We reached out to our founder Nancy Libertini for an update on her daughter Katie Bolyard, a member of the first Tidewater class. “Katie is the most beautiful and loving mother of two precious little girls: Bethany, age 7, in first grade, and Naomi, age 15 months.” Katie and her husband Jim, a Methodist pastor, live in North Carolina where Jim recently finished his program at the Duke School of Divinity.
Nancy’s daughter Jessica Libertini, whose own Montessori experience as a child prompted Nancy to found the school, is on sabbatical from Virginia Military Institute where she is a math professor. Jessica is currently serving as a Presidential Fellowship Award Recipient at the Defense Department where she is studying and facilitating greater cultural understanding between our military and foreign countries. She examines ways in which the U.S. military might assist with disaster relief, educational support from our troops, etc. “She has a real heart for people and is determined to be a peacemaker in this world.”