Shianna Wright
Shianna has nine years of experience working in Early Childhood and she has worked with children of every age from six weeks to 12 years old. Her favorite age groups are infants and toddlers. She worked for two years as an administrator. She earned her associate’s degree in Early Childhood and has a head teacher […]
Karissa Teti-Penney
Karissa’s love of working with children is a direct result of growing up in what she describes as a “huge family” with many children. She has many years of experience in the “mom role,” caring and loving all her siblings who were born after her. As the mother of her two-year-old daughter, she enjoys and […]
Jennifer Olmstead
Jennifer joined our program as a Toddler Teacher in 2024. She has 20 years of experience working with children and is currently taking courses towards a Child Development Associates Credential. When she is not working, she enjoys spending time with her husband and two children going camping, hiking, and fishing.
Molly Weir
Molly has an Associate’s Degree in Early Childhood Education and an Interdisciplinary Bachelor’s degree focusing on Human Development and Family Services and Psychology. She has worked at Brooker for over 10 years. She loves working with children and feels that there is no greater reward in life than watching children grow and learn. She could […]
Tammy Tronina
Tammy has an Associate Degree in Early Childhood Development. She has over 35 years of experience as a Head Teacher/Pre-K teacher and has been at Brooker for over 14 years. Tammy teaches Brooker’s Nursery School Program and our before and after school program. Tammy loves to see a child learning a new skill. The look […]
Danielle Robison
Danielle has an associate degree from Northwestern Community College in Child Study. She has been working at Brooker Memorial in the Toddler Program for over 19 years. She likes coming to work each day because she feels that she experiences something new every day with the toddlers with whom she works. She enjoys watching them […]
Mia Rivera
Mia has been at Brooker since 2022 when she began as a volunteer. During that time Mia has been promoted from per diem to a full time infant room teacher. She has always had a love for children that has grown each day working at Brooker. She loves the relationships she gets to cultivate with […]
Devon Atkins
Devon joined the Brooker team in 2024 with over 8 years of child care experience. She thoroughly enjoys every aspect of working with children and, even more so, has a passion for learning new teaching techniques each and every day. She said, “There is never a dull moment working with kids, and although I have […]
Lacey Gover
Lacey has a Bachelor’s Degree in Elementary Education from Bay Path University and holds a Lead Teacher Certificate from the Office of Early Childhood. In 2004, shortly after moving to Connecticut, Lacey discovered the joy of working in Early Childhood. She joined our Brooker team in 2019. She believes there is no greater joy than […]
Christine Donahue
Christine has over 35 years of experience working with children. She has worked at Brooker Memorial for over 34 years. She enjoys working with children no matter how her day is going. The children always put a smile on her face! Her outside interests include reading and going for walks.
