Shermeen
Ms. Shermeen and Mr. Akbar, as the children call them, are the on-site owners of The Goddard School of Kyle, a private preschool serving families across Kyle, Buda, and south Austin, including Plum Creek, 6 Creeks, and Anthem. Parents to two young boys, they know firsthand how much the earliest years shape everything, and how much it matters that a child's school feel like a second home. Ms. Shermeen leads the day-to-day. A Houston native and Emory grad, she came to early education after a startup career. Her rule: every child should feel loved, safe, and learning, every day. Mornings open with a chorus of "Ms. Shermeen!" and tight hugs. Raised in nearby Seguin and in San Antonio, Akbar studied education policy at Harvard and built Goddard on early childhood research: a screen-free environment, a daily Spanish program, and classrooms grounded in how young children learn. Outside the school, they volunteer with Boy Scouts and are raising their boys to bleed Spurs' silver and black.
