Lourdes Dumke is a Montessori Primary Guide and is pursuing an M.Ed. in Early Childhood Education at ACE. She previously served as a kindergarten and first grade literacy teacher at a private school in Georgia.

Lourdes has been an educator for more than 15 years, and was a journalist and marketing manager in a previous life. She is also the mother of two adult children and now passes the time with her husband and chihuahua.