Detroit PBS KIDS Community Fellowship Southwest Detroit
Detroit PBS Education team has been listening to find ways to uplift the work our partners are doing with families.
A common challenge we hear is improving parent engagement. As your local PBS station, we want to support community efforts with families by sharing successful engagement strategies and no-cost, high quality content.
These fellows will join the 6-month cohort of family engagement representatives through the 24-25 school year, facilitated by Tara Hardy, Director of Early Learning at Detroit PBS. Together, they will access and utilize resources from PBS and other local, statewide, and national partners to support families in literacy, executive function, and social-emotional learning. At the end of the Cohort, each fellow will deliver a project to their organizations families.
2024 Southwest Cohort
Felicitas Gonzalez Membrillo
Great Start to Quality Assessor
Early Childhood Investment Corporation
Roberto Paredes
Family Ministries Pastor Santos Church and Family Resilience Specialist
Brilliant Detroit
Shameka Henderson
Family Support Specialist
Matrix Human Services Early Head Start Child Care Partnerships
Wendy M. LaMarr, LMSW CAADC
Director of Early Childhood Services and Community Impact
Black Family Development, Inc.
Vernadette McAllister
Coordinator of Major Activity-Children's Services
Detroit Public Library
Yashira Rodriguez
Parent Educator
Detroit Hispanic Development Corporation
Cinthya Casillas
Family Advocate
Starfish Family Services
Tracey Rucker
Community Life Service Coordinator - CNI
The Community Builders Inc.
Elizabeth Gonzalez
Detroit Champions for Hope
Congress of Communities
Minuwawa Whitehead
Family Engagement Coordinator
Wayne Metro
Esmeralda Torres
Yolanda Wilson