UMA RAMANI was born and raised in India and now lives and works in the USA. She holds AMI diplomas at both 3-6 and 6-12 levels. She is currently Director of Training (3-6) at the Montessori Institute of North Texas in Dallas. After several years in the classroom, Uma joined the Annie Fisher Montessori Magnet School in Hartford, Connecticut, helping to lay the foundations for a fully implemented Montessori programme in a public school setting. She has served as consultant to the Elm City Montessori School, a charter school started by a coalition of parents to serve the children of New Haven, Connecticut. She enjoys communicating Montessori principles to diverse groups of adults in various settings and she looks forward to further expanding her work under the EsF umbrella.
