Carly Conroy
Director/ Lead Guide
Carly has been involved with Montessori education in NW Oregon and internationally for over 17 years as a lead guide, board member, assistant, substitute, and parent. She received her AMI Degree at Montessori Northwest (MNW) in 2007 and earned her M.Ed in Montessori education at Loyola University in 2010.
Carly and her husband served in the Peace Corps in Zambia, where she gave support in a village public school and worked with local teachers to create a more child-centered classroom environment.
After Peace Corps, Carly and her husband moved back to Portland, started a family, and decided to put down roots in Forest Grove, Oregon. Her daughter and son have gone through Montessori. Carly is grateful to help guide children using the Montessori method and to expand the reach of Montessori education into the Forest Grove community and beyond.
Hillory Hawley
Assistant Guide
Hillory is a mother of 3 and has been coaching gymnastics since 2008. She was a competitive gymnast as a child, and her interest was reignited when her, at the time, 3-year-old daughter started preschool gymnastics class. She fell in love with the process of teaching skills and seeing the small steps turn not only into skills but confidence and a belief that they can do what they set their mind to. She loves seeing the progress of learning from the beginning steps to mastery and is enjoying the same progress unfolding in the Montessori classroom.