Staff

  • Sophilia LeBlanc

    Sophilia LeBlanc is Riverbend’s Spanish teacher. She brings over 15 years of experience teaching Spanish to all ages of learners. Sophilia taught in Spain, but Massachusetts is where she really developed her love of teaching. She has spent much of her career piloting elementary Spanish programs, with a strong focus on curriculum rooted in comprehensible…

  • 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…

  • Alison Ayekoloye

    Alison Ayekoloye is a dedicated educator whose love of learning has shaped a rich and varied career spanning over 13 years in schools across India and the United States. Her academic background is as diverse as her professional path, with a degree in Ancient Near Eastern Archaeology, a minor in Geology, certifications in TESOL and…

  • Nick Lazaros

    Nick, who has a degree in Sports and Hospitality Management from Lynn University, joins Riverbend with over 20 years’ experience in the trades and almost 10 years at the Housing Department at Massachusetts Institute of Technology. At MIT, Nick has taken pride in creating a comfortable and safe learning environment for students to thrive, and…

  • William Ralph

    William joined the Riverbend community in 2023 as a parent, and joined the board in 2025. He has a daughter in first grade and a son in Primary. He is the co-founder and manager of Tsundoku Partners, a financial technology startup building software that operates at the intersection of financial analysis and the law, two…

  • 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. 

  • Sue Das

    Sue joins Riverbend with over 35 years of experience in teaching and learning, with multiple advanced degrees in English, Special Education, Literacy, Learning, and Educational Leadership. A culturally competent global educator, Sue’s teaching spans a wide range from PreK to graduate school in greater New York and Connecticut. Most recently, she co-led a design team…

  • Natasha Boghosian

    Natasha joined the Riverbend community in 2022 as a parent when her daughter, Sydel, entered the Toddler classroom. Her son, Brooks, followed in 2023 and is currently in the Primary program. She became involved with the Board through the Strategic Planning Committee in 2024 and was appointed as a Board Member in 2025. Natasha holds…

  • Nicole Silvestri

    Nicole is the proud mother of two elementary-aged girls, Audrey and Courtney. They enjoy exploring nature as a family and hunting for interesting objects like acorns, shells and rocks. Nicole loves anything active – pickle ball, tennis, running, step aerobics, dancing, ping pong, hiking, biking… A fun fact about Nicole is that she is a…