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
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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Sandee Bailey |
Educational Assistant |
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. |
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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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Abby Cleveland |
Educational Assistant |
Abby has been an Educational Assistant in CFSD for several years. Prior to joining the VVELC staff, she worked with Elementary students. |
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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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Cate Grennell |
Occupational Therapist |
Cate has been with CFSD since 2013. She has a BS in Occupational Therapy from Indiana-Purdue University, Indianapolis, IN. | ||
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Anne Gruber |
Educational |
Anne joined VVELC in 2019 after 9 years of subbing. She has a K-12 Multi-subject Teaching Credential from San Francisco State University and a BS in Business Administration from the University of Colorado. |
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Nancy Hartman |
Inclusion/ |
Nancy has been with VVELC since 2004. She has a Masters in Special Education Severe, Profound and Multiple Disabilities from the University of Arizona. |
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Melissa Hatt |
Teacher |
Melissa joined VVELC in 2019. She has a BA in Elementary Education and endorsement in Early Childhood Education from Northern Arizona University. |
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Erika Larraga |
Spanish Immersion Teacher |
Erika has been with VVELC since 2016. She has a BA in Elementary Education and endoresement in Early Childhood Education. | ||
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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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Laura Mendoza |
Spanish Immersion Educational Assistant |
Laura joined VVELC in 2017. She has an Associates in Education Teacher Preparation from El Paso Community College and a BA in Interdisciplinary Studies from the University of Texas El Paso. | ||
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Savannah Miller |
Teacher |
Savannah joined VVELC in 2018. She has a BA in Early Childhood Education from The University of Arizona. |
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Latisha Palmer |
Educational Assistant |
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. |
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Michelle Reamer |
Educational Assistant |
Michelle has been With VVELC since 2016. She has a BA in Social Work from UW-Whitewater. |
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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 is enrolled in a Literacy Masters program at 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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Jean Styrmoe |
Teacher |
Jean has been with VVELC since 2011. She has a BA from the University of Arizona in Elementary Education with an Early Childhood Education Endorsement. |
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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. |
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Miaomiao Wu |
Educational Assistant |
Miaomiao joined VVELC in 2017. She has a BS in Physical Education from Xuzhou Normal |
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Konnie Yazzie |
Educational |
Konnie joined VVELC in 2019. She has been working with children in early childhood classrooms for over 3 years and is currently pursuing a BA in Early Childhood education at Western New Mexico University. |
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