ZERO TO THREE Fellows have the expertise, skills, passion, and commitment to make the world a better place for infants and toddlers.
We offer the premier leadership experience committed to supporting the next generation of early childhood leaders in embracing a courageous, just, and collaborative approach to our shared work.
Our Fellows are diverse professionals across disciplines and sectors who are “change agents” – transforming programs, systems, and policies that impact the lives of young children and their families. Over the 32-year history of the fellowship, more than 300 national and international leaders are alumni of this esteemed network and continue to impact the lives of babies and young children in profound ways. Our alumni maintain lifetime relationships with other Fellows and ZERO TO THREE Board members and Staff through the Academy of ZERO TO THREE Fellows.
My experience was life-changing. It provided the opportunity for me to deepen and expand my understanding of systemic barriers and inequities that families from diverse and marginalized communities must navigate to raise their children. I continue to be driven by the collective goal to integrate principles of diversity, equity and inclusion at all levels of the infant and early childhood mental health field.
Nucha Isarowong, ZERO TO THREE Fellow 2012-2013
A special message about the power of the Fellowship community from our dear friend, ZERO TO THREE Fellow, and baby champion Yiğit Aksakoğlu.
2022-2024 Fellowship Class


Valeria Atanacio
Tribal Affairs Director,
Oregon Department of Early Learning and Care


Pyae Phyo Aung
Child Development Specialist, Ministry of Health, The Republic of the Union of Myanmar


Amy Finlay-Jones
Head of the Early Neurodevelopment and Mental Health Team,
Telethon Kids Institute


Yolanda Fountain Hardy
Owner and Executive Director, Play Wellness LLC


Jessica Gordon
Pediatric Nurse Practitioner, Pediatrics of Tampa Bay


Marla Hatrak
Co-Founder,
Alliance for Language and Literacy for Deaf Children


Fatima Kadik
Director of Early Childhood Mental Health Services,
New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene


Kelly McGlothen-Bell
Assistant Professor,
UT Health San Antonio, School of Nursing


Andrea G. Oliveira
Infant and Early Childhood Mental Health Policy and Initiatives Lead,
Massachusetts Department of Mental Health


Celeste Poe
Clinical Instructor and Attending NICU and Perinatal Psychologist,
Stanford University School of Medicine


Roop Zainab Rana
Chief Executive Officer,
The Healing Triad


Sylvan Ryder
Director of Operations and Pediatric Nurse Practitioner, Columbia University Neonatal Growth and Development (GraD) Clinic


Leah Sanchez
Program Manager,
Special Start program at the Alameda County Public Health Department


Pamela Scorza
Assistant Professor of Reproductive Sciences,
Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons at Columbia University


Kellie Spilman
Director,
Early Success Coalition at Porter-Leath


Dani Stamm Thomas
Early Learning Hub Director, Clackamas County, Oregon


Aditi Subramaniam
Associate Director,
Infant and Early Childhood Mental Health (IECMH), Massachusetts Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children


Jordan Thibodeaux
Senior Research Associate, Kathleen Babineaux Blanco Public Policy Center at the University of Louisiana at Lafayette


Callan Wells
Senior Health Policy Manager, Georgia Early Education Alliance for Ready Students


Shemika Whiteside
Founder/Executive Director, Zora’s Cradle
Alumni
Fellowship Class of 2020-2022


Fellowship Class of 2018-2020


Fellowship Class of 2016-2018
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