Our Team

BAIS has an outstanding team of teachers dedicated to providing a warm, welcoming environment with rigorous,
authentic, and engaging learning experiences for every child.


Leah John
Business Manager

Leah has worked with BAIS for over 20 years. As BAIS Business Manager she manages the school's financial transactions and facilities maintenance...

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Myna Anderson
Director

Myna Anderson began serving as BAIS Director In August 2019 after more than 30 years in international education...

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James Joof
Office Assistant

BAIS is grateful to have James Joof as our Office Assistant. James has been a teaching and youth program assistant in Sweden for many years as well as working in management and office logistics ...

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Awa Camara
Teaching Assistant

Ms. Awa has been part of the BAIS family for over 20 years! As our "Pre-K Nanny,"...

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Elin Jacobson
PreKindergarten

Elin is a Swedish citizen and has a Masters degree in education. She has been in the teaching field...

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Valentine Williams
Teaching Assistant

Valentine is an exceptional Gambian educator who graduated from Gambia Methodist Academy...

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Hala Dbouk
Kindergarten Teacher

Ms Hala Dbouk holds both a Bachelors and Masters degree in Physics from Lebanese University in her home country of Lebanon...

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Halimatu Jawara
Grade 1 Teacher

Ms. Halimatu Jawara attended secondary school in The Gambia and holds a Bachelors of Science from West Chester University in the USA, her country of citizenship...

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Fatoumatta Jobe
Teaching Assistant

Fatoumatta is a university student currently finishing up her final course for a Bachelor's degree in Marketing at the University of

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Kiran Moro
Grade 2-3 Teacher

Kiran Moro brings 12 years of teaching experience to BAIS as the Grades 2 and 3 teacher. Kiran has taught from Pre-Kindergarten through 3rd grade in schools in Uganda, Rwanda, India, Tanzania and Kyrgyzstan.

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Makuena Lintsa
Grade 4/5 Teacher

Ms Makuena Lintsa hails from the mountain kingdom of Lesotho! She brings over a decade of upper elementary teaching experience in...

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Reem Chouman
Individual Student Assistant

Reem Chouman joined BAIS in April 2023 in the role of Individual Student Assistant. She holds a Bachelor's degree in Mathematics and outside of BAIS ...

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Amal Abou-Alfa
Middle & High School Math/IT

Amal has been teaching Information Technology in grades K-8...

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John Anderson
Middle & High School Science

John Anderson came to BAIS with more than 25 years of teaching experience...

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Will Hoversen
Middle & High School Humanities

An educator since 2007, Will Hoversen (a.k.a. Mr H.) has taught in Hungary, Vietnam and China....

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Diantrec Edward Badjie
French

Diantrec is a Francophone Gambian who holds a BA (Hons) from UTG and an MA in French Studies from Limoges University (France).

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Henriette Joof
HS Conversational French Teacher

Mdama Henriette Joof is a highly experienced and expert teacher of French language. She has taught French to all age levels and has taught in Sweden and The Gambia...

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Stephen Wright
Physical Education

Stephen, has taught all grades and age levels, from 3 to 20 years of age...

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Ubong Emmanuel
Music

Mr Ubong Emmanuel completed his BA in Music from the University of Uyo, Nigeria in 2017 and is a violinist and all round musician...

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Vanessa Sanyang
Art & Library Teacher

Ms. Vanessa Sanyang has had a long and illustrious career as a teacher at BAIS and has returned from retirement to teach with us again in 2020-21...

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BAIS Security Team

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BAIS Maintenance Team

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