Our Staff

Our loving staff has more than 150 collective years of experience working with children!

Our Programs

Pastor Susan Smith
​Preschool Director

​In her role as the children's pastor at Willow Glen UMC, and Director of Woodhaven Preschool, Susan is committed to providing a place where children and families can grow together in their faith, experiencing God's presence in their lives and learning to respond to that incredible love.  Susan's husband is a high school teacher in the area and her son goes to Branham High School.  When she's not at church or preschool, Susan enjoys reading, knitting, running, hiking and getting outside to the beach or the hills.

Michelle Partsch
​Executive Assistant

Miss Michelle worked here as an Aide and Preschool Teacher for many years before transitioning into the office. She loves getting to know all of the children and their families, and supporting Susan and our teaching staff. It has been fun to combine her background in project management with her teaching experience into the Executive Assistant role. She and her husband have three children, two of whom attended Woodhaven. When she's not volunteering with her kids' activities, she likes to travel, cook, and read.

Miss Tiffany
Preschool Teacher

This is Miss Tiffany's 21st year at Woodhaven.  She likes to spend a day at the beach, catch a movie, head out for dinner, picnic together on family outings, or even just stay home to relax with her husband and little boy.

Miss Yen
Pre-K Teacher

​Miss Yen is now in her 20th year at Woodhaven. She loves shopping and traveling with family and friends and scrapbooking with her sisters and cousin. Watching the Food Network inspires her to cook and bake more often.

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Miss Sharie
Pre-K Teacher

​An early childhood educator since 1984, Miss Sharie is in her 18th year at Woodhaven. A Willow Glen resident, she and her husband have two grown daughters. She loves traveling, gardening and bowling and is a beekeeper.

Miss Traci
Pre-K Teacher

​Miss Traci is now in her 10th year teaching at Woodhaven. She spends most of her time with her very large family. She loves taking her two labs for hikes, and going to Disneyland and Sharks and Giants games. In her spare time she enjoys cooking, baking, reading, and traveling.

Miss Sandra
Pre-K and Preschool Teacher

Now in her 3rd year at Woodhaven, Miss Sandra will graduate from Mission College this spring and transfer to Pacific Oaks College in the fall to continue her Early Childhood Education studies. In her spare time she loves to attend sports games, travel, and spend time with family.

Miss Reanna
Preschool Teacher

​Born and raised in Willow Glen, Miss Reanna taught pre-K and kindergarten before joining our staff two years ago. She likes to unwind as a family at the beach, at the lake, and watching movies with her husband and three boys.​

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Miss Nikki
Preschool Teacher

Miss Nikki is new to our staff this year, but has been blessed to work with children in some capacity for over 20 years.  She has taught Preschool and Kindergarten, and has enjoyed every minute of it.  When she is not teaching our future generation, she is entertaining family and friends and spending time with her husband and their five boys and four grandbabies. They are a very close family that enjoys traveling together, sporting events, outdoor activities, and most importantly sharing delicious meals.  In her quiet time she enjoys reading and serving in her church or community.  She enjoys a nice walk along any local beach she can get to.  She loves arts and crafts, or a day with her sisters doing what they do best…. Shopping

Miss Adrienna
Preschool Aide

Miss Adrienna joined  Woodhaven in 2018 and this year she is our Busy Bees' Aide.  She began working with children (infant/toddlers through pre-K) in 2008 and also has experience working with individuals with developmental disabilities. She completed her Early Childhood Education courses at West Med College. In her spare time she enjoys walking her dog, working out at the gym, and traveling to different states visiting family and friends. She really enjoys the 49ers. ​(Go 9ers!)  

Miss Stephanie
Preschool Aide

Miss Stephanie was happy to join Woodhaven Preschool last year as a substitute teacher, and is now our Monkeys' Aide. She has a Bachelor’s degree in Child Psychology from Sacramento State. She loves working with children and taught grammar school for 6 years on the Monterey Peninsula before moving to the Bay Area. She lives in Willow Glen with her husband and two girls. She was fortunate to have the opportunity to be home with them for the last 13 years. Being involved in their schools and travel sports has kept her very busy

Miss Marisa
Substitute Teacher

​After working at Woodhaven for 30 years, Miss Marisa retired in 2013. We are so blessed to have her come back and sub for us! She enjoys spending time with her four children and 10 granddchildren, going to the beach, and scrapbooking, sewing, and photography.

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Miss Heather
Substitute Teacher

​A former elementary school teacher, Miss Heather also previously taught preschool at Woodhaven. She is very familiar with our program, as all four of her children attended Woodhaven. In her free time when she is not attending her children's activities, Miss Heather likes to garden and watch the Hallmark Channel.

Miss Thilini
Substitute Aide

Miss Thilini is very excited to start her first year at Woodhaven this fall. She was born in Sri Lanka and moved to the USA in 2008. She graduated from the University of Colombo, Sri Lanka in Computer Science and worked for three years as an IT teacher. After coming to America, she became a stay-at-home-mom to take care of her children. When her youngest started preschool, she started working at a church preschool in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Woodhaven Preschool reminds her of the environment that she happily worked in for the last six years until her family moved to California in December 2018.

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