Welcome to the Spain Region!
Our Spain Region brings IMS’s research-led Montessori and language-immersion approach to the Barcelona area with programs for children 8 months to 3 years. A Casa (3–6 years) program is coming soon, expanding a seamless journey from infancy through early childhood.
Led by partners Francisco and Mar, the Spain team blends deep AMI training with international classroom experience to create warm, beautifully prepared environments where young children explore, move, and build language every day.
FRANCISCO BAILÓN
Spain Co-Owner
An AMI-certified Montessori Guide with a unique background in Computer Engineering and entrepreneurship. He has taught in AMI-accredited schools in Mexico, the United States, and Spain, bringing a multidisciplinary lens to the classroom. Francisco holds an AMI Elementary (Primaria) Diploma and is currently completing the AMI Adolescent Diploma at the International Montessori Training Institute (Hershey Farm, Ohio). He also teaches applied Montessori theory in master’s programs at Universidad Camilo José Cela (Madrid). A father of two teenagers and husband to a Casa de Niños guide, Francisco lives the Montessori philosophy at school and at home.
MAR CUBILLO
Spain Co-Owner
An AMI-certified Montessori Guide with a unique background in Computer Engineering and entrepreneurship. He has taught in AMI-accredited schools in Mexico, the United States, and Spain, bringing a multidisciplinary lens to the classroom. Francisco holds an AMI Elementary (Primaria) Diploma and is currently completing the AMI Adolescent Diploma at the International Montessori Training Institute (Hershey Farm, Ohio). He also teaches applied Montessori theory in master’s programs at Universidad Camilo José Cela (Madrid). A father of two teenagers and husband to a Casa de Niños guide, Francisco lives the Montessori philosophy at school and at home.
