meet our Team
Rachel Dubien - Director
Rachel Dubien - Director
Rachel Dubien - Director
Rachel began teaching dance while at the Phoenix Dance Academy. She graduated from NAU in 2004 with a B.S. in Elementary Education. Rachel is Certified with the Royal Academy of Dance and Acrobatic Arts. Rachel has been teaching the love of dance for over 25 years and founded Liberty Performing Arts in Cottonwood in 2013. Rachel had a vi
Rachel began teaching dance while at the Phoenix Dance Academy. She graduated from NAU in 2004 with a B.S. in Elementary Education. Rachel is Certified with the Royal Academy of Dance and Acrobatic Arts. Rachel has been teaching the love of dance for over 25 years and founded Liberty Performing Arts in Cottonwood in 2013. Rachel had a vision to start a performing arts charter school many years ago and began the application process in 2017. She was awarded the charter for Liberty Leadership Academy in 2019. This exposed an obvious need which lead to Liberty Preschool & Childcare!
Drea Soliz - Teacher
Rachel Dubien - Director
Rachel Dubien - Director
Ms. Drea grew up in the Cottonwood area. She has been working and volunteering for local schools for the past 12 years. She has worked with children age 2 to 12, doing every job from teacher, tutor, substitute to office assistant. She's excited to join our LCC team!
Truly Blakely - Teacher
Lisa Nickerson - Substitute Teacher
Lisa Nickerson - Substitute Teacher
Truly Blakely has worked with preschool age children for over 20 years. She has also worked in schools in many different capacities such as teacher, secretary, and admin assistant. She was a stay-at-home mom for 8 years before starting a new adventure working at Liberty Leadership Academy. Truly is excited to join Liberty Preschool and Childcare team!
Lisa Nickerson - Substitute Teacher
Lisa Nickerson - Substitute Teacher
Lisa Nickerson - Substitute Teacher
Lisa has been joyfully teaching preschool children for 32 years. She graduated from NAU with a BS in Psychology. Lisa’s favorite thing about preschoolers is that they are natural scientists, learning through exploration and discovery.
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