Pre-Kindergarten Teacher

Ashley Kerekes

Ashley is thrilled to be back in Maine and to be a part of the Fiddlehead family. Ashley grew up in Hodgdon, ME and attended University of Maine, Orono for elementary education before moving to Massachusetts, which is where she first taught pre-school. After 15 years, she moved back to Maine, and now lives in Auburn with her teenaged son, three cats and two cockatiels. When she’s not teaching, Ashley loves to do arts and crafts, especially crochet and watercolors, listen to music, and spend time with friends and family.

Pre-Kindergarten Teacher Assistant

India Jenkins

India is excited to be at Fiddlehead for her fifth year, contributing as a teaching assistant. She holds a degree in Early Childhood Education from the Southern Maine Community College.  She is currently studying for her B.A. in Art Education at the University of Southern Maine. She enjoys exploring art with the children and entertaining them with stories of her matronly cat, Georgie. 

Kindergarten Teacher

Hannah Joseph

Hannah studied Environmental Biology and Education at Tulane University in New Orleans. There she found her passion for food justice, making art, and birds. She spent the next few years teaching and learning about plants through landscaping and farm work. Hannah now lives in Poland, ME, with her husband and two children. Hannah joined Fiddlehead in 2021 and loves being a Kindergarten teacher! She enjoys weaving her art and science background into explorations and projects. Hannah admires young children’s artistic intuition and curiosity for the outdoors.

Kindergarten Teacher Assistant

Denise St. John

Kindergarten Teacher

Livi Coombs

Miss Livi is excited to return to Fiddlehead as the lead Kindergarten teacher. Livi has had experience growing up in alternative and traditional education as well as working in an outdoor/reggio-based preschool in Maine. Livi believes in the Reggio Emilia approach to teaching because life is a continuous learning process that allows for both teachers and students to learn in their own unique ways. When Livi isn’t teaching she enjoys cooking, skateboarding, doing stand-up, hiking, and many more activities.

First Grade Teacher

Shelby Robinson

Shelby has been a teacher assistant at Fiddlehead since the fall of 2021. Before arriving at Fiddlehead she spent nine years at a K-2 school. Her previous experience also includes working in Resource Rooms, Title One, behavior programs, and as a 4th grade teacher. She finds Fiddlehead’s approach to learning — incorporating place-based curriculum and nature-based activities — to be inspirational. Shelby lives in Saco, next door to her childhood home, with her husband Matt, daughter Bella, two cats and two guinea pigs. 

First Grade Teacher Assistant

Doris Jordan

Doris has worked in education for more than 30 years with a focus in Early Intervention and Special Education. She has a passion for providing children with a trusting, nurturing environment where they can explore and learn. When she’s not teaching, she enjoys spending time with her granddaughters, gardening and fishing.

Second Grade Teacher

Sara Giuliano

Sara graduated from University of New England in 2012 and started teaching in Scarborough, ME, looping grades 1/2 before moving to 6th grade science. After taking a few years off to work as an associate director at a summer camp in Raymond, ME she found Fiddlehead, which seemed to be the combination of all things she loved about teaching and the outdoors! She started as the teacher assistant in 4th/5th grade, taught 3rd the year after, and has found her home in 2nd grade. When she’s not at school, Sara loves to be outside, whether it is spending time at the beach, hiking, camping, or playing with her dog, Lily.

Second Grade Teacher Assistant

Hillary Simpson

Second Grade Teacher Assistant

Tracy Buteau

Second Grade Teacher Assistant

Laurie Walker

Before joining staff at Fiddlehead. Laurie worked in Behavior Support roles with adults and children for 17 years; 12 of those in a school setting. She holds an A.S. in Communication and a B.A. in Psychology from Penn State.  Laurie grew up on a homestead in Pennsylvania and has lived in Maine for over 14 years. She enjoys gardening, nature journaling, painting, and reading and writing poetry.