Mr. Erik Landstrom

Mr. Landstrom is in his 13th year as a Classical educator, and his seventh (non-consecutive) year at Ad Fontes Academy. His passion for Classical education began during his time at Patrick Henry College in Purcellville, Virginia, where he discovered teaching as a vocation. After graduating in 2012, he started teaching K-6 music & drama at AFA, before transitioning to the 5th-grade classroom the following year. In 2019, he discerned a calling to ministry in Collingdale, Pennsylvania, moving with his family to lead an Anglican parochial school in an underserved community just outside Philadelphia.

In the summer of 2024, Mr. Landstrom, along with his wife Lauren and their children, returned to Northern Virginia to be closer to their extended family, just in time to welcome their fifth child. Thrilled to be back at Ad Fontes Academy, Mr. Landstrom is now not only a teacher, but also as an AFA parent, with his two eldest children joining the community as students. For Mr. Landstrom, this return feels like a homecoming—one where the lines between vocation, family, and faith are beautifully intertwined, allowing him to continue his journey in the place where it all began.