Arlen has been a member of the Oak Learners staff since 2017. With a B.A. in Honours Psychology and Sociology, she has been working with a range of students since her graduation in 2016. She understands and supports all kinds of behaviour and unique needs, and tailors her students’ learning experiences around those needs.

When she’s not at work, Arlen enjoys outdoor activities, reading, animals, and spending time with friends and family.

Jenn has been a member of the Oak Learners staff since 2020. With over 30 years of experience working with children, our office manager Jenn is the one to call! Her passion for communication influences her hardworking attitude, and her behind the scenes work is what allows Oak Learners to communicate with its families in a productive manner. We encourage any and all questions to be sent to Jenn, as she is always the one with the answers!

When she is not at work, Jenn enjoys spending time with her family and pets, planning exciting adventures!

Kristina has been a member of the Oak Learners team since 2022. She is working at the Lake Shore Campus in the office, helping set kids up for success daily! Additionally, she teaches music and encourages creativity.

Harmeen Madan is an experienced educator with a passion for working with children with learning disabilities and behavioral disorders. She is well versed with ABA,PRT,DIR, Floor-time and other techniques of imparting therapy to students. With a profound knowledge of differential types of learners, child psychology, infant mental health and other domains of behavioral disorders, she aspires to design child specific lessons and focus on all-round development of children.
Bringing about a positive change in the children with her love and support, she strives to work closely with families as a team to achieve their desired goals with regards to their child’s growth and development.

Josie joined the Oak Learners team in 2023. She has twenty years experience working with children of all ages and abilities! She enjoys engaging students and encourages growth through their interests. 

Mishka Khilnani has been a teacher with both public and private schools since 2010. Her first interest in alternative and holistic education sparked through professional development in her Masters of Education course of study. She is eager to bring her experience and natural love for learning to the students at Oak Learners. She is a mom of two, and fur-mom of two, too!

Andrea has been a member of the Oak Learners staff since 2023. Andrea holds a Child and Youth Worker Diploma and a Child and Youth Care Bachelor’s degree from Humber College. Andrea has always loved working with children and youth and has many years of experience in a variety of environments including private schools, day cares, after-school clubs, babysitting, and summer camps!

Andrea enjoys building strong, meaningful relationships with the children and youth she works with. Andrea strongly believes in being able to meet them where they are at and support them in a holistic way.

When Andrea is not at Oak Learners, you can find her outdoors hiking, swimming, bike riding or looking around for the next best photography spot! Andrea also enjoys sending time with her cat Leo!

Daniela has been a member of the Oak Learners staff since 2022. She grew up in Colombia; she is a Psychologist from La Sabana University. She also took Homeschooling and Child Neurodevelopment, Neuroeducation and Neuropsychology courses at Ceenford and a study at the Queensland University of Technology about Inclusive Education: Essential knowledge for success. She co-founded a non-profit foundation, where she developed and implemented some social impact projects, gave speeches, and created dynamic activities. She has experience working with kids between 15 months to 15 years old.

She loves cycling, being active, learning daily, reading books and accepting new challenges. She believes the learning process should be fun and dynamic and that the student needs to know how to apply the knowledge to their lives. Teaching is her passion, and she tries to transmit this love to her students.

Katy has been a member of the Oak Learners team since 2022. She brings enthusiasm and energy when working with students of all ages!

Summer has been a member of the Oak Learners staff since 2022, and as a placement student in 2020. Summer graduated with an Advance Diploma in Child and Youth Practitioner from George Brown College. She has spent several years working with young children and youth. She enjoys being with children and youth, playing games, reading, and overall getting to know the kids and their needs.

In her free time, she loves to paint, read, reading tarot, doing yoga, spend time with loved ones, walking her dog, and spending time with her cats and dog.

Aaron has been a member of the Oak Learners team since September 2023. He studied at McMaster University and the University of Toronto. Aaron also received a certificate from the Institute for Orton-Gillingham Educators. Before then, he trained professionally in voice at The Royal Conservatory of Music. Aaron has many years of experience working with children of all ages, ranging from 4 to 16. His work has enabled him to develop and implement the Orton-Gillingham Approach, Direct Instruction, and JUMP Math. When he is not working, he enjoys reading, being in nature, getting involved in community outreach and spending time with family and friends.

Aaron is currently accepting students from K-10 in math; K-4 in early literacy; and voice, piano, and guitar students.

Adam has been a member of the Oak Learners staff since 2021. Adam is a professional drummer/percussionist with a strong passion for music and teaching, He has over 10 years of playing experience in multiple styles (Rock, Funk, Jazz, Latin etc.) and have been teaching music for 7 years. Adam believes a great teacher is one who can assess not only a student’s current musical ability, but determine what style of learning the student thrives in. He is passionate about helping his students develop their individuality as artists.

In his free time, Adam continues to practice his own musical skills and has impressed many other Oak Staff with his amazing covers!

Adrianna has been a member of the Oak Learners staff since 2021. Adrianna is currently in the Concurrent Education program at Queen’s University. She is working towards a major in psychology and a minor in English, and she is also taking a concentration of courses in Indigenous Studies. She enjoys working with kids and has done so as a soccer coach, swimming instructor, and respite care worker. Adrianna is also passionate about mental health work and advocacy and she pursues volunteer work in this field.

In the future she hopes to combine her love for working with youth with mental health work so that she can support youth and foster their overall development and well-being.

Julia has been a member of the Oak Learners staff since 2020. Julia is an OCT certified teacher with qualifications in English, History and Special Education. Before coming to Oak Learners, Julia worked as a camp staff at Autism Ontario Niagara, a one-to-one clinician at a private reading clinic and as an assistant language teacher in an international high school in Japan.

When she is not working, Julia enjoys reading, painting, biking, swimming and cooking.

Joseph has been a member of the Oak Learners staff since 2022 when he moved from London, UK to Toronto. He joined as an Elementary Teacher and was the 2022 Summer Camp Director. Joseph brings almost a decade of experience of teaching and developing program curriciulum in the UK and is passionate about teaching Physical Education and inspiring his students to excel.

In his free time he enjoys watching and playing football (soccer), along with exploring new places!

Natalie has been a member of the Oak Learners staff since 2021. She has been teaching music lessons and hosting classes for Little Rebels and holds two post-secondary diplomas in Musical Theatre and grew up studying classical music (RCM). She has been teaching for the last 10+ years in many different capacities and is an active stage and screen performer. She has spent a lot of her life caring for children as a nanny, and brings an empathetic, patient and holistic approach to teaching. Nothing makes her happier than seeing a child’s confidence and instrument flourish!

She is offering drama, voice & piano studies.

Richard has been a member of the Oak Learners staff since 2022. Richard is a biological scientist with a PhD in protein chemistry and an MSc in clinical bioinformatics. Before moving to Canada, he worked in universities and hospitals in England, where he is originally from, and also volunteered at an orphanage for disabled children in Armenia. He is extremely knowledgeable about biology and chemistry. He has an enthusiasm for science that he loves to share, and tries to find exciting ways to explain complicated topics.

In his spare time, Richard enjoys learning languages, playing guitar and canoeing.