About Us
Come Play, Grow and Learn With Us
Lemberg Cloud is an online space for children and caregivers to take classes and access educational resources.
Our Story
Lemberg Cloud is a dream centered in connection and expansion. Community members of Lemberg Children's Center came together in the Fall of 2020 to expand the online and overall presence of the center and the work that it is commited to. We have worked to make this a space of genuine connection to each other as students, caregivers, and communities.
We are honored to share this space with you all in its begininning stages, and we can’t wait to share more as we continue to progress.
Lemberg Cloud
Who We Are

We learn well doing the things we love.
Play ~ Grow ~ Learn
Lemberg Cloud is an online platform of educational resources, videos, and programs for caregivers, educators, and children.
In our Learning from Home sections, there are free and membership-based video lessons that you can watch/take at your own pace, times, schedule, and needs. Additionally, there are some lesson guides to continue/expand the learning with your child after the video ends. And, we are working consistently to upload more. These lessons are broken over a wide range of 9 lesson categories for both Toddlers and Preschoolers: Art, Language and Literacy, Music, Mathermatics, Physical Development, Personal and Social Development, Social Studies, Drama, and Science.
Under the Adult/Caregivers section, we are proud and honored to host resources, lessons, and programs lessons from the Arts For Critical Thinking and Janet Fuch’s Environmental Education Program.
Coming Soon (for members): We will be hosting live online video classes and blog posts through our membership community.
Play
At Lemberg Cloud, We know play is essential to a child’s growth and education. That’s why we strive to make all of our lessons and experiences centered in play and curiosity. This curiosity acts as a means to learn and make connections with one another.
Grow
Our teachers are committed to the growth of every child and adult. With our flexible online platform, you can take classes at your own time, pace, space, and needs.
Learn
Playing and growing means learning is happening! At Lemberg Cloud, we want learning to be fun, expansive, and grounding. That’s why our lessons, videos, and resources are made with deep care and extensive preparation.
Meet Our Instructors

Magdalena Abrego (she/her)
Magdalena Abrego has worked as a Teaching Artist throughout the Northeast since 2011.
Magdalena Abrego
Magdalena Abrego has worked as a Teaching Artist throughout the Northeast since 2011. She teaches private lessons, group classes, and ensembles to students of all ages and musical ability levels. She primarily teaches guitar, ukulele, and bass, but has coached students on a variety of instruments including drum set, piano, and vocals. Most recently, Magdalena was invited to Dartmouth College as a guest artist, coaching the Coast Jazz Orchestra, visiting classes, and performing at the Hopkins Center for the Arts. Her career as an educator has led to her involvement in a number of arts education and youth development nonprofit organizations including ZUMIX, The Conservatory Lab Charter School, Girls Rock Campaign Boston, and Midori & Friends NYC. Magdalena’s passion for community outreach in Boston was recognized in 2015 when she received the Urban Service Award from Berklee College of Music. To learn more, visit magdalenaabrego.com

Janet Fuchs (she/her)
Janet Fuchs, M.Ed., is the Environmental Education Director at the Lemberg Children’s Center.
Janet Fuchs
She has 35+ years of experience in experiential, interdisciplinary curriculum development, and integrated thematic learning. She is also a Certified Sustainable Landscape Professional and Green Building Professional. As an organic gardener and permaculture designer, Janet is passionate about edible landscapes and regenerative agriculture. At Lemberg, she combines her commitment to student-centered, active learning with environmental education and gardening to build connections with nature, healthy food choices, stewardship, empathy, and resilience.

Sieara Lopez-Jones (they/ them/she/her)
Sieara Lopez-Jones has been at Lemberg since 2012 as a Teaching Assistant, Teaching Fellow, Head Teacher, and parent.
Sieara Lopez-Jones
Sieara Lopez-Jones (she/her/hers) has been at Lemberg since 2012 as a Teaching Assistant, Teaching Fellow, Head Teacher, and parent. She is currently the head teacher in the Adventurer classroom (2- & 3-year-olds). Sieara loves developing social justice-infused curricula that create classroom spaces that are safe and meaningful for every child, family, teacher, and college student. She focuses on providing developmentally-appropriate learning experiences and tools to support young children as they become the caring global citizens that our world so needs right now.
Sieara graduated from Brandeis in 2015 with a BA in Psychology and an Elementary Education initial license. She received her MS in Early Childhood Education and Care from Wheelock College in 2017. And because she is a lifelong learner to the core, Sieara is starting an MSW program at Simmons University in May 2021. She is passionate about working with and supporting children and families in ways that empower family units regardless of any obstacles they face!

Renee Silva (she/her)
Renee Silva is a visual artist and educator in Providence, RI, and the Boston area.
Renee Silva
Renee Silva (she/her/hers) is a visual artist and educator in Providence, RI and the Boston area. She is an honors graduate of Mass College of Art where she received her BFA in 2016. Her work has been shown at the Harvard Ed Portal in Allston, MA, The Boston Convention Center hosted by Boston CyberArts, and the Philadelphia Academy of Fine Arts. Renee values teaching expressive and innovative projects that encourage joy and independent thinking. Her work can be viewed at www.reneesilva.com.

Catrina Combis (she/her)
Catrina Combis has been a teacher at Lemberg since 2018 as a Teaching Fellow and a Head Teacher.
Catrina Combis
Catrina Combis (she/her/hers) has been a teacher at Lemberg since 2018 as a Teaching Fellow and a Head Teacher. She is currently the headteacher in the Hummingbird classroom (1- & 2-year-olds). Catrina loves engaging children in play, watching children’s relationships grow, observing children’s development, and having fun!
Catrina graduated from UMass Dartmouth in 2017 with a BA in Psychology. While there, she interned with several organizations centered on children’s engagement in play and how children learn in different ways. She gained valuable knowledge and experience, which inspired her to attend graduate school the very next year. She received her MA in Applied Developmental and Educational Psychology from Boston College in 2018. After working part-time at an early childhood education center throughout graduate school, she knew she wanted to be a teacher of young children.

Hannah McCowan (she/her)
Hannah McCowan holds a BA in Theatre Arts from Brandeis University where she graduated in 2019.
Hannah McCowan
Hannah McCowan is an infant/toddler teacher whose passions include helping children work through and identify their emotions, anti-racist curriculum, and feminism. She holds a BA in Theatre Arts from Brandeis University where she graduated in 2019. She also has years of training in dancing, singing, and several instruments. She is originally from Arizona, grew up in Maine, and is now teaching in the Boston Area.

Joshua Rose (he/him)
Josh has been working with children since the year 2000, getting his B.A.
Joshua Rose
Josh has been working with children since the year 2000, getting his B.A. from UMass Amherst in 2006. He started in various after school and summer camp settings, including the Rowe Camp and Conference Center in the Berkshires, the Easter Seals Goodwill Industries' Family Learning Center in Connecticut, and iD Tech Camps at various locations in New York. While working with youth ages 8-18, Josh has led technical and philosophical workshops that promote creative growth and emphasize acceptance of others. Josh is an EEC Certified Preschool Teacher at Lemberg. He has been working in Early Childhood since 2014, singing songs that he wrote specifically for this profession. Josh plays guitar and leads a group at Lemberg that focuses on mathematical and memory-retaining aspects of Music. He builds a positive, creative, fun environment that children look forward to experiencing every day in preschool.

Sophie Gore (she/her)
Sophie Gore is a theatre artist and educator currently living in Philadelphia, PA.
Sophie Gore
Sophie Gore (she/her/hers) is a theatre artist and educator currently living in Philadelphia, PA. She received her BFA in Acting from Boston University in 2018, and she is currently pursuing her MA in Educational Theatre in Colleges and Communities. Sophie has taught theatre and directed youth theatre productions at various theatre companies and public schools in both Boston and New York City. She has worked with Speak About It, a consent education organization, since 2018, and she continues to explore the intersection of consent education and theatre education.

Jessie Gronowitz (she/her)
Jessie is currently a junior at Brandeis University studying music, psychology, and education.
Jessie Gronowitz
Jessie is currently a junior at Brandeis University studying music, psychology, and education. She has loved working with kids her whole life, from being a group leader at a synagogue, to volunteering in classrooms, to being a counselor at summer camps. She recently became certified in the Thinking in Music curriculum through working with Joshua Rose at Lemberg. As someone who is passionate about singing and playing instruments, psychology, and teaching, she is excited to implement the Thinking in Music curriculum throughout her future in working with children.

Tatyana Emery (she/her)
Tatyana Emery is a Rising Senior at Tufts University studying Drama and Education.
Tatyana Emery
Tatyana Emery (she/her/hers) is a Rising Senior at Tufts University studying Drama and Education. She is interested in studying the intersections of trauma-informed education and social-emotional learning as it pertains to performance and theatre education. After finishing her undergraduate studies, she hopes to continue studying and working within the educational field as both a teaching artist and researcher! Tatyana's previous work includes a teaching artistship with the Central Square Theatre in Boston as well as working with Tufts University's own Arts and Literacy Camp. In her hometown of Seattle, she has been fortunate enough to work with students on Bainbridge Island as a Camp Director for Bainbridge Island Parks and Recreation.

Amber Gao (she/her)
Amber Gao is an early childhood educator and a music lover.
Amber Gao
Amber Gao (she|her|hers) is an early childhood educator and a music lover. She comes from Daqing, a city in the northeast of China. Amber graduated from UConn and received her BA in both Psychology and Human Development & Family Studies in 2019. She loves working with children, reading the books of Higashino Keigo, and playing the Ukulele. Her goal is to become an ECE professional and a lifelong learner.

Susanna Katsman (she/her)
Susanna studied ballet and folk dancing in the Former Soviet Union. She joined the Lemberg community in 2006
Susanna Katsman
Susanna Katsman, Ed.M.
Susanna first joined the Lemberg community when her oldest son David started as an Explorer in 2006. Lemberg was a phenomenal place for David and since then his two younger brothers Solomon (Zyama) and Alexander (Sasha) have benefited from the wonderful care and education offered by Lemberg teachers and administrators.
Dance has always been an important part of Susanna’s life. She studied ballet and folk dancing in the Former Soviet Union. After she came to the U.S. with her family in 1989 she continued with jazz/contemporary style.
At Brandeis Susanna studied modern dance with Susan Dibble, performed with B'Yachad Israeli Folkdance Troupe and choreographed and performed with Adagio Dance Company.
Upon graduating Susanna studied Simonson Jazz in NYC, and integrated creative movement into elementary school curriculum.
When she came back to the Boston area, Susanna and Susan Dibble co-founded Brandeis Dance Collective. Susanna served as a Managing Director and choreographed and performed with Brandeis students, alumni, and faculty.
Professionally, Susanna Katsman is a Leadership Development Facilitator & Coach. She partners with organizational leaders in identifying competencies and designing programs for managers. The programs are delivered in a highly interactive and experiential way that results in greater engagement and sustained productivity.
Susanna is continuously honored and humbled by witnessing her program participants and coaching clients courageously engage with their challenges and come out on the other side with a changed mindset that enables them to move forward with greater clarity, perspective, and confidence.
Susanna is deeply committed to learning new ways to support people’s growth. She brings warmth and positive energy to her interactions with collaborators and clients and enjoys cultivating meaningful connections that nourish those relationships in the long term.
Over the past twenty years Susanna has held leadership roles in Fundraising Development Operations and Organizational Development within Health Care and Higher Education sectors, including overseeing Training & Development on the Harvard Longwood Campus. As a result, she has over ten years of experience designing and delivering programs across organizational functions.
Susanna holds an Ed.M. in Human Development and Psychology from the Harvard Graduate School of Education, an M.A. in Biology from Brandeis University and is trained and qualified in Immunity to Change Facilitation by Minds at Work. Susanna is a member of the instructor team for the Harvard Extension School Professional Development Program “Essential Management Skills for Emerging Leaders.”
She joyfully serves on the board of the Drake Academy of Excellence.

Eva Murray (they/ them/she/her)
Eva is a theater artist, educator, director/choreographer, creative collaborator, and performer.
Eva Murray
Eva (she/her and they/them) is a theater artist, educator, director/choreographer, creative collaborator, and performer dedicated to serving and supporting the magic of young people! Eva believes that we are all students of life and is honored to be able to share in creativity, curiosity, and imagination with her students. Eva keeps their dedication to the growth, agency, and expression of young people as their driving force in their classes, at Lemberg Children's Center, and in their work with Lemberg Cloud. She graduated from Connecticut College in 2017, where she received a Bachelor's Degree in both Theater (with a performance concentration) and Gender and Women's Studies - now Gender, Sexuality, and Intersectionality Studies).

Chandra Pieragostini (she/her)
Chandra Pieragostini serves as a Preschool lead teacher and is the summer on-site director for the Lemberg Children’s Center.
Chandra Pieragostini
Chandra Pieragostini serves as a Preschool lead teacher in the Voyagers Room, the drama specialists, and summer on-site director for the Lemberg Children’s Center. She also runs Lemberg’s school-age camp program, Creative Connections Camp. Chandra has worked at Lemberg since she was a student at Brandeis 1986-1990. She has worked at Lemberg consistently since graduation from Brandeis, wearing a variety of education hats! She has also worked for City Stage Company in Boston since 1992 as an actor, director, artist-educator, and currently the Associate Director of Education. She has taught and served as play director in many City Stage Co's programs including, the Rogers Middle School, McKinley Elementary, City Streets Teen Theater in Lowell, the Stage Door Players, Afterschool with City Stage Co and Health Careers Academy. As an actor for City Stage Co, she has toured with FitKids, The Nutcracker Players, The History and Adventures of Tom Thumb, Folktales East and West, Folktales North and South, and has performed on Kidstage at the Boston Children’s Museum in Take Me Along and Arthur Writes a Play. City Stage has now merged with the Lyric Stage Company of Boston where Chandra is the Associate Director of Education. She was the director of Merrimack Repertory Theatre’s The Young Company summer program for 15 years. She is an Equity actress often seen in the Elliot Norton Award-winning comedy, Shear Madness, America's longest-running play. Other local credits include The Lyric Stage, The New Repertory Theater, Boston Playwright’s Theater, The Nora Theater Company, The Publick Theatre, The Wilbur Theater, The Hasty Pudding, and The Underground Railway. She also belongs to the SAG/AFTRA film and TV union. She has a B.A. in Theater from Brandeis University.

Kumiko Yamamoto (she/her)
Kumiko is currently a toddler teacher at Lemberg Children’s Center. She loves to laugh with children, play a Japanese drum called Taiko, and go running.
Kumiko Yamamoto
My name is Kumiko Yamamoto. I was born and raised in japan. I moved to the US 26 years ago with my 3 children. My 3 children are grown up and now I have 2 grandchildren. I studied biology at the university in Japan and 16 years later, I studied early childhood education in this country. When I came to the US, I noticed and experienced differences in parenting and education style between Japan and the United States. So that is d one of the reasons why I studied early childhood education. I was a preschool teacher for 13 years and now I am working with younger children, toddlers. I love all ages! My favorite thing to do with children is laugh together! Besides the work that I love to do, I love to go running! I started running 9 years ago and I run many races with my running friends. I also love to play drums. I have been playing a Japanese drum (called taiko) for 10 years. Sometimes I perform with a drumming group, so come and see me if you have a chance.

Jehman Williams (she/her)
Jehman joined Lemberg in 2017 as a teaching assistant and advanced to her role as a teaching fellow in 2020. She also designed our Lemberg Cloud logo!
Jehman Williams
Jehman joined Lemberg in 2017 as a teaching assistant and advanced to her role as a teaching fellow in 2020. She in an alumna of Brandeis University who studied African and Afro-American Studies and Hispanic Studies ('20). As of September 2020, she has been pursuing a Master of Social Work as Simmons University, with a focus in Trauma Practice. Jehman has an intellectual and professional interest in child-caregiver attachment, socioemotional learning, mind-body connection, neurobiology, and cultural studies (plus much more!). She utilizes her developing expertise in social work and its profession's guiding principles to create positive, meaningful connections, with children and their families. Jehman also created/designed our Lemberg Cloud logo!

Sylvia Kohn-Levitt (she/her)
Sylvia is the Associate Director of Environmental Education at Lemberg, where she brings children of all ages into the garden to explore and learn.
Sylvia Kohn-Levitt
As the Associate Director of Environmental Education at Lemberg, she maintains the garden through organic gardening and permaculture practices, and brings children of all ages into the space to plant food and learn about nature through the changing seasons.Sylvia works with infants through high schoolers, as well as interns from Brandeis’s Education and Environmental Studies departments, Stanley Elementary School, and the Waltham Partnership for Youth. Together, these students explore the garden and support the local environment through planting of native pollinator-supporting species. Sylvia is also a Teaching Fellow in the Explorers classroom, where she works with her co-teachers to create a warm and supportive community in which the children feel free to Explore (pun intended).
Sylvia graduated from Brandeis University in 2020 with a BS in Health, Science, Society, and Policy, where she studied both biology and social sciences. Apart from her studies, she has volunteered in various community gardens. Combining her academic and hands-on experiences with her love of student-centered learning, her goal is to maintain the garden as a space where children can question and explore the world around them. She is currently enrolled in the Bank Street College of Education’s Learning and Engagement in Museums and Cultural Organizations program, and expects to graduate with an M.S.Ed in 2024.