Early Education Team
Our Team
Denver Public Schools Early Education Department focuses on building shared best practices for working with young children and their families and promoting the value of early education through advocacy and strategic communication, keeping the community informed.
Our team is committed to administrator and teacher effectiveness; aligned standards, curricula, and assessments of social-emotional and academic skills for students from PreK to third grade; quality learning environments; family engagement; data driven improvement; and collaboration with the community.
Early Education Staff
A – L
Lauren Adamson – Client Technical Support – Denver East
Leonor (Nora) Alvarado - Head Start Family Liaison
Jessica Anglin – Early Education Academics Manager
Aidan Bassett - Early Education Specialist
Liz Beindorff – Head Start Health and Wellness Supervisor
Erin Ellis – Office Support II
Becka Eschel – UPK Specialist
Nydia Gonzales – Head Start Family Liaison
Laura Green – Project Specialist
Julissa Gomez-VanDeVelde – Head Start Nurse, RN
Monica Guerrero – Office Support III
Priscilla Hopkins – Executive Director
Andrea “Andi” Ives – Business Manager
Amanda Jackson – Head Start Education & Disabilities Specialist
Sydney Kalin – Early Education Specialist
Eric Love – Early Education Director
M – Z
Geraldine Martinez – Head Start Family Liaison
Irma Martinez – Head Start Family Liaison
Lois McDonald – Lead Head Start Family Liaison
Danielle Mitchell – Early Education Specialist
Anastasia Moloney – Early Education Specialist
Karla Munoz - Head Start Family Liaison
Amy Nagel – Early Education Specialist
Max Panten – Client Technical Support – Denver West
José Paz – Director of Head Start
Fernando Perez-Soto – Head Start Family Liaison
Amar Vaanchig – Budget Analyst
Nguyen Vo – Systems and Process Manager
Trina Watkins – Head Start Family Liaison
Rosy Whitbeck – Head Start Operations Coordinator