Eileen Galindo

Sycamore Class   |   Sycamore Lead Teacher

Ms. Galindo was born in Lima, Peru. She came to the U.S. as a teenager and has lived in the Bay Area (Daly City, San Francisco and currently in Alameda) ever since. She obtained her B.A in Psychology from San Francisco State University. Her original career plan was to get her Marriage and Family Therapist license but after having her daughter Kylie in 2010, she discovered a passion for early child development. She got her ECE Site Supervisor level permit and worked as an Applied Behavioral Analysis (ABA) instructor for children on the autism spectrum. She completed her practicum at a Spanish Immersion preschool in San Francisco. While at GLM she got her AMI Primary training certification from Montessori Northwest in 2022. Ms.Galindo will complete her Master’s in Early Education from Whitworth University in 2023. Besides having a teen daughter, Ms. Galindo has a toddler son who just started at GLM in 2023. She is honored to be part of the GLM community and hopes to nurture each child’s uniqueness and encourage their independence during their important formative years. During her free time, Eileen enjoys reading, going to the movies, theater and musicals, listening to true crime podcasts, and enjoying time with her family and walking her dogs.

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