Our Mission

The mission of Reliance College is to provide a superior education that promotes the values of reason, individualism and a free society in which individual rights are respected and protected by the rule of law. Our competitive difference is the way we provide that education. It is specially crafted to instill the mores, the habits of thought and action, necessary for free, independent, self-reliant persons to be autonomous. We help young people become the entrepreneurs of their own lives. We aim to develop that active minority which leads any society—and who will lead our society to the liberty, prosperity and peace so lacking today.

“Discipline must come through liberty… We do not consider an individual disciplined only when he has been rendered as artificially silent as a mute and as immovable as a paralytic. He is an individual annihilated, not disciplined.”

Maria Montessori

What We Believe In

Our Values and Principles

When you think of people you most admire in life, who are your role models?

We at Reliance College think of people who have the following qualities–and we promise you that we will help you develop them. If you agree that this is what you want, we invite you to apply.

  • Model themselves on the excellent: the best thought and the greatest doers and creators.
  • Have a strong sense of who they are, what they want, and where they want to go.
  • Have exceptional knowledge of how the world works, and a strong desire to make it better.
  • Have the ability to connect with people–to get things done and to enjoy themselves; they know when to lead and when to listen.
  • Live by the principles of hard work and great recreation; they can plan, act, and follow through.

“We do not want complacent students, but eager ones; we seek […] to help him in his growth, mental and emotional as well as physical, and for that we must offer grand and lofty ideas to the human mind, which we find ever ready to receive them, demanding more and more.”

MarIa Montessori

Our Team

Marsha Familaro Enright

President & Program Director

Carmen Rodriguez Alarcon

Assistant Program Director, Teacher, Trainer & Tutor

Felicia Goglia

Assistant Program & Admissions Director

Malachy Walsh

Writing Instructor and Trustee