Lucas Moser
Lucas Moser (they/them/theirs)
Moon Goldstein
Moon Goldstein (she/he/they)
Bailey Eddington
Bailey Eddington (she/her/hers)
Ray Zielinski
Ray Zielinski (he/him/his)
Tai Fraction
Tai Fraction (she/her/hers).
Ginger Leopoldo
Ginger Leopoldo (she/her/hers). Ginger has 20 years of experience as a teaching artist and literacy coach. Ginger has taught a wide range of students in a wide variety of environme...Read More
Erin Salthouse
Erin Salthouse (she/her/hers) will join Urban Prairie next year as our grade 1 teacher. Erin is a graduate of Santa Barbara Waldorf School and has spent seven years teaching in a v...Read More
Gia Rodriguez
Gia Rodriguez (she/her/hers).
Lisa Moser
Lisa Moser (she/her).
Rebekah Dotzel
Rebekah Dotzel (she/her/hers) is a cellist and educator based in Chicago. Rebekah’s teaching takes many forms, including a studio of Suzuki and traditional private lessons fo...Read More
Nelson Mendoza
Nelson Mendoza (he/him/his) is originally from Venezuela and is a violinist with Master’s and Post-Master’s degrees in Violin Performance from DePaul University and a Bachelorâ...Read More
Phillip Mundine
Phillip Mundine (he/him/his) comes to us from Catapult Learning, a service that assigns skilled tutors to schools for long-term academic intervention with students. Previously, Phi...Read More
Caitlin Flannery
Caitlin Flannery (she/her/hers) is the lead teacher in the Hummingbird Garden and the Director of the Early Childhood program.
Anne McDonough
Anne McDonough (she/her/hers).
Kirsten Akre
Kristin Akre (she/her/hers).
Cristina Filicky
Cristina Filicky (she/her/hers).
Katie Cousins
Katie Cousins (she/her/hers) is a versatile performer and educator with enthusiasm for a vast range of musical styles. Currently based in Chicago, she actively performs with multip...Read More
Ayesha Wahidi
Ayesha Wahidi (she/her/hers) Is the class teacher for the combined class of 2026/25. She is a compassionate educator from St. Louis, Missouri, a Bill and Melinda Gates Millennium S...Read More
Jennifer Zielinski
Jenn Zielinski (she/her/hers) is a CAED (Certified Admissions & Enrollment Professional) and a S.E.E.D. (Seeking Educational Equity & Diversity) facilitator who comes to us...Read More
Dan Galat
Dan Galat (he/him/his) started playing violin when he was 7 years old. Seven years later, he began teaching violin. Twelve years and many thousands of hours of practice after that ...Read More
Kelly Quesada
Kelly Quesada (she/her/hers) is a cellist and educator based in Chicago. Active as both an orchestral and chamber musician, she has been playing in professional ensembles for over ...Read More
Sherry Diaz
Sherry Diaz (she/her/hers).
Heather La Riviere
Heather La Riviere (she/her/hers) is a native of Bellefonte, Pennsylvania, and grew up in an Army family. She earned a BA/MA from the University of Chicago with general and special...Read More
Sharla Paul
Sharla Paul (she/her/hers) is responsible for the overall operational management and vision of Urban Prairie. She oversees the school’s financial health, shepherds its governance...Read More
Robert Welcher
Rob Welcher (he/him/his) began his Waldorf teaching career in 2011 during Urban Prairie's nascent years in the storefront at 16th and Halsted. He taught math and science (7th-12th ...Read More
Erica Moriarty
Erica Moriarty (she/her/hers) is the lead Toddler Playgroup and Prairie Roots teacher. She strives to offer families an introduction to Waldorf education in a warm, creative space ...Read More
Adriana Kondrat
Adriana Kondrat (she/her/hers) is a Chicago Waldorf School(CWS) graduate and studied at the Arcturus Rudolf Steiner Education Program in Chicago. She was the Assistant Director and...Read More
Angela Kiefer
Angela Kiefer (pronouns are she/her/hers) was our first class teacher, completing her first eight-year teaching cycle in 2017. This year, she is contributing significantly to our s...Read More
Sophie Baumgartner
Sophie Baumgartner (she/her/hers). Sophie attended the Chicago Waldorf School from kindergarten through 12th grade, graduating in 2005. She earned a BA in Political Science and Env...Read More
Glenda Ding
Xuefen (Glenda) Ding (she/her/hers) is a native of Lanzhou, in northwest China. Glenda was a college professor for ten years and taught foreign languages at a global education orga...Read More
Candace Choma
Candace Choma (she/her/hers) received her Bachelor’s Degree in Elementary Education from Washington University in St. Louis. Upon graduating, Candace became the founding early ch...Read More
Megan Cather
Megan Cather (she/her/hers) is the class teacher for the class of 2022. Megan received her BA in Spanish and Writing/Communications from Maryville College and her MS in Elementary ...Read More