Amanda Montes works in Lombard School District 44 and is an early childhood blended teacher and has been working there for 5 years. She has her Masters in Teacher Leadership and completed her master’s thesis on transitioning from early childhood to kindergarten. Her program won the Award of Excellence for Inclusion. She recently opened up a new state of the art early childhood center and received the Gold Circle of Quality in the state of Illinois receiving high scores on the ECERS.