About the Founder
Anali Ross
Anali Ross
Born and raised in Monterrey, Mexico. Child Psychology major at U.A.N.L. IB Primary Years Programme certified. Former educator in international, charter, and SEL-focused school settings. Curriculum designer and founder of Casa Somer.
I was born and raised in Monterrey, Mexico, where I studied Child Psychology at U.A.N.L. Years later, I found my way into education through motherhood and through a growing desire to be deeply invested in my own children’s learning experience.
I began teaching in a private school with an international approach, where I was trained and certified in the IB Primary Years Programme. From there, I went on to work in charter, traditional, and SEL-focused school settings. Although I doubted for a long time whether education was truly my path, the work kept confirming itself. In three of the four schools where I taught, I was honored as Teacher of the Year during my first year.
What has always shaped my approach is a simple conviction: when a child is not doing well at school, there is often something deeper underneath. Academic difficulty is not always just academic. Sometimes it is emotional. Sometimes it is relational. Sometimes it has to do with confidence, regulation, timing, environment, or the way a child has come to see themselves as a learner.
That understanding became even more personal when I began watching some of those same dynamics unfold in my own children. As both a mother and an educator, it was painful to see how quickly children can begin to associate their identity with struggle in school, when in reality they carry so much more within them than what is being measured.
Through a colleague, I was introduced to learning pods and small educational communities. I brought my children into that environment, and over time I watched a real shift take place, not only academically, but from the inside out. With the right pace, strong mentorship, and space to grow in confidence, they became more grounded, more capable, and more connected to themselves as learners.
I was later given the opportunity to help build curriculum in that setting, and for the first time I felt I could design around the actual children in front of me, not just around a system. Casa Somer grew from that experience and from a deeper conviction: children deserve an education that sees them fully and supports both who they are and how they learn.
Casa Somer is for families who sense something deeper in their child and want an education that honors it with care, clarity, and trust.
For Pia and Charley. And for Todd, who trusted me from the beginning and witnessed alongside me the beautiful change in our children from the inside out.