Samantha Maqdoor  is a graduate of University of California Riverside where she received a B.S. in Biology. As a former Montessori student, she pursued her dream of becoming a Montessori teacher and holds her American Montessori Society Elementary I and II Teaching Credentials from the San Francisco Bay Area Montessori Education Center. Samantha started at VMS in 2013 in the Upper Elementary classrooms and has also spent time teaching Science in the Middle School. She is currently an Upper Elementary Teacher in the Redwood classroom.