Michele Massi has served as the Director of The Mission Church Academy & Preschool since its inception in 2005. Under her direction, our Academy has quickly become the premier standard of Pre-K and Kindergarten education in the Hudson Valley.

Mrs. Massi received her professional training in Birth-Early Childhood, Elementary Education, Psychology and Speech & Language progression having attended Iona College, Mercy College and Cortland State University. She holds a BS in Psychology and a Master’s Degree in Birth through Early Childhood/Elementary Education. She has currently completed her second Master’s Degree in Curriculum and Instruction, Language Development and School Building Leadership for children Birth through Middle School including children of special needs. In addition she is continually remaining concurrent with newly specific certifications in the spectrum education. Michele is also skilled in areas of American Sign Language and has completed in Certification in MAT training and Dignity for All Students (DASA).

Mrs. Massi has been a keynote presenter at the Hudson Valley Educational Summit as well as a workshop presenter at various Hudson Valley Leadership Summits and Putnam County Prayer Breakfast. She is the initiator of the Teaching Preschoolers © seminar and the Building a Winning Team © workshop. She also served in her church Nursery Program as well as completed each level of the Evangelism Explosion Outreach Program. 

She is highly respected by the parents who have entrusted their children to her care and deeply cares for the students she serves. Michele and her teaching staff are true professionals who consistently set a standard of excellence in the early childhood, pre-k and kindergarten education community.

Michele is married and has four children. She and her family reside in Carmel, New York.