Meet Our Team
Laura Schmitt
Opening a school was Laura’s dream ever since her son, Jake who is now 37, went to his first day of preschool, she founded Marin Enrichment in 1989 in the downstairs of her Greenbrae home. Her children, Jake, Meagan, and Caitlin are all graduates from Marin Enrichment, University of Washington, UC Berkeley, and UCLA respectfully.
Marin Enrichment continued to grow as it moved to The Bacich Campus creating a smooth transition from Preschool to Kindergarten. On this campus Laura was able to open an after school program benefitting children of all ages. The joy that Laura brings to campus when she walks in the door creates an atmosphere of warmth, kindness, and love.
Most importantly, Laura is a recent grandma of 5! She couldn't be more excited to have her eldest grandchildren Henry, Louie, and Ruthie in the 2025 graduating class at Marin Enrichment!
Caitlin (Schmitt) Perera
Caitlin had dreams of working with children and Directing Marin Enrichment her entire life. She is an alumnus of Marin Enrichment, Bacich, Kent, Redwood and graduated from the University of California, Los Angeles in 2014. At UCLA she studied Psychology and Theater and ran four years Cross Country and Track & Field. She was named Track & Field’s Most Inspirational Runner of 2013 and continues to run on Mt. Tam every morning. Her passion for working with children brought her back each summer to volunteer at Marin Enrichment and in 2014 was named Director. Her favorite book to read to the students is Flap Your Wings by P.D. Eastman.
Melissa Stephens
Teacher Melissa has been a teacher in the Kentfield School District since 1994. She has three children of her own: a 25 year old son who is serving with the Airborne unit of the Army, a 23 year old daughter who is a brilliant pre-school teacher, and a 12 year old son who attends Kent Middle. She taught for 12 years at Bacich and is starting her 17th year at Kent Middle School. She is passionate about Service, Spirit and Self-reflection, and her multiple enrichment courses reflect those values. She has a Masters in Educational Leadership and lives by the philosophy of meeting all children where they are and loving them for it all. While she is grateful for all the opportunities she has to work with kids in a variety of ways and ages, her favorite role is that of being Teacher Geary’s mom.
Lada Tsibulya
Lada graduated from Moscow University with Masters Degree in World history and Political Science.
Throughout Lada's entire career she has experienced working with preschool students all the way up to High Schoolers. Lada found her joy once again at the preschool level with us at Marin Enrichment in 2017. She loves art, music, cooking and cant wait to share this love with children. Her favorite book to read is Mixed A Colorful Story by Arree Chung.
Geary Aubert
Geary Aubert has been part of the Marin Enrichment family and Kentfield School District her whole life. She attended Marin Enrichment in 2003 and her mom, Melissa Stephens, is a 5th grade teacher at Kent Middle School and Marin Enrichment extended care teacher. Geary joined our team in 2020 and continued her education receiving her Head Teacher Certification in 2023. Geary’s favorite childhood book to read is Marcel the Pastry Chef by Marianna Mayer
Evelyn Say
Teacher Evelyn has been working with children for 9 years and has continued her education in early childhood education at College Of Marin. Both her sons attended Marin Enrichment Preschool and currently attend our extended care program in the afternoon. Her favorite activity to do with our students is Spanish and her favorite book to read to our students is Que Serás by Camille Saied Mendez.
Anya Durgerian
Teacher Anya graduated from San Francisco State in 2023 with a degree in Recreation and Parks Tourism. Her passion for children started at Camp Mather in Yosemite. Her favorite activities to do with our students include art and field games. Outside of Marin Enrichment you can catch her at farmers markets selling her own art! Her favorite childhood book series is The Magic Treehouse by Mary Pope Osborne.
Mike Kowalczyk
Teacher Mike began his passion working with children in 1991 working with Native American youth at the Intermountain Youth Center in Santa Fe. Since then, he has raised two wonderful sons and you may have caught him on the pool deck watching his youngest, Finn swim for the Tidalwaves. He loves helping students work through challenging homework problems and gives our students confidence to independently make thoughtful, kind choices.
Gwen Wagner
Gwen graduated from Cal Poly San Lus Obispo in 2019 with a degree in English Literature. She is currently in grad school studying to get her paralegal certificate. Gwen has a passion for art, music, and reading. She began working at Marin Enrichment during our summer camp in 2016 and we are thrilled to now have her for the full school year. Her favorite children’s book is Stellaluna, a must read!