Meet the team
Manisha Snoyer
Founder/Lead teacher
Manisha Snoyer is the CEO and co-founder of Modulo. She has 15 years of experience teaching or mentoring 3000 children in a variety of education settings including tutoring, private, public and homeschool. Manisha was an early leader in the microschooling movement and has worked with hundreds of homeschooling families to develop meaningful group and individual learning experiences for their kids. In addition to founding Modulo, she co-founded schoolclosures.org, which has supported over 100,000 families impacted by School Closures. In her free time,
Alexis Buckley
Lead teacher
Alexis is our lead teacher/facilitator and director of social-emotional learning at Modulo. She is a trailblazer in developing meaningful social experiences online for children and their families. As early as the age of 15, Alexis began working with children and families. Her experience spans nanny, after school program support, lead teacher, and parent educator. Alexis graduated in 2009 with her masters degree in Education with an emphasis in Early Childhood from San Francisco State University. Since 2010, Alexis has taught at The Little School..
Deb Vilas
Child life Specialist
Deb Vilas runs our parent education program at Modulo. Deborah B. Vilas, MS, CCLS, LMSW is an educator, child life specialist, social worker, writer, public speaker, and consultant whose passion is anything that supports children’s development and healing in the face of everyday life or trauma. She specializes in helping children and parents through hospitalization, loss and developmental challenges. Deb sees play as a child’s primary language and modality for self expression and healing. She teaches and coaches adults how to provide meaningful and therapeutic play experiences for children.