Meet our teaching team! Click on their names to learn more about them!

Rebecca has been educating for over 20 years in adult, elementary and special education, in traditional and non-traditional environments. Originally from Texas, she got her start as a horseback and safety instructor for children with juvenile diabetes. After graduating with a BA in elementary education with a Special Education Specialization and a Minor on Spanish, she joined the Peace Corps and served as a Youth Development Volunteer in Honduras from 2007-2009. She received TEACCH training in North Carolina and led a self-contained Autism classroom. When she moved to Chattanooga, she became an ESL instructor and private tutor before she ultimately found her passion at Wauhatchie Forest School in 2017, where she worked with Forest Kindergarten, Forest Homeschool, and then as the school's STEAM teacher. She's watched Wauhatchie grow from just a PreK and K program to a full PreK-5th program, and she's beyond excited to take the Forest School model to older kids.

Audrey Wagner is a community minded educator. She is a veteran of the US Army, a Graduate of UTC with a bachelor's degree in mathematics. Audrey volunteers with various local organizations, helping with community outreach and creating safe spaces for the LGBTQIA+ community. She has worked as a math tutor at Chattanooga State Community College since 2018, and has experience with students of many backgrounds and abilities. She has experience meeting students where they are and helping with correcting misconceptions and repairing gaps in education.

Mango is an adult Bearded Dragon. He spends his days with us at REconnect Nature School, and his evenings and weekends at Ms Rebecca’s house. He loves crickets, beetles, and sun bathing. He is not a fan of wearing hats or costumes. He has hopes of one day visiting a tropical climate and soaking up some sweet sunrays.

Jaime grew up in Knoxville, TN on a small farm nestled in the Smokey Mountains. She began in education and youth development full time in 2005, working as a Teen Center Director at the Boys and Girls Clubs in Knoxville. She spent some time in Colorado, working alongside the community to develop afterschool and summer programs. She then moved to Memphis to work as a Rec specialist and then educator in mental heath facilities. She arrived in Chattanooga in 2016, and worked in several of our local high schools in graduation success and college and career coaching. She has served as an advocate for young people in multiple nonprofits, and created local creative programming for our area youth.
Jaime is also a local working artist with special emphasis on the "maker" arts. She has been trained in creative facilitation for youth, spacemaking, and teaching art as a tool to develope young change makers. She holds a dual bachelors in Pre Law/Political Science and Educational Policy.

Mary Morrow is thrilled to join ReConnect. She has been working with children since graduating from the University of Georgia in 2008 with a degree in Child and Family Development. Specializing as a Reggio-trained preschool teacher, her approach to education stems from a deep seated belief in the value of creativity, play, autonomy, and the power of encouragement over praise.
Early in her career she loved teaching at a Head Start program in Winder, Georgia and a YMCA in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Her role as a mother to her three kids however, is what she feels has shaped her most.
Aside from nurturing children, Mary loves painting, being outside, and snuggling her cats and chickens at home.

Frederick is an adult male Guinea Pig. He is often affectionately called “Hockey Pig” or “Little Guy” by the REconnect Kiddos. He eats salad all day, and loves to navigate mazes and obstacles the kids set up for him. He one day hopes to find true love.