Kelli Dyer
Blue & Green Room Auxiliary Educator Kelli has been an active, valued, contributing resident of the Southeast Atlanta Community for over two decades. For eight years, she made a significant […]
Eleanor Walsh
Director Eleanor has worked at The Nest for eight years. She has worked several positions including chef, floater, assistant teacher, lead classroom teacher and administrator. Eleanor has been working […]
Mika Fengler
Studio Art Teacher Mika started working at The Nest in 2017. She has worked in every classroom and with every age group at the school. She is often inspired by […]
The Founding Leadership Team
The Nest Nursery School was founded by a leadership team composed of school co-founders Mandy Palmer, Kristi Cameron, and Teresa Cole. In February 2015, Teresa left The Nest Nursery School to open […]
Mandy Palmer
Co-Founder/Leadership Team
Mandy has over 15 years of experience as an educator and teacher of children ages 3 months through 5 years. Prior to co-founding The Nest she spent 10 years teaching at the Grant Park Cooperative Preschool where she furthered my study and practice of the Reggio Emilia approach to early children education. She participated in developing curriculum for the school in my role as part of the pedagogical team.
Cathy Carlock
Naturalist
Cathy is a self-proclaimed ‘late bloomer’; who has dappled in all kinds of life and career paths from yogini to bookkeeper to massage therapist and everything in between until at 46 Y.O., Cathy discovered her career as an educator/guide/partner-in-learning with the littlest learners. After completing 4 years as a classroom teacher, Cathy went on to create a state-licensed service for infants and toddlers in her home.
Charletra Johnson
Green Room lead teacher
Hi! I’m Charletra Johnson and I was born and raised in Atlanta, Ga. I grew up and still live in the historic district of old fourth ward near the Martin Luther King. Jr birth home. My passion for teaching started at the age of 13 while working at a summer youth camp. I loved positively influencing children so much that I worked there the next summer. Working with children sparked my interest in learning how humans think so I pursued a community Psychology degree from Georgia State University in 2005.
