3435 E. Sunrise Drive | Tucson, Az 85718
Phone: 520-209-7650 | Fax: 520-209-7664
School Hours: 7:00am - 5:30pm
AM CARE: 7:00am - 9:00am
PM CARE: 2:30pm - 5:30pm
Jennifer Dooley
Principal
Our Staff
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Amy Acuña |
Teacher | Amy returned to CFSD in 2021. Fluent in Spanish, she taught Spanish Immersion at the elementary level prior to joining VVELC. She has a BA in Elementary Education with an Early Childhood Endorsement from the University of Arizona and a MS in Education Methods from the State University of New York. | ||
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Amanda Blanchette |
Educational Assistant |
Amanda has been with CFSD since 2016 working as an Educational Assistant and started with VVELC in 2021. She hopes to soon finish her BA in Early Childhood Development. | ||
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Jodi Boone-Sampsel |
Teacher | Jodi joined VVELC in 2021. She has a Bachelor’s in Elementary Education from the University of Arizona and a Masters in Educational Leadership from Northern Arizona. She is certified in Elementary and Early Childhood Special Education and has an endorsement in Early Childhood Education. | ||
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Kami Carr |
Educational Assistant |
Kami joined VVELC in 2016. She has an AA in Business from the University of Phoenix. | ||
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Mckenzie DeCoite |
Teacher |
McKenzie has been with VVELC since 2014. She has a BA in Early Childhood Education from Western Washington University. |
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Laura De Luca |
Inclusion/ |
Laura joined VVELC in 2018. She has a Masters in Early Childhood Education from St. Ambrose University, Davenport, IA and is certified in Early Childhood Special Education. She brings 20 years of experience in Early Childhood programs and has a passion for Project Work with young children. |
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Jennifer Dooley |
Principal |
Jen started her CFSD career in 2005 as a teacher at Valley View. She has a Masters in Early Childhood Education as well as a Masters in Educational Leadership with a principal certification. |
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Clara Felix |
Spanish |
Clara joined VVELC in 2017. She has a BA in Early Childhood Education from the University of Arizona. |
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Karynina Johnson |
Educational Assistant |
Karynina joined VVELC in 2019. She holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Social Work from Arizona State University. She has worked with children and families in the educational setting for over twelve years. |
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Dana Lee |
Teacher |
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. |
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Samantha Mainman |
Teacher |
Sam joined VVELC in 2019. For five years, she has been working with early childhood children from various backgrounds. She has a BS in Family Studies and Human Development from the University of Arizona, as well as a Masters in Early Childhood Education from the College of Charleston. |
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Lu Marx |
Educational Assistant |
Lu joined VVELC in 2016. She has a BS in Physical Education and Health Education from the University of Wisconsin at La Cross. |
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Anna Orphan |
Educational Assistant |
Anna joined VVELC in 2021. For over 10 years, she has worked in Early Childhood Education in a private setting as a lead teacher, educational assistant and trainer. She has a BA in English from Kent State University in Ohio. She has volunteered as a reading coach with Literacy Connects and as an ESL coach with Literacy Volunteers of America. | ||
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Vanessa Rodriguez |
Spanish Immersion Teacher |
Vanessa has been with VVELC since 2015. She has a BA in Early Childhood Education from the University of Arizona. She recently completed her Masters in Language Reading and Culture with an ECE emphasis also from the University of Arizona. |
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Leah Rosthenhausler |
Teacher |
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. |
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Lizette Sanchez |
Spanish Immersion Teacher |
Lizette has been with VVELC since 2016. She has a BA in Early Childhood Education from the University of Arizona & MA in Bilingual and Multicultural Education from the Universidad de Alcalá in Spain. |
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Beth Semonsky |
Speech and Language Pathologist |
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. |
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Zhiwei Shepard |
Chinese Immersion Teacher |
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. |
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Anna Simon |
Educational Assistant |
Anna has been with VVELC since 2015. She has a BA in Interdisciplinary Studies-Speech Language Sciences and Technology from Northern Arizona University. |
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Aiko Stevenson |
Educational Assistant |
Aiko joined VVELC in 2017, and she is currently working on her BS in Early Childhood Education from Grand Canyon University. |
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Ming-Hui |
Chinese |
Ming-Hui has been with VVELC since 2019, initially working as a substitute teacher for CFSD. She has a BA in Fashion Management from University of Art London, U.K. and a BA in Fashion Design from Shin Chien University, Taiwan. |
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Elva Vasquez |
Spanish Immersion Educational Assistant |
Elva joined VVELC in 2007. She has an AA in Social Studies from Cochise Community College. | ||
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Beatriz Villaba |
Inclusion |
Beatriz joined VVELC in 2016. She has a BS from Midwestern State University. | ||
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Camille Warner |
Inclusion Educational Assistant |
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. |
