Mia is a graduate of AIU in Los Angeles, California, with a BA in Fine Arts. She holds a Master's Degree in Early Childhood Education with a concentration in Montessori from the University of Hartford in Connecticut. She received her AMI diploma for ages 3-6 from the Montessori Training Institute of North Texas. Additional certificates include the Educateur sans Frontieres (Educators without Borders) Assembly in South Africa and the AMI Montessori Core Principles certificate from Dallas, TX.