After supporting the growth of three Waldorf school initiatives in the greater NYC Metro area Lisa and her husband moved to Kathmandu, Nepal in 2015 for 3 years.
Lisa is the founding teacher of the New Amsterdam School, a Waldorf School in NYC, where she directed and taught early childhood, with a focus on parent - child classes as well as working with children separating from home for the first time. After meeting Anthroposophy and discovering Waldorf Education she received her M.SEd in Waldorf Early Childhood Education from Sunbridge College in 2005. Lisa began working with young children and families in 2000. She loves swimming in the many rivers around Portland with her family.
Julie had co-founded and taught a preschool program in Fremont, CA, taught at the San Francisco Waldorf School, The East Bay Waldorf School, and has landed at home at Cedarwood. She also enjoys working with the parents who envision building a world for their children that is meaningful, beautiful, and true. After remembering her time as a young Waldorf student she was inspired to become a teacher and hasn’t looked back! She received her teaching certificate from Rudolf Steiner in 2013 and has enjoyed working with young children and all the joy, excitement and insight they bring to the classroom each day. Julie’s multicultural and biracial backgrounds have fed her passion for strengthening community and celebrating diversity.Īfter receiving her BA from Portland State University in Community Development and Organizational Change Julie worked in nonprofit community development organizations, but realized she wanted to work with communities in a deeper way through education.
Her father, a passionate French chef, taught her how to bring communities and people together through good food and laughter. Her mother, a Geechee, Black-American visual artist instilled in her a deep appreciation for bringing beauty and healing gifts into the world. Julie Sauton was born in Paris, France and has lived in many places across the United States throughout her life.
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