Our Staff

Our loving staff has over 100 collective years of experience working with children!

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 attends UC Davis.  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.

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.​

Miss Thilini
Preschool Teacher

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.

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 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.

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