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Renilde Montessori de Matute is Maria
Montessori's youngest grandchild. She lived and
travelled with her grandmother as a child and, in
her late teens, audited one of Dr. Montessori's
courses in India. She attended Montessori schools
wherever these were available and finished her
secondary school studies at the Montessori Lyceum,
in Amsterdam, the Netherlands.
Renilde Montessori worked in various fields of
endeavour before joining the Montessori Movement as
a personal assistant to her father Mario Montessori
in 1968. She went on to graduate from the
Washington Montessori Institute in 1971 and since
that time has been actively involved in Montessori
education as a lecturer, trainer and examiner.
She founded and was Director of Training at the
Foundation for Montessori Education in Toronto,
Canada. In 1995 Renilde Montessori became General
Secretary of AMI and was appointed President of the
Association in 2000.
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