St Paul Lutheran Preschool
New Braunfels, Tx
Our Team.

Jose Jimenez
Director
Bio Coming Soon

Heather Knetsch
Infants
Hi, my name is Heather Knetsch. I am a native of the New Braunfels/Seguin area. My husband Brian and I have been married for over 20 years and have two daughters, Reagan and Drue. We are a retired Navy family and members of St. Paul Lutheran Church. I graduated from Gulf Coast Community College with an Associate of Science Certificate in Early Childhood Education in 2007. I have worked with children for 20 years in different educational settings. I am returning to the preschool after spending the last 3 ½ years in Public School as a Special Education Behavior Interventionist.

Kristie Brooks
Infants
Bio Coming Soon

Jessica Coble
Infants
My name is Jessica Coble. Born and raised in New Braunfels TX. A forever Unicorn! Married to my Highschool Sweetheart Joel. Together we have two wonderful daughters and a few spoiled fur babies. In our free time we enjoy taking our little ones to the zoo, parks and museums. We love our NB community and enjoy raising our kids in our hometown.

Ashley Kuntz
Toddler 1
Hi, my name is Ashley Kuntz. I moved to New Braunfels from Stockdale, TX 3 years ago with my husband. I came from Freiheit Elementary working with preschool Special Education. I have one fur baby named Baby. I am thrilled to be your teacher. It’s going to be a fun year full of lots of learning and new adventures. I can’t wait to see what is in store for us.

Casey Norris
Toddler 1
Hello, my name is Casey Norris. I Graduated from Seguin High School. I have a spoiled fur-baby named Snickers. In my spare time I enjoy doing diamond puzzles, being outside and spending time with family.

Annie Gonzalez
Toddler Transition
Hi, my name is Annie Gonzalez. I have been in childcare for 18 years and thoroughly what I do. I live in New Braunfels with my husband and daughter. In my free time I enjoy spending time with my family, going to the beach and reading a good book. I look forward to getting to know you and your child.

Tierra Stanton
Toddler 2
My name is Tierra Stanton, aka “Ms. T”. I have lived in New Braunfels all of my life and I am a lifelong member of St. Paul Lutheran Church. Both of my girls and I were baptized here. I love working with children. I started babysitting when I was a teenager and then worked in daycare until 2018. Five of those years were right here at St. Paul.
I left the daycare profession to work full-time with my second love, animals. I have worked with large and small, domestic, and exotic animals. I completed the Veterinarian Support Assistance course and Animal Behavior and Training course. In 2022 I made the decision to return to daycare so I could spend more time with my girls and asked to come back to St. Paul. I thoroughly enjoy working with the young minds and loving hearts of children and am blessed to be back with my St. Paul family.

Toddler 2
Hello, my name is Pagie. I am from Leander TX but moved down here once I graduated high school. I started babysitting at 13, after high school I became a nanny but once my last nanny family moved, I wanted to do something new in child care. In my free time I hang out with family, friends, and my boyfriend. I have three cats, a one-year-old and 2 two month brothers.

Joy Wiley
Preschool
I was born in Columbus Ohio and grew up just outside of the city in a small town that had a population of around 300. I believe that being raised in such a close community helped shape me into the person I am today. I’ve always loved working with children and helping others in any way I could. Growing up I would help out in my church’s food pantry, sell corn, work our youth program ‘God’s Kids’, and volunteered to work at the church garage sale every year. When I wasn’t at the church I was playing sports or babysitting. In high school I earned all of the necessary credits to graduate by my junior year so I spent the last two years taking college classes and extra curricular classes I was interested in. I worked part time at an in home daycare and was a nanny for a family friend in my free time. I graduated from Highland High School in 2018 and went on to take a year of early childhood education at Columbus State community college. While in college I worked a retail job as well as part time at a daycare. When Covid hit everything in my area was shut down for months and I decided then I wanted to make some changes in my life. I moved to New Braunfels in August of 2020 to be closer to family. Now that I have settled into my new home and found a job that I love I would like to continue my education and finish getting my ECED.

Miki Simmons
Preschool
Hello Friends! My name is Mikayla Simmons, most of the time I just go by Miki. I was born in Midland, TX and moved to New Braunfels in 2011. I attended and graduated from New Braunfels High School. Go Unicorns! Growing up I participated in many activities including theatre, choir, school of rock, the explorer’s program, gymnastics, CS and almost every sport! God has walked with me through all of it. Our relationship has strengthened throughout my whole life, and I am blessed to be able to continue to work closely with him. I have volunteered at a variety of churches throughout the years from being a youth leader to being part of the worship team and choir. I am excited to continue to enrich my knowledge and passion and love surrounded by peers, Christ, and our future little Einstein’s.

Jordan Marbach
Pre-K
Hi, my name is Jordan. I was born and raised in New Braunfels. I received my teaching degree December 2021 from Texas State University. I married the sweetest man in March of 2021. In my free time I enjoy doing puzzles, reading, and spending time with my family and friends. I have been at St. Paul Preschool for 7 years now and have enjoyed my time here so much. I’m so excited to teach and learn from your children!

Codi Harder
Pre-K
I was born and raised in Seguin, TX. I started showing sheep when I was 10 all the way up to senior year of high school. I participated in FFA & 4-H growing up. I went to cosmetology school in San Antonio. My boyfriend and I have two blue heelers. On weekends we go to dirt track, racing, hunting, fishing or to softball games. I enjoy the outdoors, summer time and spending time with family and friends.
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Tammy Preuss
School Age/ Resource
Hello, my name is Tammy Preuss, I was born and raised in Houston/Katy Texas. My husband and I have been married for over 30 years; we have three adult children and two grandchildren. I have my Organizational Management degree, but my true passion is teaching young children. We own a farm/ apiary in Floresville, Texas where we spend most of our weekends taking care of bees.

Monica Lopez
Resource Teacher
My name is Ms. Monica, I’ve been a part of St. Paul preschool a total of 4 years. I’ve enjoyed every moment loving, teaching, and caring for your children. I have 4 boys of my own, Thomas (23), Andrew (19), Michael (18) and William (12). I also have two fur babies, Charolette and Wilbur. I’ve moved to NB about 14 years ago. I was born in Loredo and raised in San Antonio. In my free time I enjoy murder mystery novels, spending time with my family, very early morning walks and hanging out with my friends in Gruene. Thank you for letting me be a part of your child’s life. God Bless.