Meet the Team

Dedicated & Certified

Khilola Begiyeva

Director & Head Teacher

Hello! I am Khilola, the Director of Lola's Childcare and Preschool. I was inspired to start my own program because it has always been my dream to design my own space where children can blossom and grow. I have been working with kids since 1998.

I am originally from Uzbekistan and Russian is my first language. I worked as a teacher when I lived in Uzbekistan. When I moved to the United States I began working in a childcare center. My own son was born in 2016 - he is my inspiration for starting my own program!

I hold 24 units in Early Childhood Education and have completed numerous certificate programs in Child Development at San Francisco City College.

Family is truly at the heart of my family child care. My program is inspired by my son and my daughter is the assistant teacher.

I am truly excited to offer my program to children in my community.

Malika

Assistant Teacher

Hello! I am Malika and I am an Assistant Teacher at Lola's Childcare and Preschool. Much of my childcare experience is related to caring for and teaching my younger cousins and my younger brother. I worked as a volunteer in the preschool my mom worked at several years ago.

I am currently enrolled in Child Development courses at San Francisco City College. I am excited to have an opportunity to work with my own mom doing work I love!

Alina Stepura

Russian Speech Therapist

Я работаю с детками в Америке как логопед уже более 12 лет. Своей главной задачей считаю помощь русскоговорящим семьям в сохранении и развитии русского языка у детей. Наши уроки включают в себя развитие словаря, грамматики, артикуляции, умения правильно строить предложения, составлять рассказы. Это большая радость - видеть, как даже дети из англоговорящих семей, постепенно усваивают основы разговорного русского языка.

I've been working with kids in America for over 12 years. My main goal is to help Russian speaking families maintain and improve their kid's russian language. During our classes, we develop vocabulary, pronunciation, and articulation, the ability to make sentences correctly and also compose stories. It is a great joy to see how even children from English-speaking families gradually learn the basics of spoken Russian.

Iryna

Assistant Teacher, Music Teacher

Tetyana

Music Teacher

Alina Stepura

Assistant Teacher