After School Teachers

Our After School teachers provide a fun, safe environment for students who stay for an extended day at Riverbend.

  • Alana Shevory

    Alana Shevory is a proud former Riverbend student  who brings both her personal Montessori experience and a genuine love of working with young children to her role at the school. A recent high school graduate and current college student, Alana is pursuing studies with the goal of working with children in the medical field. Her…

  • Giovanna Linardi

    Gia is a senior at Framingham High School, and she’ll be going to college for education and business. She loves reading books in her spare time and writing them as well. Being Latina means she has a huge family, so children have always been a part of her life and she loves it!

  • Hailey Carvalho

    Hailey is an After School teacher at Riverbend. She is a senior at Framingham High School, and she likes to read and write. Hailey also enjoys doing volunteer work for the community at the library and at school. 

  • Suzi Chanikian

    Suzi holds a Master’s in Psychology from Boston University and brings ten years of Early Education experience. Passionate about best practices, she’s very interested in Montessori philosophy. In her free time, Suzi enjoys family time, nature walks, gardening, and cooking. Suzi’s favorite part about working at Riverbend is bringing children of all different ages and classrooms…

  • Sean O’Neil

    Sean is a floater in Children’s House and lead after school teacher for grades 1 – 8. He has a Bachelor’s degree in Children’s Learning and Physical Development, as well as experience working as a teaching assistant and after school teacher with various age groups. Sean and his wife had a baby girl in the fall…

  • Marley Loranger

    Marley is a junior at Beaver Country Day School. She worked during the past two summers as a CIT and a junior camp counselor for pre-K children. She attended Riverbend through the 3rd grade and Miss Dianne was her teacher. A fun fact about Marley is that she met her best friend at Riverbend when…

  • Laura Taft

    Laura works in the Toddler After School Program, so naturally she is curious. She attended Montessori as a toddler, and she often tries to incorporate elements from her own childhood into our program. Art is a huge part of that, and she loves seeing how the children react to the “crafting table.” Laura holds a teaching…

  • Dana Rivera Suarez

    Dainelysse (Dana) is a senior at Framingham High School, and she speaks Spanish and English. She has always wanted to find a career where she gets to interact with young children. At Riverbend, that’s exactly what she does in the After School program. She loves coming into work as an after school teacher and interacting and…

  • Ana Kruse

    Ana is a Toddler teacher as well as an After School teacher. She arrived in the United States in 2019 as an au pair, working with a wonderful family that allowed her to continue her studies as a teacher at MassBay Community College. Before moving to the United States, Ana earned her bachelor’s degree in…