Our Team

Administration

Erika Lubensky

Executive Director

FAVORITE BOOK:
Mi Planta de Naranja Lima/My Sweet Orange Tree
by Jose Mauro de Vasconcelos

Eva Simonsson

Associate Director

FAVORITE BOOK:
Swimmy
by Leo Lionni

Maria Bernal

Director of Finance & Operations

FAVORITE BOOK:
El Principito / The Little Prince by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry

Katie Schmidt

Bookkeeper

FAVORITE BOOK:
Goodnight Moon
by Margaret Wise Brown

fransine villasenor

Outreach & communications coordinator

FAVORITE BOOK:
Corduroy by Don Freeman

Alternative Payment Program

Emily Alexander

Manager, Family Support Programs

FAVORITE BOOK:
Where The Wild Things Are
by Maurice Sandak

valeria alvarez

Family Support CASE MANAGER

FAVORITE BOOK:
The Missing Piece Meets the Big O by Shel Silverstein

MELISSA CORONA

FAMILY SUPPORT Case Manager

FAVORITE BOOK:
La Gallinita Roja by Lucinda McQueen

The person has long hair.

gaby gutierrez

FAMILY SUPPORT Case Manager

FAVORITE BOOK:
No, David! by David Shannon

ELY HERNANDEZ

Family Support case manager

FAVORITE BOOK:
If You Give a Mouse a Cookie/Si le das una galletita a un ratón by Laura Numeroff

Joanna “Jo” Prevatt

Family Support CASE MANAGER

FAVORITE BOOK:
Guess How Much I Love You
by Sam McBratney

ZOE TAYLOR

FAMILY SUPPORT Case Manager

FAVORITE BOOK:
The Napping House
by Audrey Wood

LILIANA TOSCANO

FAMILY SUPPORT Case Manager

FAVORITE BOOK:
The Very Hungry Caterpillar
by Eric Carle

EARLY LEARNING PROGRAMS AND Provider SERVICES

STEPH SHIEH

Manager of early learning programs and Provider services

FAVORITE BOOK:
Jabari Jumps
by Gaia Cornwall

LIDUVINA CARREON

EARLY LEARNING PROGRAM SPECIALIST

FAVORITE BOOK:
Spoon
by Amy Krouse Rosenthal and illustrated by Scott Magoon

YUZELMY ESTRADA
CARDENAS

INTAKE RECEPTIONIST & RESOURCE NAVIGATOR

FAVORITE BOOK:
The Little Mouse, Red Ripe Strawberry & Big Hungry Bear by Don & Aubrey Wood

Katie Manley

Early Learning Program Specialist

FAVORITE BOOK:
And That’s Their Family! & Our Bodies by Kailee Coleman

Maribel Miranda

Resource & Referral SPECIALIST

FAVORITE BOOK:
Un Beso en Mi Mano by Audrey Penn

Veronica Ornelas

ffn program specialist

FAVORITE BOOK:
The Giving Tree
by Shel Silverstein