Veronica Burbano

Primary Trainer

Veronica Burbano is a 3-6 AMI Primary Trainer with 16 years of experience in Early Childhood Education. She worked as an early childhood educator at the GVSU Lab School in Michigan for two years and earned her Primary AMI diploma from MTCNE while serving as a Spanish specialist and assistant at the Amherst Montessori School in Massachusetts. Following her training, she developed and launched a bilingual program for one of the Casa de Niños at the school, where she spent over a decade guiding children, supporting families, and mentoring assistants and new guides. Veronica holds a Bachelor of Science in Business and Marketing, with a minor in Organizational Communication from the Universidad San Francisco de Quito, and an M.Ed in Early Childhood Education from Grand Valley State University. Currently, she serves as a Montessori Mentor for GCLL and conducts workshops in the US and South America. A mother of two, Veronica’s son and daughter both benefited from Montessori education. She frequently visits her native Ecuador to spend time with family and enjoys gardening, beekeeping with her husband, and caring for their seven chickens in her free time.