Our Staff

Sandee has been with VVELC since 2005. She has a BS from Eastern Montana College
with a major in Physical Education and a minor in Biology.

Kristy has been with VVELC since 2016. She has a BA in Humanities and a Masters in Arts and Teaching from Trinity University in San Antonio, Texas.

McKenzie has been with VVELC since 2014. She has a BA in Early Childhood Education
from Western Washington University. Currently, she is working on her Masters in
Art Education and Visual Culture.

Laura joined VVELC in 2018. She has a Masters in Early Childhood Education from
St. Ambrose University, Davenport, IA. She brings 20 years experience in Early Childhood
programs and has a passion for Project Work with young children.

Melissa has been with VVELC since 2016. She has a BS in Justice Systems. Currently, she is
enrolled in a Masters program at Arizona State University in Early Childhood Education.

Yari joined VVELC in 2016. She has a BA in Hispanic Literacy and a BA in Latin American Studies
from the University of Arizona. Currently, she is working on her Masters in Early Childhood
Education at Grand Canyon University.

Inclusion/
Special
Education
Teacher

Nancy has been with VVELC since 2004. She has a Masters in Special Education Severe,
Profound and Multiple Disabilities from the University of Arizona.

Dana returned to VVELC in 2018 upon completing her BA in Early Childhood Education.
She taught several years at VVELC as an Inclusion Educational Assistant. She is working on
a Masters in Early Childhood Special Education.

Lu joined VVELC in 2016. She has a BS in Physical Education and Health Education from the
University of Wisconsin at La Cross.

Savannah joined VVELC in 2018. She has a BA in Early Childhood Education from The University
of Arizona.

Latisha has been with VVELC since 2016 and is a SETTA grant recipient for Post BA studies in Special Education in Early Childhood. She has a BA in Social Behavioral Science with minors in
General Business and Spanish from the University of Arizona.

Maria-Kathrine has been with VVELC since 2016. She has a BA in Early Childhood Education.

Leah has been with VVELC since 2015. She has a BA in Fine Arts from the
University of Arizona. She holds an Elementary Education certification with
an Early Childhood Endorsement.

Beth has been with VVELC since 1999. She has a BS in Communication Sciences
and Disorders from Marywood University in Scranton, PA and a MS in Speech-Language Pathology
from Loyola College in Baltimore, MD. She holds a Certificate of Clinical Competence from American
Speech Language Hearing Association.

Zhiwei has been with CFSD since 2015 and joined VVELC in 2018. She has BA in English
Education from Qufu Normal University, China. She has an Arizona Standard Professional
Elementary, K-8 teaching certificate and an Early Childhood Endorsement. She has been
teaching Chinese Immersion classes since 2011.

Karen has worked at VVELC since 2000. She graduated from the University of Maryland in
1977 with a degree in Physical Therapy. She received her Masters Degree in Motor Control
in 1993 from the University of Arizona. She was a fellow in the Arizona Leadership and
Education in Neurodevelopmental Disabilities through the University of Arizona Medical School.

Aiko is in her twelfth year with CFSD and joined VVELC in 2017. She has started work on her
BA in Early Childhood Education at Grand Canyon University.

Jean has been with VVELC since 2011. She has a BA in Elementary Education with an Early
Childhood Education Endorsement.

Emily
Volpp

Emily joined VVELC in 2018. She started her teaching in After School programming and found
joy in working with the youngest learners. For seven years, she has been teaching toddler and
preschool aged children.

Camille started in CFSD in 2004, and joined VVELC in 2005. She looks forward to completing
her BA in Early Childhood Education once her children are a little older.

Miaomiao joined VVELC in 2017. She has a BS in Physical Education from Xuzhou Normal
University and a MA in Sports Science from Beijing Sports University.