Team
Executive Leadership
Laurie Brotman, PhD
Founder, ParentCorps
Director, NYU Langone’s Center
for Early Childhood Health and Development
Kai-ama Hamer, MA
Associate Director, ParentCorps
Isabel Chau, LCSW
Manager, TEAMS
(Talent, Equity, Alignment, Morale & Spirit)
Erin Lashua-Shriftman, MA
Manager, Data
Spring Dawson-McClure, PhD
Assistant Professor, NYU Langone's Center for Early Childhood Health and Development
Katherine Rosenblatt, LCSW
Manager, Training & Coaching
Michelle Mondesir, MPH
Manager, Training & Coaching
Dana Rhule, PhD
Manager, Training & Coaching
Collaboration
“Collaboration is about contributing meaningfully to the whole and receiving the gifts that others bring.”
Michelle Boyd, ParentCorps Specialist
Data
Haley Brown
Research Coordinator
Jonathan Epstein
Research Coordinator
Anglin Thevarajah, MS
Research Coordinator
Chrissy Campo, MA, MHC
Program Coordinator
Cris Escudero Patterson
Research Coordinator
Cirielle Colino
ParentCorps Supervisor
Sharmin Hoque, MPH
Program Coordinator
“When I reflect on autonomy, I think about my experiences as a mother, making decisions for my family, educating my children, and having freedom to try different approaches, to fail and try again... And as a white mother, with white children, I recognize the privilege in this. The privilege to fail. The privilege to mother in a system built to support me in choosing what is best for my family. I believe that ParentCorps strives for all caregivers to have freedom to parent and support their children in the ways they know are best for their family.”
Erin Lashua-Shriftman, ParentCorps Manager
Autonomy
EPPIC
Engaging Programs, Parents, Partners, Improvement & Communication
Lisa Anang
Research Coordinator
Leila Eldomyati
Research Coordinator
Barbara Kaufman
Graphic Design Consultant
Aakriti Prasai
Research Coordinator
Tracy Xiong
Research Coordinator
Michelle Boyd, MSW, MPH
ParentCorps Specialist
Shanika Gunaratna, MPP
Senior Program Coordinator
Nathalie Lissain
Research Coordinator
Kevin Specter, MS
Senior Program Coordinator
Maité Covas
Senior Program Coordinator
Steph Gutkin
Research Coordinator
Paula Longoria
Research Coordinator
Eva Wong, MA, LMHC
ParentCorps Supervisor
Culture
“We honor the culture of our children, families
and participants, and want to bring that into
the conversation.”
Dana Rhule, Manager
TEAMS
Talent, Equity, Alignment, Morale & Spirit
Kwanza Branch
Administrative Coordinator
Rona Taylor, MSW
ParentCorps Specialist
Kimberly Tortora, MA, MPA
ParentCorps Supervisor
“At ParentCorps, we value creating warm and welcoming environments where parents feel safe speaking their truths.”
Nathalie Lissain, ParentCorps Research Coordinator
Community
Training & Coaching
Danielle Ajayi, MA
ParentCorps Specialist
Karina Ciprian, MSW
ParentCorps Educator
Lisa Ellrodt. LMSW
ParentCorps Educator
Wendy Haber, Psy.D
ParentCorps Specialist
Farzana Karim, MPH
ParentCorps Educator
Kyle McGee, LMSW
ParentCorps Educator
Melissa Santos, LMSW
ParentCorps Educator
Tisha Tucker, MPH
ParentCorps Educator
Francesca Barreiro, EdM
ParentCorps Specialist
Sean Dantzler, MSE
ParentCorps Educator
Sair Goldenberg, LMSW
ParentCorps Educator
Meghan Hurley, LMHC
ParentCorps Supervisor
Keya Kuruvilla
ParentCorps Educator
Blake McKay
ParentCorps Educator
Debra Stellabotte
ParentCorps Supervisor
Kathryn Vani, LMSW
ParentCorps Educator
Tara Bowser, LMSW
ParentCorps Educator
Regine Dunn, MPA, LMSW
ParentCorps Educator
Cindy Gray, ECSE
ParentCorps Educator
Nakita Joseph, MSW
ParentCorps Educator
Sharon Lee, LMSW
ParentCorps Supervisor
Denise Ramirez, LMSW
ParentCorps Supervisor
Laura Tauste-Lerena, MA
ParentCorps Educator
Jennifer Vargas, MSEd
ParentCorps Educator
Evidence
Center for Early Childhood Health and Development
Research and Administration
ParentCorps is housed within NYU Langone's
Center for Early Childhood Health and Development
R. Gabriela Barajas-Gonzalez, PhD
Assistant Professor
Demy Kamboukos, PhD
Assistant Professor & Associate Director
Sabrina Cheng, MPH
Senior Data Analyst
Zoe Liberman, MPH
Project Manager
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Yoanna Parra
Research Coordinator
Natalia Rojas, PhD
Post Doctoral Research Fellow
Alicia Chung, MPH, Ed.D
Assistant Professor
Vanessa Rodriguez, PhD
Assistant Professor
Gena Gelb, MS
Research Coordinator
Heliana Linares-Torres, MS
Program Supervisor
Maria Paulino
Administrative Coordinator
Elaine Salamanca, MS
Research Coordinator
Keng-Yen Huang, MPH, PhD
Associate Professor
Alexandra Ursache, PhD
Assistant Professor
Alexis Henry, MA
Project Manager
Jenny Liu
Project Coordinator
Antonia Polyn, MPH
Research Coordinator
Jesus Sanchez, MS
Senior Database Analyst
“Evidence means leaning into what has been tested and shown to work... Evidence is a form of power and one that we have the power to wield to advance equity and bridge worlds.”
Michelle Boyd, ParentCorps Specialist
“Equity means deeply listening and understanding families' histories, stories, joys, and struggles,
and supporting them in the ways that truly reflect
what they need.”
Jennifer Vargas, ParentCorps Educators