Kelly Prichett

Miss Kelly is our wonderful director! She was a stay-at-home mom for 17 years and has worked with us at Pop-Ins for about 6 years. She started as an aide, worked up to a lead, and has now found her potential as the director of our center! She is so kind, loving, and caring to everyone here. She loves being a part of each child's day and being able to put a smile on all their faces. One of her main priorities is to always have a huge positive impact on the entire Pop-Ins family. She’s a proud wife, Navy mom, and grandma, and her favorite things to do outside of work are spending time with her family, camping, and tending to her garden and flowers!

Valeria Guerra

Miss Valeria has been working with us for about 3 years. She was an assistant teacher in threes and then a lead teacher in the wobbler room and is now helping Miss Kelly out in the office! She loves kids and enjoys watching them grow, learn, and reach their milestones. Her main priority is to make sure everyone in the Pop-Ins family is happy and content!

Darcy Yanez

Miss Darcy is our most trusted cook. She’s been a cook for almost 45 years! She loves the kids at the center and each individual child is important to her. Her main priority is making sure every kid is fed appropriately.

Alecia - Assistant teacher

Miss Alecia is one of our newest teachers! She gets along with kids easily and she works hard to ensure all her babies' needs are met and that they’re happy. She loves the infant room because they're sweet and loving, and she loves watching them grow and reach their milestones. She’s a family oriented person who loves spending time with her 4 nieces and 2 nephews outside of work!

Brooklyn - Lead teacher

Miss Brooklyn has been working with children for 5 years! She’s a very loving, playful, and creative teacher. Her favorite part about the Wobbler room is watching the children grow into their personalities and reach every small or big milestone.

Aimee - Assistant Teacher

Miss Aimee has been a lead teacher in other centers for 7 years, she’s worked with ages 8 weeks- 2 ½ years. She’s our newest wobbler teacher who is very kind, patient and friendly and loves to build relationships with every individual child and their families. She loves working with this age group because she loves watching the children reach milestones and aiding them in learning to communicate and take their first steps!

Shania - Lead teacher

Miss Shania has been working in childcare settings for about 3 years! She’s a very loving and bubbly person. She loves her cuddles with her kids and has so much fun with them. Her favorite part about the Ones room is watching them grow, learn and become their own person.

Maia - Assistant Teacher

Miss Maia has been working with us for about 3 years now! She’s a hard working teacher that loves listening and interacting with children of all ages. She loves the Ones room because they’re very entertaining and there’s a lot of important milestones that she enjoys helping them reach. When she’s not at work she loves spending time with her family and babysitting!

Jenna - Lead teacher

Miss Jenna has a lot of experience with kids, she’s been in this field for about 19 years! She’s a very patient teacher that knows her kids well and has a fun way of teaching that works well with her age group. She loves her crazy twos because they keep her on her toes, they’re cute and funny and she loves keeping herself busy. When she’s not at work she tries to spend as much time with her 2 nieces and nephew as possible and loves watching them grow.

Lillian - Assistant teacher

Miss Lillian has been working in childcare since 2016! She’s a loving grandma of 4 who loves spending time with her husband as well as all her family. She’s very patient, understanding, loving and loves being around kids. Her favorite part about the Two’s is their personalities, they’re lots of fun and eager to learn and play.

Rani - Lead teacher

Miss Rani was a volunteer in childcare for about 3 years before she started working with us in 2017. She’s our 3 year old teacher who is resilient and knows how to work well with this age group. She loves learning and growing as a teacher. The Three’s room is perfect for her because they keep her busy and on her toes and she loves that they are so curious because she learns so much from them!

Alina - Assistant

Miss Alina has been working in childcare for about a year but she’s been around kids her whole life. She is the second oldest of 8 siblings so she has plenty of experience with children. She is kind, patient, and funny and she knows how to positively redirect and communicate with our three year olds. This classroom is one of her favorites because of how vocal this age group is and this is the age group where they discover so much of their personalities.

Tanya - Lead teacher

Miss Tanya has been working in childcare for about 17 years! She’s a very hands-on teacher who loves interacting with her students and works hard to understand them and teach them in a way that will best benefit them. She loves the pre-k classroom because she feels as though she can actually teach them what they need to learn and get them prepared for kindergarten! She has an 18 year old son who will be going to college in the fall. Congratulations!
"Today you are you, that is truer than true. There is no one alive who is you’er than you." Dr. Seuss

Colette - Lead teacher

Miss Colette has been in child care for 25+ years! She is a very experienced teacher who understands the children and is well at redirecting them to where they need to be. She likes working in the pre-k classroom helping miss Tanya because she understands the kids, knows how to help them and builds strong bonds with them.

Gisela - Lead teacher

Miss Gisela worked at a christian school for 4 ½ years, retired and then came back to work with us as our school age teacher. She believes that it’s important for children to learn through play and she makes sure to keep them busy with many fun projects and activities. She believes that the children come first and she is all about the children. She loves that the school agers are very smart, bright, and self reliant and she is able to teach them things that will truly stick with them for many years.