Our Preschool Teachers and Staff

Anne Smith
Anne joined Presentation ECC in 2016 as a toddler room teacher.  She is now enjoying her time as a Preschool teacher.  Anne has been teaching early childhood education since 1991, teaching in another faith-based preschool until coming to Presentation.  Anne graduated from Lee's Summit High School and earned a BA in Elementary Education with Minors in French and Spanish from UMKC.  Anne also worked as a sub in both elementary and secondary classrooms in LS R-7 while raising her family.  She is trained in Conscious Discipline for over 20 years and has a diploma from the Conscious Discipline Institute.  Anne loves history, and as a member of Lee's Summit Historical Society, she serves as the Saturday morning docent at the Lee's Summit Historical Museum.  She is also a 3-time champion of the Lee's Summit history trivia team!

Emely Rodriguez
Emely started working at Presentation ECC in 2019 as an afternoon teacher assistant and later moved to a full-time teacher's assistant. Emely will obtain her associate degree from Longview Community College and plans to continue her education at UMKC.  Emely enjoys traveling, playing the violin, and shopping!

Abby Sutko
Abby started working at Presentation ECC as a part-time teaching assistant in 2014 and then moved to full-time as an assistant in a toddler classroom.  In 2017 Abby moved to a lead teacher role. Abby has a Bachelor's Degree in Child and Family Development from the University of Central Missouri and is currently working towards her Master's Degree in counseling.  In her free time, she enjoys spending time with her family and friends, traveling, and being outdoors!

Carrie Stribling
Carrie is joining Presentation ECC for the 2021 school year.  She has many years of experience teaching young children.  Carrie earned her degree in Early Childhood from the University of Missouri Kansas City.  She started out teaching 2nd grade at Our Lady of Lourdes and has taught at a few preschools over the years.  She is coming to Presentation ECC after working in a head start preschool classroom in Kansas City for the past 8 years.  Carrie's goal is to instill in her students the wonder of why and investigation in their learning.  She is excited to be back in a Catholic School setting, so she can share her faith.  Carrie has two children who graduated from Presentation.

Susie Wade
Susie joined Presentation ECC in 2018.  She has taught preschool children from ages 2-5 her whole career.  Susie feels fortunate to be able to guide, educate and observe children at such an important stage in their development.  She attended college on the East coast where she grew up and where her immediate family still call home.  Susie and her husband have four children who are grown and live in the KC area.  In her free time, she enjoys spending time at the lake where they live, traveling to visit family, reading, puzzles and spending time with her children.

Nancy Overfield
Nancy began working at Presentation ECC in August 2014.  She has a BA in Child and Family Development from Missouri State University.  Her preschool background includes working with all age groups in a variety of settings.  Nancy and her husband, Lance, live in Raytown, MO and she has three children - a daughter who is an EMT, a son who is starting college at Washington University in St. Louis, and a son in high school.  Nancy enjoys spending family time outdoors and playing games. She is looking forward to another exciting year at Presentation ECC!

Patty Medlin - Room 5

Jade Echeverry - Room 6

Wanda DeMoss- Room 9