Danica Cantrell | Periwinkle Kindergarten Assistant Teacher

Danica was born in Lancaster, Pennsylvania and grew up in southeastern PA for most of her life. However, her maternal grandmother lived in Cornish, New Hampshire and she relished going on family road trips to visit her and travel around New England. Her grandmother was part of the first graduating class at High Mowing Waldorf School in Wilton, NH, and her mother also attended High Mowing. Her mother always wanted her to go to a Waldorf school, but it didn’t become a reality until she was in High School and was able to attend Kimberton Waldorf School in PA. As she approached graduation, she seriously considered studying early childhood education; however, a teacher there recommended she pursue an English degree for broader studies.

After graduating from Millersville University in 2012 with an English major and Philosophy minor, she worked as an Aftercare provider at the Rosebud Garden pre-school at Kimberton Waldorf school for a time. While she valued her work in the Waldorf environment and being outside throughout the year, she was looking to travel and explore more, so she did: moving to and living in Arizona, then Cape Cod, and eventually Ghent, NY. 

In 2019/2020 Danica started the Alkion Waldorf teacher training at Hawthorne Valley Waldorf school in upstate New York, however Covid and moving back home to PA made her cut short her studies. Last year she moved to Newmarket, NH looking for a life change and on a friend’s recommendation, and she has been enjoying exploring the Seacoast region. In the last 10 years Danica has held various positions, including caregiving with seniors, being a mental healthcare receptionist, and working in the 3rd grade classroom at a Camphill School. Despite the variety, however, she keeps being drawn back to the Waldorf Schools. During and since her time at Kimberton, she compares public education to Waldorf education. Then and now she wants to educate, promote and raise awareness about the benefits of Waldorf education so that it may benefit even more children.