Who are we?

Mariposas BLC is a home based early childhood learning center located in Dutchess County that specializes in preparing our youngest learners to flourish in the world that surrounds them by giving them an educational jumpstart focusing on the development of the whole child. 

Children who attend Mariposas will learn through a bilingual immersed curriculum where fun and learning is integrated seamlessly. Through this English and Spanish curriculum, children will have the opportunity to develop a second language while strengthening their first language. 

Mariposas is dedicated to provide a safe and friendly environment that fosters intellectual curiosity, physical stimulation using their senses, and cognitive and linguistic growth. 


Our Story

Mariposas was born from the passion and dreams of founder Natalie Ortiz. After 16 years teaching Pre-K in a NYS public school, Natalie has decided to follow her dream and open a learning center of her own. Her passion for early childhood has kept her learning and growing her knowledge on best teaching practices for our youngest learners. 

" Teaching is my passion, and since I could remember I knew that teaching our youngest learners would be where I would dedicate my time, effort and heart into. Opening Mariposas has been a dream come true and I am so thankful for the opportunity to take my experience in the classroom to a place of my own! I am excited for this journey and as I always say, THE BEST IS YET TO COME!" -Natalie Ortiz 



Our MIssion

Mariposas Bilingual Learning Center's mission is to intentionally build a collaborative learning community while celebrating the strengths of all learners. We strive to promote the growth of physical, social/emotional, language, literacy, and pre-academic skills for all children through developmentally appropriate practices that serve as a foundation for future learning. Our biggest mission is to better prepare children to live and succeed in the diverse world we live in by providing them with a well rounded bilingual curriculum in English and Spanish.

Our vision

Our vision at Mariposas is to create and maintain a safe, supportive, and nurturing learning environment for all children, families, and staff which promotes social/emotional competence as a foundation for developing the whole child. We achieve this by celebrating the strengths of all learners and supporting the growth of physical, social emotional, language, literacy and pre-academic skills through developmentally appropriate practices that serve as a foundation for ongoing learning in two languages, English and Spanish. 


Our core values

Mariposas has very strong core values that are the glue to our work. Our core values are: