Ashley Dignan
Ashley Dignan brings 7 years of public school teaching experience, as well as community college teaching experience to the UMS middle school classroom. She has a Master's degree in Natural Science from Northeastern State University and a NASA Endeavor Distinguished Educator certificate. She holds an Oklahoma state teaching license.
Ashley's husband drives hazmat chemicals and they have three children. Ashley started her Montessori Secondary Certification training in 2024 and is excited to learn and grow at Undercroft for many years to come.
NaTasha Guerra
NaTasha has her Bachelor's degree in Early Childhood Education and Development from the University of Oklahoma, and an Oklahoma state teaching certificate. She discovered Montessori in 2017 and completed her Montessori certification at The Center for Guided Studies in Early Childhood Education in 2019.
She has been teaching children since 2008 and works part-time teaching adult learners as an adjunct instructor in the Early Care and Education Department at Tulsa Tech. NaTasha will transition into teaching adolescents at Undercroft in the fall of 2024. Her dedication to education and human development prompted her to begin secondary Montessori education in 2024.
She has been married to her partner since 2004 and has 3 children, one of which just graduated high school. In her free time, she is an avid gardener, reader, seamstress, entomophile, chicken tamer, and information seeker.