Sadie Bristol is a teacher coach for the Preschool program. For most of her life, she has lived in (or near) Eugene, Oregon. Sadie currently lives with a hoard of houseplants and her hermit crab, Guillermo.
She has been an early childhood educator for more than 26 years, including the last four as a preschool teacher coach at Moss Street Children's Center at the UO. Besides her career at Moss Street, Sadie spent the bulk of her career teaching at the Head Start of Lane County for 15 years, and has also worked at Vivian Olum Child Development Center, Seven Stars Childcare, The Village School, the Eugene Waldorf School, Temple Beth Israel, Early Childhood CARES, and Oregon State Child Welfare.
Sadie is currently working toward her master's in early intervention/early childhood special education (EI/ECSE) at the UO. In 2026, Sadie earned a BS in psychology from OSU. In 2001, she graduated from LCC with an AAS in ECE, and in 2003, she earned her Waldorf Teaching Certificate in ECE from the Eugene Waldorf Teacher Training.
In her spare time, Sadie choreographs for and performs with Thrill the World Eugene, lifts weights, hikes, practices Ashtanga and Vinyasa yoga, listens to music, attends live theater and musical performances, and local POW pro-wrestling events. A life-long learner, Sadie loves costuming, Zumba, and international travel!