Meet Our Team

Maria Romero

Executive Director

Ms. Romero joined Sylvan Learning Centers in 2022 as the Director of Education working directly as an instructor and assessment proctor for new student enrollment.  She also works closely with families for each student’s academic journey and placement.  She was promoted to Center Director overseeing all administrative operations, staffing, scheduling and center instruction, and within a year to her current position as the Executive Director overseeing both centers located in Albuquerque (East and West).

Ms. Romero has a passion for helping students to have a personal learning experience that surpasses the competition.  While she knows that all parents have choices when it comes to helping their students overcome their academic struggles, she helps to make the experience not just a journey to achieving their academic goals, but to also make learning fun.

She brings an array of experience from both the private and corporate sector of business in areas such as Banking, Engineering, Technical Writing, Process Engineering, Manufacturing and Multi Media Communications and Public Relations. She was a certified teachers for APS as an “Art in the School” instructor.

She served on many boards, most recently as a voting member for a charter school, has served as various committee chairs and is a sustaining member of the Junior League of Albuquerque, the Symphony Guild and very active as a sponsor of many community projects such as “Boo for the Zoo”.

She is Sylvan Certified in Early Reading, Reading, Writing, Study Skills, Advanced Study Skills, Math and as an Assessment Proctor.

Please feel free to reach out to her personally if you are interested in learning more about Sylvan and what it can do to help with your students’ academic career.

Donna Philips

Director

Mrs. Philips joined Sylvan Learning Centers in 2023 as an Early Literacy Instructor.  She has loved being at Sylvan and is now not only teaching all subjects as a result of her desire to do more for her students, she was also recently promoted to Center and Educational Director.

“Miss Donna” as her students call her, has been in education for over 32 years having just retired from Albuquerque Public Schools where she was a middle school and high school teacher – most recently at jimmy Carter Middle School.  She served on various committees to oversee an array of programs in her vast career.  She has a love for teaching that exceeds many expectations and it is evident by her passion for putting all of her students at ease with learning.  She makes sure that her students leave with a smile knowing that they’ve done a great job.

Mrs. Philips has a Bachelors Degree in Education from Highlands University and a Masters Degree in Education from the University of New Mexico.

She is Sylvan Certified in the areas of Early Reading, Reading, Math, Study Skills, Advanced Study Skills and Assessment Proctoring.

Analysa (Ana) Miranda

Director

Miss Miranda joined Sylvan Learning Centers in 2023 as a Teaching Assistant. She transitioned into the role of instructor and now serves as a Center/Education Director.  Miss Miranda loves teaching and has shown such a gift of teaching for the student she works with, they absolutely love her.  “Miss Ana” shows a great detail for making sure that each of her students have the opportunity to think beyond just learning their lesson plans and allows them to “think outside the box” from what they are doing to see how far they can go. She challenges them to learn and as they grow academically, she assures them that when they work hard, they can do anything as a result of their success.

Miss Miranda is currently attending the University of New Mexico working to obtain a Bachelors of Science in Biology.

She is Sylvan Certified in the areas of Early Reading, Reading, Math and as an Assessment Proctor.