About Us

The vision behind The Village Center, Daphne Levy Nash has over 15 years of experience working in education as a preschool teacher, elementary school teacher, learning specialist and educational consultant in both New York and Israel. Originally from New York, Daphne moved to Israel 7 years ago with her young family. She holds an undergraduate degree from Syracuse University in Child and Family Studies and a Masters Degree of Special and Elementary Education from Bank Street College of Education in New York City. 

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Daphne has been passionate about education since childhood. Creating nurturing learning environments is what she does best. Pluralism, kindness, collaboration and warmth are just a few of the strong values that Daphne integrates when working with children. She believes that learning should be fun, engaging, dynamic and developmentally appropriate for each child. Alongside the importance of the individual, Daphne deeply believes in the power of community, for we all do a little bit better when we have our people by our side. After all, they say it takes a village….