Sundari Rao, the Director of School, is passionate about Montessori education and building collaborative educational communities. She entered the world of Montessori in 2003, and has been an early childhood teacher since 2005.  

Over the years, Sundari has led Montessori based parent workshops, and has presented Biomes from the eyes of a child, at the Montessori conference. In the recent past she also has led a social and emotional learning study group with other professionals, based on the Powers of Resilience - a Conscious Discipline program founded by Dr. Becky Bailey. In addition, she is stepping into the world of being a Montessori teacher training instructor at the Early Childhood level with Princeton Center for Teachers Education (PCTE). In her spare time, Sundari enjoys the outdoors, reading, playing all sorts of strategic games, crocheting caps for cancer survivors, music, and volunteering in her local community events. Sundari’s beautiful family includes her husband and two adult children.

Sundari holds an American Montessori Credential in Early Childhood Education (ECE) from Princeton Center Teachers Education (PCTE), and Montessori Accreditation Council for Teacher Education from North American Montessori Center. She earned a B.Com in Business Administration from Mumbai University, a Diploma in Business Management from Mumbai, and a Masters in Education, with an emphasis in Montessori from Xavier University in Ohio. Sundari is a Reiki Master, believer of meditation and its calming powers that helps one find their inner light. 

With over 15 years of experience within the Montessori community, she has personally witnessed the power that Montessori education has to create a more peaceful world.   

Immaculate Hudson is our Business Director. Her Montessori journey began 12 years ago with the birth of her daughter. She firmly believes that a Montessori environment is an ideal workplace where children are encouraged to go at their own pace, work collaboratively/individually, and spend time on materials they enjoy. 

She completed her undergraduate with a major in Computer Applications and a Master’s degree in English literature. Immaculate holds a Montessori primary certification from American Montessori Internationale. She has worked in school settings in India and continues on her Montessori journey in the United States of America.

In her 10+ years tenure as an educator, she dedicated five plus years as a lead teacher, two years as an academic coordinator, and three years as a Director.

As she has grown into the role of a Montessori educator, she is backed by her wonderful family, her husband, and two children.   

In her free time, she enjoys cooking, jogging, spending time with her family, and actively volunteering in the local catholic church through roles such as being a Catechist, Eucharistic Minister, and Reader. The culmination of friendship and co-teaching with her business partner came together post covid, helping them start United Village Montessori School. 

For Judy, our advisor, Montessori's philosophy is deeply ingrained in her approach to parenting and teaching. Her four-decade-long teaching career was inspired by her efforts years earlier to establish, for her own children, one of the first Montessori Children’s Houses in Maine.

For 26 years, she taught children ages 3 to 6 at a prominent New Jersey Montessori school, The Albrook School, in Basking Ridge. Judy studied under Nancy Rambusch, a founder of the American Montessori Society (AMS). She now teaches adult learners at the very same Montessori teacher training program, The Princeton Center for Teacher Education, distinguished for its devotion to authentic Montessori.

Now retired from the classroom, she continues to write about Montessori and work as a sought-after field consultant, instructor, and lecturer. She is a certified Early Childhood teacher by AMS and a Summa Cum Laude graduate of Rider University’s College of Liberal Arts.