Staff & Faculty

Amanda earned a degree in Early Childhood Education and Elementary Education from Indiana University of Pennsylvania and a Master’s Degree in Early Childhood Special Education from George Mason University. Amanda joined RCC in 2008, before becoming Preschool Program Director Amanda held roles as a Part Day Preschool teacher, School Age Summer Camp counselor, Kindergarten teacher and Preschool Curriculum Coordinator. 

Ashley earned a degree in Communications from Wake Forest University and a Master’s Degree in Early Childhood Curriculum and Development. Ashley joined RCC in 2010, before becoming Infant & Toddler Program Director she held the roles as Infant & Toddler Lead Teacher and Infant & Toddler Program Coordinator.

Ryan graduated from The Art Institute of Washington in 2011 with a BFA in Video Game Art & Design. He went on to work as QA Tester for Bethesda Softworks, testing Skyrim, and some of the DLCs that had yet to be released at the time. After his contract was up, he ended up working for a company that taught after-school technology classes at schools across the DMV area, and that became where he found his love for working with kids.
Ryan joined the RCC team in June 2022 as a Club Programmer. His main responsibilities included creating and teaching fun activities and experiments for the kids, and assisting with administrative tasks as needed. Since then school age has done many experiments over the summer, and restructured their After-School clubs and activities. It has been a fun ride with School Age so far and he hopes to continue that trend in a Director role along with Andrew.

Andrew McCormick joined Reston Childrens Center in June 2009 as a teacher in the School Age program. He worked part time for RCC while attending Northern Virginia Community College and George Mason University. Andrew graduated from George Mason in December 2014 with a Bachelor's degree in Conflict Analysis and Resolution. After graduating from college, he worked as a Federal Background Investigator while continuing to work with the School Age program on a part time basis. Andrew  joined School Age as a full time teacher on 2020. That same year he earned a PreSchool CDA credential and his CDL to become one of RCC's bus drivers! In April 2023 Andrew and Ryan Fister were promoted to the new Directors of the School Age program! Andrew lives in Reston, VA with his wife, Julie, daughter, Ava, and their four cats! In his free time, Andrew enjoys playing video games and rewatching the same three TV shows.

Carol joined RCC in January 2022. She is from Nicaragua and moved to Ashburn on 2006. She has a bachelors in Early Childhood Education and International Relations. She has been teaching for more than 10 years from Infants to pre-k. She worked as a Family Concierge for 3 years and has ample experience as an administrative assistant She likes to spend time with my two amazing kids when she is at home.

My Name is Pamela Amaya, I grew up in El Salvador, where I graduated from college and received my bachelor’s degree in International Marketing. At the age of 23 I moved to Virginia to study my master’s in science of management, and I graduated in 2018 from Strayer University. Worked as a Project Manager for an Electrical company, and as a Logistic Manager for a Publicity Agency. With the twists and turns of life, I realized how passionate I am about working around children, I have around 12 years of experience working with children from toddlers to school age, and the energy that they bring to my life is just incredible. My Husband Eduardo and I live in Purcellville with our little daughter Valeria, who is 4 years old.