About Us

The major accomplishment of St Alban's has been the ability to effectively provide quality, affordable childcare and family services to so many for so long. It is estimated that St. Alban's has served approximately 15,000 children over its more than 58 years of existence. A few notables who have graduated from St. Alban's include:

  • Winston E. Scott, Captain in the Navy and NASA Astronaut.
  • Beverly Counts-Rodriguez, Community Relations Manager at Miami Herald
  • Rev. Roland Wallace, Assistant Pastor, Greater St. Paul A.M.E.
  • Milton Vickers, former Director of the Miami-Dade County Wages Board.
  • Miles C. Jennings Jr., college graduate and owner of M.C. Jennings Construction
  • Neal Colzie, Professional football player and Super Bowl winner
  • Kathie Cherry, Social Service Specialist at St. Alban's Child Enrichment Center

Our parents and students come from over 20 different countries. Approximately 65% are African American, 30% of our clients are Hispanic, 3% Asian and 2% Caucasian.

St. Alban's is lead by an experienced team of professionals.

Franklin F. Sands, Ph.D. (drsands1@stalbanschildcare.org)
Executive Director & CEO
)Executive Director & CEO

Management Team: 

TBA-Director of Education & Center Director

Bruce Page- Fiscal Manager (bpage@stalbanschildcare.org)  
Theresa East - Center Director, South Miami (teast@stalbanschildcare.org)

 

MANAGEMENT

Franklin F. Sands, Ph.D.
Executive Director & CEO
drsands1@stalbanschildcare.org

TBA
Assistant Head Start Director

Bruce Page
Fiscal Manager
bpage@stalbanschildcare.org

Theresa East
Center Director
teast@stalbanschildcare.org 

TBA
Social Service/ERSEA Coordinator 

Kathie Cherry
Social Service Specialist
kcherry@stalbanschildcare.org 

Sandra Ward
Assistant Curriculum Specialist
sward@stalbanschildcare.org  

Sonia Thomas-Cleare
Child Care Food Program Manager
sthomas@stalbanschildcare.org

Lucas Webb
Operations Assistant
lwebb@stalbanschildcare.org

Tamela Dawson
Assistant Director of Administration
tdawson@stalbanschildcare.org

Renee Robinson
Quality Monitoring Support
rrobinson@stalbanschildcare.org

Sonji Ballard-Heath
Fiscal Assistant
sballard@stablaschildcare.org

Raschelle Freeman
Curriculum Specialist
rfreeman@stablaschildcare.org

 

Glover Oyefesobi
Health & Safety Coordinator
goyefesobi@stalbanschildcare.org

Blanca Guerra
Health and Disability Specialist (Trainee)
bguerra@stalbanschildcare.org

 

CLASSROOM STAFF

Mariam Abdmishani
Teacher
mabdmishani@stalbanschildcare.org

Betty Ford
Teacher
bford@stalbanschildcare.org

Hannah Brooks
Teacher
hbrooks@stalbanschildcare.org

Beverly Montgomery
Teacher
bmontgomery@stalbanschildcare.org

Elena Perdomo
Teacher
eperdomo@stalbanschildcare.org 

Elsa Huezo
Teacher
ehuezo@stalbanschildcare.org

Guadalupe Gomez
Teacher
ggomez@stalbanschildcare.org

Lavonia Losada
Teacher
llosada@stalbanschildcare.org

Daviann Morais
Teacher
dmorais@stalbanschildcare.org 

Evelyn Jones
Teacher
ejones@stalbanschildcare.org 

Brenda Moss
Teacher Assistant
bmoss@stalbanschildcare.org

Tiffany Morris
Teacher Assistant
tmorris@stalbanschildcare.org

Yerania Tesis-Aguilar
Teacher Assistant
ytesis@stalbanschildcare.org

Shirley Harris
Teacher Assistant
sharris@stalbanschildcare.org

Sonya Young
Teacher Assistant
syoung@stalbanschildcare.org

Cassandra Stepherson
Teacher Assistant
cstepherson@stalbanschildcare.org 

Tanya Williams
Teacher Assistant
twilliams@stalbanschildcare.org

Geraldine Milton
Teacher Assistant
gmilton@stalbanschildcare.org 

Jonnesha Morrell
Teacher Assistant
jmorrell@stalbanschildcare.org 

Elaine Lezama
Teacher Assistant
elezama@stalbanschildcare.org

Mary Alexander
Teacher Assistant
malexander@stalbanschildcare.org

Bernadette Ogletree
Teacher Assistant
bogletree@stalbanschildcare.org

Yolanda Sanders
Sub. Teacher Asst./Social Service Specialist
ysanders@stalbanschildcare.org


The Board of Directors meets every 4th Thursday of the month at the Brooker Street office.

Board of Directors:

Name

Title

Sean Greene
Miles Jennings
Bill Quesenberry
TBA
Rev. Bernard  M. Griffith
Kimberly Hillery
Rudolph Larrimore
Rev. Kenton Williams

President
Treasurer
Secretary
Parliamentarian
Member
Member
Member
Member

 


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