Marieke Duijneveld, 1st Grade Teacher
A native of the Netherlands, Marieke Duijneveld attended Waldorf schools from preschool through 12th grade before pursuing a bachelor's degree in social work at Hogeschool Rotterdam en Omstreken. She completed her Waldorf teacher training at Freie Hochschule in Stuttgart, Germany, and later a birth-to-three training at Sophias Hearth, in Keene, New Hampshire. She previously taught at a Waldorf school Reutlingen, Germany, and at Green Meadow Waldorf School in New York State. Marieke is a certified Simplicity Parenting coach, and she is currently enrolled in "Nurturing the Roots,” an advanced therapeutic course for early childhood educators. She sings in the Marin Symphony Choir and loves hiking and backpacking with her family. 

Enrique Paredes, 2nd Grade Teacher
Enrique Paredes completed his Waldorf teacher training at the Rudolf Steiner College in Fair Oaks, California, after which he worked at the Cuernavaca Waldorf School in Cuernavaca, Mexico, where he led a class from 1st to 6th grade and served as chair of the College of Teachers for three years. He joined the Austin Waldorf School in 2004, where he took a class from 2nd to 6th grade, and his current class from 1st to 8th grade; after his students will graduate this spring, Enrique will relocate to California to join our faculty. Additionally, he is a co-founder, along with his wife, of Banyan Forest Kindergarten, a Waldorf initiative in Austin. Enrique has a degree in Early Childhood Education from the Centro Nacional para la Educación Superior (CENEVAL) in Mexico and a BA in Education Equivalency from the University of Columbia.

Katie Heneghan, 3rd Grade Teacher
Katie Heneghan joined Marin Waldorf School’s faculty as first grade assistant teacher in the fall of 2022, and she took the role of 1st grade class teacher the following year. Before joining our faculty, she worked as a nature connection mentor, facilitated health programming in middle and high schools, taught at a performing arts school, and served as a counselor at a wilderness therapy program. Ms. Heneghan holds a bachelor of arts in theater from Whitman College and a master’s in public health specializing in community health education from the University of Minnesota. She completed a 10-month nature connection and social justice immersion with Weaving Earth Center for Relational Education in Sonoma County. She graduated from the Bay Area Center for Waldorf Teacher Training in 2023. When Ms. Heneghan is not busy teaching, she enjoys spending time outside birding and tracking wildlife, swimming, handcrafting, doing jigsaw puzzles, playing music, traveling near and far, and coming home to her cat, Green Bean.

Mia Terziev, 4th Grade Teacher
Mia Terziev joined the Marin Waldorf School faculty in 2013, and she led the class of 2022 from 2nd grade to 8th grade. After their graduation, she took the role of lead teacher for the Class of 2030. Before joining our faculty, Ms. Terzeiv held diverse roles as a portrait photographer, a fulltime mom, a birth doula, the owner of a small business making organic cotton baby clothes, and matchmaker. She holds a bachelor's degree in French and photography from San Francisco State University and completed the Waldorf teacher training program at the Bay Area Center for Waldorf Teacher Training. She has two children with her husband, Jasper, and she loves singing, gardening, hiking, and anything to do with interior decorating.