Kara Harris

Kara holds a bachelors degree in 2-Dimensional Studio Arts from Radford University along with her Waldorf Early Childhood Education Certification from the Rudolf Steiner Center of Toronto (now Rudolf Steiner College of Toronto). 2024/2025 will be her third year as the Dogwood Lead Teacher. Kara first came to RWS through the Summer Garden Program where she assisted for a few weeks.

Before moving to Richmond, she worked at the Charlottesville Waldorf School from 2018-2020 as an early childhood morning assistant and as an early childhood Nap Teacher/Aftercare Teacher. She also spent some time teaching at the Richmond Public Schools as a reading tutor and at a private daycare as a lead teacher.


Kara is drawn to Waldorf for the magic it holds in its teaching for all ages. Outside of teaching, Kara enjoys snuggling all of her fur-babies (3 cats & 1 dog), spending time by the river, enjoying the music scene, and being silly with her partner, Michael.