Heidi Eadie grew up in the Newport Beach area and graduated from Newport Harbor High School in 1995. She attended Oregon State University where she earned a bachelors degree in Liberal Studies. She received her teaching credential at Vanguard University and began teaching Kindergarten at Newport Coast Elementary School soon after. Over a course of 7 years, she taught both Kindergarten and second grade. While teaching, she returned to school to earn a Masters of Arts in Education as well as a California Clear Reading Certificate.

What Heidi enjoys the most about teaching is to see the growth in children in the early primary years and all those light bulbs that turn on in the early stages of reading. From experience, she has learned the importance of individualized and small group instruction, as she believes that children are more successful in this learning environment, especially when it comes to learning to read!

Hilary Hoeven grew up in Newport Beach and graduated from Harbor Day School in 1994 and Corona Del Mar High School in 1998. She earned her Bachelor's degree from University of Southern California with a major in Communications. Hilary worked in real estate development for several years prior to pursuing a graduate degree and career in Education.

In 2011, Hilary received her Masters in Education and Multiple Subject Teaching Credential from Pepperdine University. As part of her graduate degree program, Hilary was a student teacher in the Santa Ana Unified School District and Saddleback School District, teaching Kindergarden and 3rd grade. She was a long-term substitute teacher at La Madera Elementary prior to joining Early Einsteins.

An avid and experienced world traveler, Hilary is passionate about bringing real world experiences into the classroom to make learning fun and relevant at all ages. She believes a major goal of education is to create life-long learners who love to learn. She especially enjoys teaching the little ones and seeing the growth they make over each session.
Leah Huff grew up in Fountain Valley and graduated from Fountain Valley High School in 1990. She attended Chapman University in Orange where she earned her Bachelor degree in Sociology with the distinction of Departmental Honors. She then went on to receive her Multiple Subject Teaching Credential, California Clear Credential, and CLAD certificate (Cross-cultural Language and Academic Development) from Chapman. Upon graduation, she was hired by Garden Grove Unified School District and taught there for the next ten years. While employed by GGUSD she had the privileged and responsibility of being named a Master Teacher where she supervised student teachers from local universities. Additionally, she received advanced training in the teaching of specific reading strategies and provided this training to her colleagues in district in services. She now resides in Orange with her husband and four children.

Leah believes that by employing many different teaching strategies, all students have the ability to reach their potential. Flexibility and adaptability are the basis of any successful teacher/student relationship. She understands that becoming a successful reader provides the foundation for success in all other academic areas and is thrilled to be able to work with younger learners as they embark on the amazing journey to becoming lifelong lovers of reading.

Bridget Hobrecht grew up in Holland until she was 9 years old. She then moved to the United States in 1980 and was raised in Huntington Beach, Ca. She attended Marina High school and graduated in 1989. She earned her Bachelor's degree from Cal State University Long Beach with a major in Liberal Studies.

Soon after Bridget was hired for a 1st grade teaching position by Long Beach Unified School District. While teaching she continued her credential courses at Cal State University Dominguez Hills. She taught for three years before becoming pregnant with her first child. For the past ten years she was fortunate to be a stay at home mom making her family her first priority. Now that her kids are getting older she has returned to the workforce doing what she loves most, working with children.

Bridget knows the importance of academics in the earlier years because it is now being emphasized more than in past years. Kids are expected to know entering kindergarten what used to be taught in kindergarten. She is focused on working with small groups of students on a regular basis to help them to reach their highest level of achievement possible.

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