French Primary II Teachers

Callie Harvey joined the TRIS community in 2012, shortly after she and her family moved to the Bay Area from Canada.  She attended a Montessori primary program as a child and is at home with both the materials and the approach.  She has lived in France as a Vivre Sans Frontières exchange student who obtained the baccalauréat diploma in French literature and as a college student who studied at the Sorbonne University.  She holds a Bachelor of Arts in French from Bryn Mawr College in Pennsylvania and a Master of Arts in Linguistics from Leiden University in the Netherlands. Her AMI Primary certificate is from the Montessori Teacher Training Center of Northern California.  In addition to French, she understands Spanish, some Dutch, and some Russian.  One of Callie’s favorite aspects of working at TRIS is collaborating with the wonderful families and the inspiring faculty.  Teaching French pastry camp over the summer is a definite perk, too!

Boa Xiong is an AMI Montessori guide from Detroit, Michigan. She completed her Primary training at the Montessori Institute of San Diego. She holds a B.A.A. in Fashion Design and Merchandising from Central Michigan University as well as, a Masters of Education in Montessori education from Loyola Maryland University. Boa worked as an assistant designer in New York City and an English teacher in Thailand before joining TRIS in 2016. In her free time, she loves to read, sew, and occasionally snowboard after a good snowstorm. Food is also a great love! Please feel free to send her any great recipes you have.

Marie Mosimann is originally from Paris, France. She came to the Bay Area 10 years ago, starting her career as an event planner after obtaining a French four-year degree in Marketing and Communications. Prior to joining TRiS, she has been teaching French for two years, working with elementary age students in an immersion after-school center. She started at TRIS in 2015 at the Elementary level. She is now the French Assistant in P2. In her free time, she likes to go camping in the wilderness and discover new places, both in the US and abroad.