Rima Villarreal

Rima Villarreal was born in Lompoc and has lived in Southern California her entire life. She is a longtime Waldorf parent and all four of her children attend the Waldorf School of Santa Barbara. Rima is deeply inspired by her children's remarkable teachers and their ability to provide a reverential, developmentally appropriate, nature-based, relational education. She is grateful to support the administration at WSSB, and also serves on the Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Committee, and Fundraising Committee.

Rima has over 20 years of teaching, administrative, grant-based fundraising, and advocacy experience in the governmental, public service, non-profit, and educational sectors in Santa Barbara County, with a focus on serving underrepresented and marginalized youth. She studied Structural Engineering at the University of California, San Diego, has 10 years of experience in trauma-based education, nature-based education, conscious parenting and parent-child interaction therapy, and is pursuing a degree in Psychology at Antioch University of Santa Barbara. Rima is passionate about cultural preservation, and the transformational power and long-lasting benefits of early intervention for children who have experienced trauma and exceptional adverse life experiences.

Rima lives in Santa Barbara with her four wonderful children, and enjoys spiritual pursuits, running, art, and writing.