Shelly Molloy (she/her) is from Victoria located on unceded territory of the Lekwungen peoples. She has worked at a Waldorf preschool on Salt Spring Island for the past two years, while doing her Waldorf ECE certification through West Coast institute. During this time, she has come to value alternative means of education in a world saturated by phones and technology. She admires the Waldorf system’s focus on the child’s imagination and the integrating of arts with natural materials. Shelly values this holistic means of education and knows the importance of children’s relationship with playing outdoors and being connected with the land, and believes it is vital for a child’s development in creating a social change through education. In her spare time, Shelly enjoys painting, felting puppets, cooking and trying new recipes and spending time in nature.