SIONA
PRESCHOOL LEADER
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Hometown: Vancouver, Canada
Experience: 26 years (23 with Open Door Basel)
Favourite preschool projects: crafts, singing action songs & teaching children new things
Hobbies: gardening (it calms me!)
IRENE
ART TEACHER
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Hometown: Edinburgh, Scotland
Experience: 27 years (five with Open Door Basel)
Favourite preschool projects: Open Door projects, painting with the children
Hobbies: painting
KAREN
PRESCHOOL LEADER
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Hometown: Tristan da Cunha, South Atlantic Ocean
Experience: 14 years (five with Open Door Basel)
Favourite preschool projects: singing, dancing, interacting with children and, of course, making them laugh!
Hobbies: spending time with my two girls, reading, walking, dancing, playing the guitar and socialising with friends