California, Berkeley. After working as an outdoor science educator and afterschool teacher at a Mandarin-English bilingual school, she joined M.O.M. in 2020. She is currently completing her Montessori Early Childhood Education Credential at the Montessori Teacher Education Center San Francisco Bay Area. In her free time, Jamie likes to go on hikes, practice photography, and play her ukulele!

Nikolina Mueller

Assistant Teacher

Nikolina was born in Croatia and raised in Serbia. She moved to California in 2017. Nikolina has a preschool teacher degree from a 4-year teacher training program at the University of Belgrade, Serbia, and she also holds a master’s degree in Early Childhood Education. After volunteering at MOM for over a year, Nikolina finally joined our team in the spring of 2022 and has enriched our school with her previous experience as a preschool teacher in Belgrade. In her free time, Nikolina enjoys traveling with her husband, cooking, doing art projects and photography.

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5723 Oak Grove Ave.
Oakland, CA 94618

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