Meet Our Team

Meet the Tender Hearts Preschool team — a playful, caring crew who fill every day with curiosity, songs, stories, and big warm smiles. We bring hands-on activities, clever classroom tools, and joyful lesson sparks that turn learning into one happy adventure. Join us as we nurture little hearts, celebrate discoveries, and make every moment bright and full of fun.

  • Shirley Lemon

    DIRECTOR

    “Everything grows with LOVE.”

  • A smiling teacher with glasses and a white T-shirt standing in front of a colorful mural featuring a rainbow, clouds, flowers, a cat, and ladybugs.

    Tina Chichester

    TEACHER

    “If you see someone without a smile, give them one of yours.”

  • A teacher with glasses and long hair taking a selfie in front of a colorful rainbow mural painted on the wall. The mural includes a green tree with red apples and a blue sky.

    Kim Spindler

    TEACHER

    “Oh, the places we will go.”

  • A teacher with long blonde hair smiling, standing in front of a colorful rainbow and clouds painted on a door.

    Carrie Janway

    TEACHER

    “Be bold, be courageous, be your BEST.”

  • A smiling teacher with long curly hair standing in front of a blue wall painted with a colorful rainbow, flowers, clouds, a black cat, and an orange butterfly.

    Andrea Aguilar

    TEACHER

    “Never forget how wildly capable you are!”

  • A teacher smiling standing in front of a colorful mural with a rainbow, clouds, flowers, a butterfly, a cat, and a ladybug.

    Philip Jue

    TEACHER

    “Putting a smile on a child’s face can change the world, maybe not the whole world but at least their world.”

  • A teacher smiling in front of a colorful mural with a rainbow, clouds, a butterfly, a cat, and a ladybug. She is wearing a white T-shirt that says "Tender Hearts Preschool."

    Monica Martinez

    TEACHER

    “Teaching little minds is a work of the heart.”

  • PeggySue Harris

    TEACHER

    "Every child has something wonderful to discover. I'm grateful to be part of their journey."

  • Heartley and Lil Mama

    HEART HELPERS OF THE VILLAGE

    Some hearts never leave us—they simply inspire the next chapter.