Welcome Faculty and Staff

Please welcome the following staff members to our community!

Kathy Ellwood

Kathy is originally from Southern California but identifies more with the Pacific Northwest. She started her education career first as a parent of four children, then moving into a Paraprofessional position at a local elementary school. Kathy enjoys working with all age groups, but her passion is in lower elementary education. In her spare time, she enjoys biking, gardening, and spontaneous road trips.

Jana Huang

Jana has lived in Washington almost her whole life, except for a two-year stay in Beijing. She graduated from the University of Washington, Bothell, with an Interdisciplinary Studies degree and went on to get her K-8 certification from there in 2009. While getting her K-8 certification, she discovered that traditional education was not a good fit for her. She worked at a Montessori preschool and fell in love with the philosophy. She stayed home with her newborn son for a number of years, using a lot of what she had learned from Montessori in her parenting of him. Her family moved to Beijing for a couple of years, where she had her daughter. After they moved back, she got a job at the same Montessori school where she had previously worked. Her daughter also attended there for a few years until the pandemic hit. Staying at home while her children attended remote schooling allowed Jana to reexamine where she was at. She decided to go back to school, get her lower elementary Montessori certification, and begin working with elementary-aged students again. She is so excited for the opportunity to do her internship at Eton School. Jana enjoys playing board games with her children, learning languages, listening to podcasts about Montessori, and cooking in her spare time.

Cassie Jones

Cassie was born and raised in Lincoln, Nebraska. She attended the University of Nebraska Omaha, where she studied art and art history. She found her passion for education while working at the child development center on campus during her undergrad. After graduating from UNO, she taught preschool for almost eight years before relocating to Denver, Colorado. While living in Denver, she worked for Denver Public Schools as a Behavioral Paraprofessional. She relocated to the Seattle area in June of 2021. When she is not at work, you can find her running, hiking, skiing, exploring, and hanging out with her husband, Vaughn, and their dogs, Kiyoshi and Georgia.

Lauren knew she wanted to work with children when she became a camp counselor her freshman year of high school. She has started her education at Bellevue College, moving all the way from Albany, Oregon, to pursue her dreams. Although she is from Oregon, she considers Washington to be home. She loves the beauty of her new home and can’t wait to explore it more. In her free time, Lauren loves reading, writing, and spending time with her family. She has a strong love for her animals and enjoys spending time with them. She hopes to be a future English teacher and is excited for what Eton has to offer!

Brent Quick

Brent joined Eton school in fall 2021. He has worked the past 10 years supporting the facilities needs of local primary schools in the greater Seattle area. After moving around a lot in his youth, he has called Bellevue home for over 25 years. Family is very important to him, proudly raising twin daughters who are now in college and a son who is a sophomore at Sammamish high school. He and his wife of 32 years enjoy the outdoors, camping and hiking whenever time allows. In his free time, you will often find Brent riding his bicycle around the local area.

Selina Sultana

Selina was born and grew up in Dhaka, Bangladesh, where she completed her Bachelor’s and Master’s degree in Zoology and then another Bachelor’s degree in Education. She soon grew to love teaching and worked as a high school science teacher for eight years before moving to Canada. After living in Canada for five years, she moved to Washington in 2007 with her husband and young son. For the next 12 years, she stayed at home to raise her only son. During these years, she regularly volunteered at her son’s schools and was very active in her community. After her son entered college, she began working again as an assistant teacher at a local preschool. Selina loves working with children and wants to spend time with them as they start to explore the world with their curious minds. Through Eton, she hopes to play an important role in their formative years and help prepare them for success in life through a quality education. Outside of work, Selina loves to spend time with family and friends, cook Bangladeshi cuisines with an American twist, walk around her neighborhood, and exercise by doing Zumba!

Grace Yu

Originally a native of the Pacific Northwest, Grace found her passion in teaching while volunteering at a Montessori-inspired school in Asia. Since then, she continued her pursuit of knowledge, training, and experience through acquiring her AMI Primary Credentials in British Columbia, her AMS Elementary I-II Credentials in Northern California, and her Masters of Education from Chaminade University. Grace has been teaching in the Montessori environment since 2009 and is very excited to join Eton School as an Upper Elementary Teacher for the 2021-2022 school year. After 11 years of baking in the California sun, Grace and her family, which includes three kids and a Corgi, decided it was time to invest in some umbrellas and come back to the Pacific Northwest. When she has some free time, Grace enjoys stretching her fingers over the ivory keys of her piano or attempting to grow some potted plants.