Sunshine Babies & Kids/Susie's Baby Signing: Super-fun, joyful, celebratory, energetic, engaging "Baby & Me/Parent & Child" style in-person, music and play classes for ages 3 months - 3 years. Drawing from an extensive knowledge base and experience in Early Childhood, research-based classes bring age-and-stage appropriate, creative combinations of Music, Baby Sign, Messy Art, Sensory and Creativity. Classes designed to enrich babies and children's development in a happy, holistic way. With a special focus on teaching on how to support children's developing brain architecture as well as their social emotional development during the vital first 1000 days of life. Purposeful, engaging ASL vocabulary is used with a focus on Positive Affirming Signs. Empowering Babies & Toddlers Self-Expression! Strengthening the Parent-Child Bond and always supporting Babies and Children's Social Emotional Development and Communication Skills. Teaching & Informing Parents: Ongoing, reflecting and sharing infant and child development insights, research-based information with useable applications for caregivers and parents throughout classes. Have also taught these classes and preschool alternatives online.

Postpartum Doula Support & New Parent Coaching: Providing postpartum support, ranging from nursing or breastfeeding support, wellness and self-care coaching, developing sustainable support systems. Guidance and teaching in newborn care, as well as practical, individualized care and hands-on help to the entire postpartum family and home. Coaching and teaching infant care, baby soothing techniques, baby massage, baby wearing. Well-versed in early childhood ages and stages and able to support with sibling adjustments. Provide referrals to other professionals as needed, new parent resources and evidence-based information on infants and postpartum recovery. Non-judgmental, personalized, strategic, caring, focused support and coaching done with a collaborative approach - to help new parents know and get what they need in their changing landscape - be it to rest and recover - reorganize and adapt their home - to practice better nutrition, self care or mindfulness - and to become confidant and skilled as a new parent. Caring, nurturing encouragement, information and individualized support to help you transition, recover and thrive postpartum. (Related Trainings & Certifications: Certified Postpartum Doula PCD DONA, Certified Infant Massage Instructor, Certified trainer of trainers for The Growing Brain curriculum (zerotothree .org), Training in RIE Foundations: Theory and Observation (full course), Certified American Heart Association/CPR & First Aid, Certified Life Coach.)

The Children's Storefront, New York City. Program coach, facilitated educational caregiver and child sessions both virtual and in-person.  Adapt at coaching and giving support to parents and caregivers both online and in-person within groups or as individuals. Taught and modeled evidence-backed methods for supporting infants and toddlers in developing strong brain architecture. Applied active listening and positive reflection, practiced cultural sensitivity with a diverse population, to support and coach adult caregivers. Led self-care and mindfulness circles for adults in sessions. Applied and taught various progressive early childhood education practices and philosophies as learning focuses for adults during sessions. Coached and supported parents, strategizing with individual families to help them to support their child's overall social and emotional development. Incorporated and led early childhood music and community music to programming both online and in-person. Made significant contributions to the play-space set up and organization, as well as early programming, when transitioning from online to in-person sessions at a new in-person center post-pandemic.

The Growing Brain Course, a Certified Trainer of Trainers, a ZEROTOTHREE.ORG curriculum.
Teach this rigorous adult education course (from zerotothree.org) on brain science in infant and early childhood development. Delivering and teaching course units to various early childhood professionals, teacher, administrators and staff, as well as caregivers and parents. A research based course covering in depth various aspects of brain development and factors that effect early brain development, as well as practical ways for early childhood professionals (and others) to support healthy infant/child brain development during the critical  first 5 years of life. (Professional development hours certificate available to participants.) Teach course online an d am adapt at working with and engaging students online.

Director Of Early Childhood: Moon Soup Inc. Founder of this renown NYC Early Childhood Program, incorporated best practices of Montessori, Reggio Emilia and Waldorf and Arts based education. Locations Midtown East, Astoria, Wall Street, Upper West Side. Developed an extensive Teacher Training Program and various age appropriate Early Childhood Curriculums spanning ages 0-3 years. Provided parent support, hosting Workshops, Discussion and Support Groups on infant and child development and parenting.

Director Of Early Childhood: Aha! Learning Partners, NYC. An innovative, Reggio Emilia based "Play Lab" program, NYC; Building and creating Immersive Sensory Environments for parents, babies and toddlers. Gave Parent Education talks and presentations, sharing child development philosophies, research-based, insights and teaching practices with parents of infants and young children. Served as the atelierista, expanding the ideas of young children through materials in this Reggio Emilia influenced program; Curating children's work; Wrote documenting the developmental aspects of children 's class activities for parents. Trained teaching staff and oversaw teaching staff.

Director of Classrooms; Programming & Teacher Training for Early Learning Concepts, Inc, NYC, VA and DC.. (Gymboree Franchise). Work required a broad knowledge of infant and early childhood development.  Developed multi-site Teacher Training Program for locations for 13 centers across NYC, DC, and VA. Developed a highly successful Preschool Alternative Program, along with Music and Gym curriculums for ages 3 Months to 3 Years old for Early Learning Concepts, Inc. Originally hired as a Gymboree classroom teacher, first promoted to training teachers, then to Director of Classrooms, developing teacher trainings, curriculums and class programming. 

Teaching Artist/Lead teacher for various Parents & Child Classes NYC;. Including: After School Art teacher, Jefferson Market PreSchool; Music & Baby Sign Teacher, Manhattan Jewish Montessori; After School Drama Teacher, United Nations School. Experienced in teaching programming in  Music, Art, Drama, Yoga, Gym, Science, Messy Art & Play and Cooking to young children.