Education Center Staff
Jessica R.
Director
Ms Jessica has been with Pilgrim Education Center since 2019. She is a prekindergarten teacher turned director.
Evelyn A.
Early Infant 1 Lead Teacher
Ms Evelyn has been with Pilgrim Education Center since 2024 as the assistant in our early infant 1 classroom.
Kaitlyn R.
Infant 2 Lead Teacher
Ms Kaitlyn has been with Pilgrim Education Center since 2024. She started as an assistant infant teacher and moved up into a lead position!
Marie M.
Toddler Lead Teacher
Ms Marie has been employed with Pilgrim Education Center since 2022. She came to Pilgrim from working in school nutrition.
Maggie C.
Toddler Assistant Teacher
Ms Maggie has been employed with Pilgrim Education Center since 2026. She works full-time for Bellevue Public Schools.
Amber L.
Early Prekindergarten Lead Teacher
Ms Amber has been with Pilgrim Education Center since 2022. She has worked with our toddler, preschool, and prekindergarten classes.
Jasmine R.
Assistant Prekindergarten Teacher
Ms Jasmine was employed with Pilgrim from 2023-2024. She returned in 2025 after an extended maternity leave.
Lisa B.
Administrative Assistant
Ms Lisa has been with Pilgrim Education Center since 2019. She is also our substitute director.
Felicia D.
Early Infant 1 Assistant Teacher
Ms Felicia began at Pilgrim Education Center in 2026. She came to Pilgrim after working in several other centers in the metro area.
Jaelyn C.
Infant 2 Assistant Teacher
Ms Jaelyn came to Pilgrim Education Center in 2026 after moving to the area and wanting to continue her childcare career.
Natalie R.
Toddler Assistant Teacher
Ms Natalie has been with Pilgrim Education Center since 2024. She began as an assistant infant teacher before moving to assist in the toddler room.
Ashley C.
Preschool Lead Teacher
Ms Ashley has been with Pilgrim Education Center since 2026. She has previously worked at another childcare center.
Catherine E.
Early Prekindergarten Lead Teacher
Ms Catherine has been with Pilgrim since 2019. She has been an assistant prekindergarten teacher and lead our summer program. She is now a lead early prekindergarten teacher.
Kylie K.
Float Teacher and Summer Program Lead Teacher
Ms. Kylie has been at Pilgrim since 2021. She has worked with every age group at Pilgrim.
Rita M.
Religion & Library Coordinator
Mrs Mikkelson has been with Pilgrim Education Center since 2003. She has held many titles, but she currently coordinates our religion curriculum and library.
Taylor P.
Advanced Infant 1 Lead Teacher
Ms Taylor began at Pilgrim Education Center in 2017. She left for another career opportunity in 2024, but missed working with the little kiddos and returned in 2025.
Megan B.
Toddler Lead Teacher
Ms Megan has been with Pilgrim Education Center since 2022. She started as an assistant teacher and took over as a lead when the position opened up.
Paige M.
Toddler Assistant Teacher
Ms Paige has been employed part-time with Pilgrim Education Center since 2024 as an assistant toddler teacher.
Zak P.
Preschool Assistant Teacher
Mr Zak began at Pilgrim Education Center in 2025 as a part-time float teacher with all of our older kids classes, before moving into a full-time assistant position.
Calista R.
Prekindergarten Lead Teacher
Ms Calista started at Pilgrim Education Center in 2020-2021 working with our toddler, preschool, and prekindergarten classes. She returned in 2025 as a prekindergarten teacher.
Dusty R.
Nutrition Specialist and Float Teacher
Ms Dusty has been with Pilgrim Education Center since 2017. She began as a toddler teacher, but moved to the nutrition program to fill a need and found she enjoys it. She also enjoys helping out in classrooms when needed.