Spring Hollow's Amazing Teachers
ZyAlicia Moore
co-director
ZyAlicia was born in Atlanta, GA, and spent her teens in the North Georgia foothills, before relocating to Middle Tennessee in 2003. As a young mother of two with the support of her husband, she was able to attend college, and earned her degree in Psychology with a minor in Sociology.
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ZyAlicia began her journey with Pre-K education in 2016, focusing primarily on academic achievement and classroom management. Once discovering the Reggio philosophy and exploring the impact co-learning has on it's participants, she wanted to implement this approach going forward in her career, joining the Spring Hollow family in January 2020.
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She and her husband, Chance, reside on a few acres out in Marshall county. They have enjoyed raising their two chiildren, Kamille and Milo, so close to the Duck River, Henry Horton, and the many other natural wonderful adventures the area has to offer.
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ZyAlicia enjoys all things that involve creativity, fun and adventure. her favorite activities include cartwheels, gardening, and carpentry. If the sun is out, she will be out frolicking in it!
Sarah Mabry
co-director
Sarah grew up in a suburb of Chicago. She attended Baylor University and graduated in 2004 with a degree in Studio Art. After graduating college, Sarah taught at an emergent curriculum based preschool in Bel Air, California for three years before moving to Franklin in 2009. She is passionate about art and loves seeing kids gain confidence in themselves while exploring different art methods. Sarah was first part of the Spring Hollow community as a parent when her children attended beginning in 2014. She returned as a substitute teacher and has since joined us full-time as a teacher and the atelierista since 2018.
She lives in Franklin with her three kids- Larson, Austin, and Sawyer. In her free time, Sarah enjoys painting, baking, hiking, traveling, and DIY projects.
Ali Sheeder
Teacher Assistant
Ali was born in New Jersey and relocated to Middle Tennessee in 2013. She is currently pursuing a degree in Child Psychology with a minor in Education at Lipscomb University. Ali has been working with children for many years, having served as a teaching assistant during high school and teaching swimming lessons for the past seven summers.
Ali has a passion for creativity, expressed through arts/crafts and dancing, and cherishes spending time with her friends and family. She is looking forward to the upcoming school year, marking her third year with the Spring Hollow community.
Kamille Jordan
Teacher Assistant
Kamille was born in Nashville, Tennessee. She was raised in the Marshall county/ Spring Hill area, and started at Spring Hollow in 2022 the summer before her senior year of high school when she was 16. As of 2025, she worked as a substitute for the summer, and at the beginning of the 2025-26 school year she started as an assistant teacher.
Kamille grew up with a love of reading, writing, music, and art in general. When she’s not at work she can usually be found either at a concert, dying her hair, spending time with friends, or attending fan conventions for her favorite shows and movies. She’s a huge believer in encouraging freedom of self expression- whether that be through blue hair and tattoos, or nerding out with the kids over superheroes- she loves encouraging the kids interests and curiosities.
If you ask the kids, they’ll probably tell you that she makes the best slime and play dough. In the classroom she can usually be found in the arts and crafts area guiding the kids in sensory based activities- usually making slime, play-dough, or different age appropriate science experiments. She encourages them to observe what they see and feel, what ingredients cause what reaction/outcome, what colors different combinations make, and for them to be as creative as they can be in general.
