GABY VELÁZQUEZ SÁNCHEZ holds an AMI Assistant to Infancy Diploma and a degree in Early Child Education from Secretaría de Educación Pública de México. She has been active in Montessori since childhood and has worked in Montessori schools in Mexico City, Cancun, and Denver as an Assistant, Co-teacher, Lead teacher, Spanish Lead Teacher and as a Principal. In 1996 she began her instructor training at the Instituto Montessori de México and served as a staff member at the center for two years. In 2011, she became a member of the AMI Training for Trainers Program for A to I level, under the mentorship of Judi Orion. In 2012, she founded Centro Educativo Círculo Montessori in Cancun, México, a Montessori community for children from 1- 6 years old. She now lives in Denver, Colorado and works as a Montessori Mentor for Guidepost Montessori, a Higher Ground Education venture.