Beverly Kovach is a Montessori teacher-trainer, consultant, and presenter at national and international conferences, and co-author of Being with Babies. She founded Little Learners Lodge and Montessori of Mt. Pleasant, South Carolina in 1977 and established Waverly Place in 2003. Beverly is a Registered Nurse and family therapist with a Masters in Psychiatric Nursing. She is also one of two PIKLER certified pedagogues in North America and a keynote speaker at various conferences- including RIE, PiklerUSA and Montessori.