MEET OUR STAFF
SCILLA RONCALLO
Founder
Scilla is a qualified primary school teacher and engineer by profession. She holds a BSc & MSc in Chemistry as well as another BSc in Materials Science from Genoa University in Italy. She worked as researcher in super conductor materials before moving to the UK to complete a PhD in materials research for photovoltaic/solar panel applications. She worked as Postdoctoral researcher at Cranfield University before moving in Switzerland in 2012 with her family. She founded Little Scientists as she believes passionately in educating kids from an early age in the exciting world of STEM. She is a mother of 3 willing Lego Education guinea pigs. Scilla is fluent in both English and Italian.
INSTRUCTORS
All our instructors are either experienced scientists or Masters level university students in STEM or Computer Science subjects
MARIO VITIC
FIRST LEAGUE INSTRUCTOR
Born in Zagreb, Croatia, 19.2.1983.
I received my first Lego set as a present at the age of 6 and the love goes on since then. Lego collector, robot designer (WeDo 2.0, Boost & Spike Prime) and robotics instructor
LISA GALLLETTA
TEACHER AGED GROUP 3 TO 4
Born in Pisa, Italy, on 29.03.1992
“As a grown-up I discovered Lego and I realized that you are never too old to have fun. I am a linguist and translator, I love cats and I am passionate about science. There is nothing that makes me happier than instilling in children the love of learning new things".
