Meet Our Team

Our team is complemented with external people who run some of our workshops, as well as amazing trainees and substitute teachers!

Doctor in Geopolitics, Marion left the diplomacy and International cooperation sector to create the school which she dreamed of for her children. Since 2012 she has been passionate about child education and innovative organizations. L’écoline obtains the B-corp label in 2019. Marion organized and participated in the Swiss Study Groups in Reggio Emilia each year since 2016. In 2020, Marion attended the “Creating Cultures of Thinking” course at Project Zero, Harvard. She is the main representative of l’écoline.
MARION JULIA
Founder & Director
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Elizabeth, Pedagogista and Teacher joined l’écoline in 2013, after having worked for 2 years in a school inspired by Reggio Emilia in New York. Passionate about this child educational approach, she took part in the annual meeting of NAREA in Pittsburgh in 2015, then in our Swiss study trips to Reggio Emilia in 2016, 2018 and 2021. She is co-teacher of the School group, and has lead English Club and Wonder Lab workshops for several years. She is also a Jacobs Foundation Fellow : https://jacobsfoundation.org and completed the CAS: “Economics and Pedagogy of early childhood education”. In 2020, she participated in the “Creating Cultures of Thinking” training at Project Zero, Harvard. Elizabeth is an English-speaking American national. Since 2018, she is our main speaker for professional development around l’écoline as a Reggio Emilia inspired school, both for professional and students.
ELIZABETH BIONDO
Pedagogista and School teacher
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DELPHINE CONRAD

Directrice pédagogique de la section Parascolaire

Delphine is Directrice pédagogique of the Parascolaire section (Pavillon). She joined l'écoline in 2023. She is also a specialist in Neuropedagogy for our 3 sections. She has been in a Management position for 10 years and works as an Educator since 2003. She holds a CAS in « Gestion d’équipe et conduite de projet » and a CAS in « Formatrice à la pratique professionnelle ». She is going to participate to the Study trip to Reggio Emilia this Fall 2023.

Alizée is Directrice pédagogique of the Preschool section. She joined l’écoline in 2014 as a socio-educational assistant. She then completed her training to become an Educator (Bachelor in Social Work, option Education). We were delighted to have her again in September 2017. She participated in the Swiss Study group in Reggio in 2019 and 2022. She finished her CAS in team management and project management in 2023 and will start a CAS in Adults Training that same year. Alizée is also fond of animals and an active member of the Association Mirabelle & Balcon running the educational farm in St-Sulpice.
ALIZÉE GIRARDET
Educator
Laurence is co-head of the School group. She first joined l’écoline in 2014 to offer some Scientific workshops to children. She then completed her Teacher graduation at HEP and became one of our 2 School teachers in 2016. Being first trained (postgrade) as a Scientist , she still proposes scientific workshops and experiments to children at l’écoline. She participated to our Swiss study group to Reggio Emilia in 2017. In 2020, she participated in the “Creating Cultures of Thinking” training at Project Zero, Harvard.
LAURENCE GOUX
School Teacher
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Mélanie joined l’écoline in 2018 and has been one of our main educators since then, first within School group and now within Preschool group. She’s in charge of the organization of EPFL holiday clubs. She has worked for more than 10 years at the Centre Vaudois d’aide à la jeunesse (CVAJ) in Lausanne. She discovered the Reggio Emilia approach in 2015 in Sweden and participated to many conferences and trainings about the approach since then. She participated in the Swiss Study group in Reggio in 2019 and 2021. From September 2023, she’s getting back to studies at ESEDE.
MÉLANIE HAYASHI
Educator
Petra joined l'écoline in 2020, first as a substitute and then as a major educator in our team. She now works with the Parascolaire section but also in the School section on Monday. From Croatia, she is bilingual FR/EN and she runs the English Club. She is also fond of Nature and digital projects. She works along with Mélanie in many of our EPFL holiday clubs. She participated in our Study trip in Reggio Emilia in 2022.
PETRA DRASKOVIC
Educator
Leila joined l'écoline, first as a substitute, then as Educator in charge of Preschool1 group from August 2023. She participated in the Study trip to Reggio Emilia in 2022.
LEILA PEREZ
Educator
Coralie has been a social educator for 8 years and joins l'écoline in 2022. She is responsible for the afternoons in the School group and is bilingual FR/EN. She also speaks Spanish, Italian and a bit of German. She participated in the Study trip to Reggio Emilia in 2022. She's going back to studies at University for 2 days a week from this September 2023.
CORALIE TONYE
Educator
Mathilde is responsible for the school group on Wednesdays and does visual arts ateliers with preschool children on Mondays. She joined l’écoline in 2015 as a trainee and then as Apprentice until 2019 when she qualified. She works both with School and Preschool children. She took part in the Swiss study group at Reggio in 2016.
MATHILDE CONSTANTIN
Educator and Arts Atelierista
Patrizia joined l'écoline first as a subsitute in 2022, and as an Educator in our Preschool section from August 2023. She participated to our Study trip in Reggio Emilia in 2022. She trained as a Early Years teacher in Venezuela and has worked both as an Educator and Yoga teacher for years in Switzerland.
PATRIZIA CATALDO
Educator
Valérie joined l'écoline in 2020 as a trainee after a career in Human resources. While trainnig at ESEDE she is now a main Educator in our Parascolaire section. She will participate to our Study trip to Reggio Emilia in 2022.
VALERIE MINEO
Educator student
Elisabeth joined l'ecoline in 2021 and works as an Educator in the Preschool group. She's getting back to studies at ESEDE from August 2023. She participated in the 5th swiss study trip to Reggio Emilia in 2021.
ELISABETH MOUKAGNA
Educator
Michelle joined l'écoline in 2021 in the Preschool group. Passionate about art in particular about danse, she complemented her cursus with a danse-educator training in Constance in 2013. She participated in the Swiss study trip to Reggio Emilia in 2016. She takes a long maternity leave during the school year 2022-2023 to takes care of her new baby and 2 other children.
MICHELLE PEDIMINA
Educator
Marie-Elodie joined l'écoline in 2015 as a Dance atelierista. Then she expanded her role with hours as an Assistant. She leads Dance and Movement workshops, as well as Yoga workshops with School, Preschool and families. She participated in the Swiss Study group in Reggio in 2017.
MARIE-ELODIE GRECO
Dance Atelierista
Anne-Marie joined l’ecoline in 2016. As an illustrator, she has also been leading creative workshops for children in her studio in Lausanne since 2015. At l’écoline, she is our Visual Arts Atelierista and inspires and contributes to many projects with Schools and Preschools. She participated in the Swiss Study group in Reggio in 2017. Her studio in Lausanne and the program: https://annemarielendi.ch/
ANNE-MARIE LENDI
Arts Atelierista
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Valentina joined l’ecoline in 2020 and is our Nature Atelierista for School group. Trained in naturopathy, she accompanies children and families in nature from the age of 5. She participates and organizes holiday camps in Taney for the 8-12 year olds as well as storytelling and nature afternoons at l’ecoline.
VALENTINA OSPINA
Assistant and Nature Atelierista
Tiffany joined l'ecoline in 2019. She worked in the school group from lunch time. As from 2023 after obtaining her diploma as an administrative assistant, she coordinates and supports administrative duties. Tiffany is also an animal caretaker. 
TIFFANY BONVIN
Administrative Assistant
Léa began her internship in 2018 at l’ecoline, and her apprenticeship in 2020. She is now a fully trained Assistante socio-éducative and will work with Preschool group on Wednesdays before leaving for a long trip in South Africa in 2023 and 2024.
LÉA AGOLINO
Educator
Delphine joined l'écoline as an assistant in 2020. She is part of the paraschool group at the Pavillon.
DELPHINE HAYASHI
Assistant
Titiana joined l'ecoline in 2022 in the paraschool group at the Pavillon.
TITIANA JACQUIER
Assistant
Jacqueline is our home fairy. She joined l’ecoline from the beginning. She takes care of the meals and the cleaning in both school and preschool groups.
JACQUELINE DIAH
Home Fairy
Karim takes care of the cleaning and the many small (and large) janitorial jobs at l'écoline
KARIM DIAH
Concierge
Yeimis takes care of the cleaning every week-end at l'écoline and during our special events.
YEIMIS PUELLO MARTINEZ
Cleaning lady
Jelissa created The Village Coworking in 2017. In February 2019, The Village Coworking and l’ecoline teamed up to create the first coworking space directly implanted in a daycare school: l’ecolines’ Village. She coordinates the Eco-Schools programme since 2022 and is now in charge of l’écoline’s communication and community manager. She organizes activities for parents and families (conferences, yoga classes…) and is in charge of weekly newsletter. She participated in the 2020 Swiss Study Group in Reggio Emilia. Since 2022, she works mainly remotely from Amsterdam.
JELISSA RISSE
Coordinator of the village
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Izabela is a psychopedagogue and trained in cognitive sciences, Montessori pedagogy, the practice of philosophy workshops and graphotherapy. She is passionate about others, human links and language. She accompanies children, parents and educational teams towards a better understanding of their mutual needs and individual and collective well-being. She participated in the 2020 Swiss Study Group in Reggio Emilia.
IZABELA WISNIEWSKA PASTRE
Education & Psychological Counsellor
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Aurélie, who gave birth to the idea of l'écoline along with Marion in 2012, became a life coach for children after spending 10 years at the UN in public health. Trained as a psychologist and adult educator, she has always been passionate about human behavior, education and personal development. Aurélie accompanies children from the age of 5 by helping them discover their “super powers”, building their self-confidence, emotional intelligence and ability to make the right choices. She leads workshops for children and families as well as parenting workshops.
AURELIE ANDRIAMIALISON
Kids life coaching
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Camille, joined the team in 2023. Camille trained at the psychomotricity training institution of Bordeaux in 2016 and has worked with children in different countries before arriving in Switzerland in 2018. She offers psychomotricity workshops to children as well as observation and supervision time for l’écoline’s team. More information about psychomotricity here.
CAMILLE JABLY
Psychomotrician
Luwam is our Accountant since Spring 2023
LUWAM FRESSLASSIE
Accountant
The Board of Directors is composed of :
Patricia FOULGOCQ
Alexandre JULIA
Marion JULIA
Boris KARAMATA
Djamila MULLER
Eric POIREY
Janik POIREY
Jelissa RiSSE
Gabriel RISSE
Dan WITTING
Galina WITTING
CULTURE

A shared vision, guided by the Reggio Emilia principles

  • We fully subscribe to the « Vision of the Child » and the « Role of the Educator”
  • We are professional, committed, motivated, responsible and respectful
  • We acknowledge that there is always room to improve
  • We give the best of ourselves
  • We respect and defend the rights of children and their place as citizens
  • We respect and have a caring view of our colleagues and the families of l’écoline
  • We recognise that we compliment each other, and we appreciate what each member of the team brings
  • We encourage and value life-long learning and training
  • We learn from our errors and our successes
  • We aim to be authentic and understanding at all times
  • We appreciate that we all have a need to feel valued and heard
  • We work fo the common good and for a better world in a constructive and positive frame of mind

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