Fellows
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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