Prelude Preschool of the Arts Director
Rebecca Storozuk
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413-732-8428 ext. 114
Prelude Preschool Classroom Teachers

Whitney Thompson Romeo, Lead Teacher and Assistant Director, has been working with preschool age children for over twenty years, including eight years as a Director of a preschool program. She has her Associates degree in Early Childhood Education and a Masters degree in Human Services and has worked extensively with at-risk children. She looks forward to applying her Prelude training and early-education skills to her students to foster a dynamic and creative learning experience.


Mariah Roman, Lead Teacher, has worked with children for more than three years at a local nonprofit. She is a passionate artist in her free time. She is in her final semester of her Bachelor’s degree in Sociology at the University of Massachusetts Amherst. Her next journey after that will be to continue on to her Master’s in library science and a life of enriching the community she lives in with art and literature.
Jennifer Cruz, Teacher: With a warm smile and a passion for nurturing young minds, Jennifer is dedicated to creating a lifelong love of learning in the next generation. Her fascination with the transformative power of music and arts in early childhood education led her to join the Prelude community, where she can inspire and guide little ones on their educational journey. As she pursues her degree in Early Childhood Education, Jennifer delights in crafting engaging classroom experiences that foster creativity and a sense of wonder. Outside of the classroom, Jennifer’s creativity shines through her love of melodic expression on her violin and piano, and brings vibrant colors to life through her watercolor paintings and handmade crafts.
Lauren Parker, Teacher, attends Holyoke Community College pursuing a degree in Early Childhood Education. Recently, she has completed her certificate program and is now Lead Teacher certified with infants, toddlers and preschool age. Lauren has been at CMSS for over a year and continues to learn and grow in her experience with fellow teachers and artists to make the environment a colorful place of learning. Being a fellow artist herself in poetry and an aspiring ballet dancer; Lauren embraces the Reggio Emilia philosophy that Prelude has been integrating in their curriculum. She understands the depth and forms of expression that children have as they move throughout the world around them. Lauren’s goal in the next couple of years is to study abroad in Italy and visit the town of Reggio Emilia to get a hands on experience of the philosophy in real to enrich her teaching here at CMSS.