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Meet the Director



Missy Tepe



Director





It is with great excitement that we welcome our new Director, Missy Tepe, to our family. Missy comes to Creative rich with experience in early childhood education and leadership roles. A native to the Westside, Missy is family oriented. She is married with three children in the fourth and eighth grades and a Sophomore in high school. She has worked with children and families throughout her career. She has a Bachelor’s Degree in Psychology and a Master's in Clinical Counseling. She worked as a Licensed Mental Health Therapist with children and adults for many years at St. Joseph Orphanage and IKRON. In addition, she was a parent educator and parenting coach at Bethesda Hospital and taught parent and child classes at the Cincinnati Enrichment Center as well as an aide and substitute teacher at a local westside preschool. She is actively involved at her children’s school, serving as the Service Unit Coordinator for the St. Antoninus Girl Scout program as well as troop leader for both of her daughters.



Meet the Teachers



Sammie Camardo



4s Teacher and Friday Friends





Sammie is a Creative Preschool alumae and is thrilled to be back as a teacher. She attended Our Lady of Victory and Seton High School before earning her Early Childhood degree in 2022. She has always been passionate about working with young children.



Stephanie Duebber



PreK Teacher





Mrs. Duebber began teaching at Creative Preschool in 2019. Prior to that, she had been a stay at home mom for nine years. She attended the University of Cincinnati where she earned a Bachelor's degree in Sociology. She was born and raised on the Westside of Cincinnati and married her husband in 2009. They have four beautiful children together. Mrs. Duebber had always dreamed of being a teacher and was thrilled at the opportunity to join the wonderful community at Creative!



Elysa Fischer



3s Teacher





Mrs. Fischer is so excited to join the Creative Preschool family! She attended Xavier University where she earned her bachelor's degree in communications. Before deciding to stay home with her boys, she worked for a variety of companies and non-profit organizations, including St Joseph Orphanage, St. Vincent de Paul, and Kroger Discoveries. As a true Westsider, she met her husband while working together at Skyline. Almost 20 years later, they have two wild boys and two silly dogs. Her family loves getting outdoors whenever possible! Her oldest son will be a student at Creative this year. She's so excited to watch him and all of the awesome children at Creative learn and bloom this year!

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Meredith Mazza



4s Teacher





Mrs. Mazza feels so blessed to be able to teach at Creative Preschool with the wonderful staff and is looking forward to getting to know the families and children. Mrs. Mazza is from Michigan, met her husband at Miami University, and settled here in Cincinnati. She has her Bachelor's in Elementary Education and Master's in Early Childhood Education. First she taught at Indian Hill Primary School, next stayed home to raise her 4 children, and then returned to teaching as librarian at Visitation and most recently as 5th grade Language Arts teacher. She loved her time with her own children and helping for years at their preschool. There is nothing more precious than the hearts and minds of our children. Mrs. Mazza and her husband have four children. They love to vacation in Northern Michigan. They have a fuzzy orange cat that entertains their family... Willy! Mrs. Mazza is so excited to spend this time with the staff and families at Creative, and returning to preschool.



Ryan Koshover



3s Teacher





Mrs. Koshover lives in Delhi with her family. She attended the University of Cincinnati where she earned a Bachelor's degree in Psychology. She married her high school sweetheart and has three boys. She and her family live in her childhood home in Delhi with their dog Monte and cat Tinkerbell. Mrs. K has always enjoyed working with children. She is so happy to be a part of such a wonderful preschool with amazing families.



Robin McGowan



4s Teacher





Mrs. McGowan has been teaching preschool for 20+ years. She married her high school sweetheart and has 4 children, 3 daughters-in-law and 6 grandchildren. Her children and grandchildren are Creative Preschool alums. She still has one grandchild currently attending! Mrs. McGowan loves watching the children learn and grow throughout their time at Creative. She considers Creative an extension of her family and loves working with a wonderful staff and families here!



Meet the Teacher's Aides



Silvana Klawitter & Janet Neville



Teacher's Aides





Silvana Klawitter and Janet Neville were both stay at home moms before starting at Creative in 2007. They each have three children, all Creative alumni and have both been happily married to their husbands for 30 years. They love being with the children at Creative and lending a helping hand to our wonderful teachers and staff.





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