Stronger together, our team at Mirasur School is dedicated to shaping brighter futures.
Meet our Senior Leadership Team
Pedro Sampedro – Principal
Passionate about education and sport, and an entrepreneur in the broadest sense of the word. These three dimensions are the core of Pedro’s personal and professional growth. At the age of 21, he successfully started his first business and since then has always carried out managerial and developmental roles in various different projects. He joined Mirasur School in 2005 and has been the Director since 2010. Pedro always prefers to talk in the plural and states that he is simply one member of the great team of educators to be found at Mirasur. He considers that the improvement in education is a result of the collective efficiency and commitment of all the people who make up the school. For Pedro, the method is simple – always and above all think about the pupil, and the rest will follow.
Pedro has a degree in Physical Education and a Masters in Multiple and Didactic Intelligences for Innovation. He is also a university expert in emotional learning, has a Masters in High Performance in Sport and is an International Evaluator for the EFQM.
Elena Crespo – Deputy Head and Child Protection Coordinator
With more than 22 years of experience, she has a degree in teaching specialising in Foreign Languages and joined Mirasur School in 2000 as Head of Studies for the Infant and Primary stages. She is currently the Deputy Headmistress, the Child Protection Coordinator and the Cambridge Programme Coordinator.
For Elena, it is essential that teachers are aware of the importance of their work and that families have full confidence in the people who will accompany their children, because it is in this way, based on mutual trust, that education can be co-constructed and given meaning.
The acquisition of knowledge of a foreign language is essential to understand the intercultural world in which we live.
This awareness, "the development of a critical appreciation of our own cultures and personal histories, as well as other people's values and traditions", which describes the open-minded attribute of the IB learning community, is what has guided her understanding of the second language teaching-learning process and what she has striven to convey during her 22 years of teaching English.
"In this world with a digital skin, always looking at the child with admiration is the best way to accompany them in the most beautiful stages of a person's life: childhood and adolescence".
Gregorio Marchante - Director of Early Years Education
With more than 30 years of experience in early childhood education, he is passionate about humanising and emotional education, as well as the integration of technology to promote learning during childhood.
He has a degree in Teaching, specialised in Preschool, is a university expert in neuroscience applied to the classroom, Master in Multiple Intelligences and didactics for education, cooperative learning with the Johnson brothers, learning leadership course (PEP Cat 1), Making the PYP happen: Implementing agency-PYP (Cat 1).
Chi Kung and Tai Chi instructor focused on emotional management, incorporating the practice of Chi Kung in the emotional development sessions.
Vanesa Mendoza - Director of Primary Education and Primary Years Programme Coordinator IB
With over twenty years of experience and a strong passion for teaching, Vanesa is driven by her commitment to creating the school that children truly deserve – a place characterized by respect and the pursuit of personal growth and excellence.
Over the past few years, she actively contributed to the development of the exceptional educational project at Mirasur School while also providing guidance and support to teachers in their didactic planning endeavors.
Vanesa is also the Coordinator of the Primary School Programme of the International Baccalaureate, a project that promotes the development of that dream school.
Vanesa holds a Diploma in Teaching with a specialisation in special education, a Master's degree in Multiple Intelligences and Didactics for Innovation. University expert in emotional learning and university expert in Neuroscience applied to the classroom.
Juana Corral - Director of Secondary and Pre-University
She has a degree in Geology, specialising in Geological Engineering, Hydrogeology and Environmental Geology.
With more than 20 years of experience in the education sector, she has been trained in neuroscience, emotional intelligence and assessment.
She finds adolescence fascinating because of the change that occurs during this period, which resembles a metamorphosis that ends with the appearance of a beautiful butterfly. What she enjoys most in her work is accompanying families and pupils in this process of change.
Her mission is: "To help to recognise and develop the potential of each pupil, making them feel unique and protagonists of their learning".
