Lisa Profumo

Alessandra Lisa Profumo has been an educator both in mainstream and Waldorf Education for over forty years. She has completed three rounds as class teacher in California and most recently graduated our 8th grade here at Berkshire Waldorf.

 

Before becoming a class teacher, Alessandra worked with educationally disadvantaged students in mainstream public schools, taught literature on the high school level, and has taught state mandated classes in Early Childhood Education at the University of California Los Angeles, and curriculum courses for the Waldorf Institute of Southern California. She also has given workshops and guest lectures both nationally and internationally with an emphasis on pedagogy, discipline, and parent communication.

 

Alessandra came to Waldorf education, as many have, initially as a parent. Knowing the challenges that mainstream education presents, she found the Waldorf philosophy and methodology to be the answer to the holistic approach she was seeking for her own children.

 

With an M.A. in educational psychology, and a certificate in Waldorf Education, Alessandra has focused her energies working not only in teaching but has served in leadership roles throughout her career. Before turning to education, Alessandra travelled the world as a professional dancer, and is fluent in French. She has three grown children who graduated from Highland Hall Waldorf School, and has just become a grandmother.