Fanta Kamara began teaching at St. Columba’s Nursery School in 2020. Ms. Kamara has worked in Early Childhood Education for 18 years. She started her teaching career to be able to spend time with her daughter at her preschool without any intention of making it a lifelong career. After a year of teaching, she quickly realized that this was her calling so she went back to school to earn her degree in Early Childhood Education. Ms. Kamara has been working with children ever since and she loves every minute of it, particularly the excitement and joy that children bring to each activity, whether it’s building blocks or playing outside. She also loves the sense of community at St. C’s and the commitment to helping children thrive at all levels. Children have taught her resilience; even when they make mistakes or fall down, they are able to get back up. She has also learned acceptance from children; their ability to accept others for who they are is deeply inspiring to her.  Ms. Kamara loves all books by Todd Parr. Her birthday is December 26th and she is from Sierra Leone.