Mandy Ringbloom is the Kinder Haus Director. She joined the Kinder Haus community when her daughter, Lyda started attending as a one year old in 2014. The youngest Ringbloom, Frankie has come through Kinder Haus as well. Mandy spent three years as the Head Chef before stepping into the expanded role as the director. Her husband, Eric, is a set dresser on movies and shows filmed throughout the greater New Orleans/ Baton Rouge areas.
A Midwesterner at heart, Mandy grew up in Chicago, and graduated in 2005 with a degree in Fine Arts from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago. She performed and recorded music around the city while also pursuing her love for caring for creatures and their people. She went on to spend the next 10 years in Chicago and New Orleans working in the veterinary medicine industry. These days she brings her lifelong commitment to creativity and care into everything she does at Kinder Haus.
Mandy lives with the rest of the Ringbloom crew on a 3 acre farm, where they tend to a vegetable garden and a menagerie of animal friends. These buddies include cats Lou and Snacks, dogs Beetlebones and Tippytoes, a duck Nibbles, and a number of French Maran chickens. In her downtime, Mandy loves to share meals and tell stories around backyard bonfires, connecting with loved ones of all ages, persuasions, and species.
