Ms. Estes, a lawyer, has a wide range of teaching experience, from preschool to the university level.  She completed her undergraduate education at the University of Southern Mississippi in Psychology and Child Development and graduated from Florida Coastal Law School Magna Cum Laude.  After completing law school, she worked in the legal field and then returned to teaching. Ms. Estes, a recipient of a 2008 teaching excellence award, is in her second year at the PCRS.

Ms. Montorio, an educator from Spain, has been teaching language arts for 18 years. Her assignments have included work with grade school – high school age children.  During her career, she has taken several remote teaching assignments including one in the US and one in England. In addition to her undergraduate degree she has certifications in Spanish, English and French and a specialization in music.

Lily Ren, a native Mandarin Chinese speaker, studied Chemistry at Dailan Polytechnic University and taught science for ten years in China. Since coming to the US, she has worked in several fields including teaching young people Mandarin Chinese.  She is passionate about education and wants all her students to have fun learning math, science and the Chinese language. 

Sonia Song is in her fourth year at the PCRS and was a recipient of teaching excellence awards in 2006, 2007 and 2008.  She is a native Mandarin speaker with a degree in education.  In additional to a strong teaching background and an exceptional ability to work with young children, she has 4 years of laboratory science work experience and is an accomplished musician.