Teachers

Laura Seiferd, M.A.
Teacher, Five Year Old Pre-Kindergarten Class. Master Degree in Special Education, Gonzaga University. Bachelor Degrees in Psychology and Special Education, Gonzaga University. Experience includes student teaching in a Special Education Preschool Classroom, High School Classroom and Elementary Classroom. Specialist in Applied Behavior Analysis.

Teacher Assistant: Sarah O’Daniel
Teacher Assistant: Wendy Lewis

Alisa Thompson
Teacher, Four Year Old Preschool Class. Bachelor Degree in Human Biology and Child Development from Stanford University. Working on Master Degree in Early Childhood Special Education at the University of Alaska (online). Experience includes 2 years at the Rise School of Dallas.

Teacher Assistant: Yulidy Decena
Teacher Assistant: Kimley Dale

Erin Hinds
Teacher, Three Year Old Toddler Class. Bachelor Degree in Communications Disorders with Early Childhood Specialization, Louisiana State University. Working on Master’s at Texas Women’s University. Experience includes 1 year at the Rise School of Dallas.

Teacher Assistant: Rosa Serafin
Teacher Assistant: Erin Davis

Carrie Parker, M.S.
Teacher, Two Year Old Young Toddler II Class. Master Degree from Texas Woman’s University in Early Childhood Education. Bachelor Degree in Special Education, Northeastern State University, Oklahoma. Experience includes 1 year as a pre-school teacher for the Little Light House in Tulsa and 8 years at the Rise School of Dallas.

Lead Teacher Assistant: Princess Kemp
Teacher Assistant: Veronica Ortega

Kari Lane, M.S.
Teacher, One Year Old, Young Toddler I Class. Master Degree, Early Childhood Special Education, University of Texas, Austin. Bachelor Degree, Interdisciplinary Studies, Virginia Tech University. Attended Center for European Studies in Switzerland. Working on Doctoral Degree at Texas Woman’s University. Experience includes 2 years at Bright Horizons Family Solutions Day Care Center in Dallas as Assistant Director and teacher of the two year old class and 3 years at the Rise School of Dallas.

Teacher Assistant: Brenda Foster
Teacher Assistant: Megan Evans