About us
Sara and Terri met at Battery Park Montessori School, a school for children ages 2.5-6. We began our work with gender diversity and gender equity, made a few mistakes along the way and our dream is to share our work with you so that you don’t have to make the mistakes and so that you can create environments that are inclusive and supportive of lgbtqia+ humans.
Sara Bloomberg, MA (they/them/their) is the founder of blossoming beyond the binary a consulting organization that strives to bring gender diversity and equity and lgbqtia+ positivity to people across the globe. Sara is a veteran Montessori educator with more than 25 years of educational experience. Sara received an AMS credential in Early Childhood from West Side Montessori School. Sara is a faculty member at the Center for Guided Montessori Studies, Duhovkha Teacher Education Program and is a consultant for West Side Montessori School’s Teacher Education Program. Sara was the founder of Battery Park Montessori School and the Director of the Early Childhood Department of the St Augustine Public Montessori School. Sara is a Board Member of the American Montessori Society and has consulted for families, children, schools and corporations internationally. Sara is incredibly passionate about collaborating with everyone and helping them support and guide lgbqtia+ people of all ages.
Terri Hennessy (she/her/they) is a founder of blossoming beyond the binary. Terri is a dedicated Montessori IT and EC educator. Terri has been teaching in Montessori schools since 2013 when she received her AMS credential. Terri has taught in schools in the San Francisco Bay Area, New York, Minneapolis and Philadelphia. Terri currently teaches at Philly Montessori in Philadelphia. One of the aspects of teaching that Terri loves is introducing children to diversity of all kinds, especially when it is not visible in their communities. Terri passionately believes that it is important to teach acceptance and inclusion to people of all ages and, that by having conversations about gender diversity and different ways of expressing one’s gender in early childhood, we are not only helping children learn to be accepting of all people, but we are sometimes reflecting their own feelings back to them and giving them the language to talk about themselves.