LISA'S INFANT TODDLER EXPERIENCE

Child Day Care Center San Fernando Valley - Tarzana

About Our Program Director Lisa Smith
Our program director, Lisa N. Smith brings over 30 years experience in infant and toddler care. She holds a B.A. in Child Development from California State University at Northridge and started in childcare at this location in the St. Paul’s Sunday daycare program. Seeing a need for quality daycare motivated her to make infant and toddler care her life’s work. Lisa believes it’s of critical importance for infants and toddlers to feel safe and be given age-appropriate learning stimulation, in order to grow into healthy, confident individuals.

She has been the director of Lisa’s Infant Toddler Experience since its inception, in 1984, and is respected within the Tarzana community as an early childhood educator and daycare provider. She selects all staff for the daycare center and oversees the program as well as maintaining a daily presence in the center, interacting with infants, toddlers and their parents.

About Our Staff
All of our staff members have been with us 2 years or more and hold CPR and First Aid certification. Some of our staff go back with us 10-20 years. We have extremely low staff turnover, so your children have consistency and familiarity with our people.
Here’s some background on some of our staff members:
• Alicia Lewis, Assistant Director holds a credential in Early Childhood Education and has been with us since 1990.
• Margarita Velazquez, our wonderful cook has been with us since 1986.
• Karen Grissom, Head Infant Aide has been with us since 1996
We encourage you to get to know us. Feel free to ask questions of our staff members. We look forward to meeting you and your children!

• Alicia Lewis, Assistant Director holds a credential in Early Childhood Education and has been with us since 1990.

HIRED 9-1990 POSITION assistant director. Early Childhood Education Credential.Supervises teachers and aides. C.P.R.and First Aid Certified. Alicia is invested in each and every child's well being . SPECIAL TALENTS- Alicia is our" Art Czar" she takes great pleasure introducing the children to art experiences. We tend to focus on the process of making the art, not on the final project. in other words we think the art experience itself is far more important to the child than the finished look of the product.

Karen Grissom, Head Infant Aide has been with us since 1996

HIRED 1--1996 POSITION head infant aide. C.P.R. and First Aidcertified. SPECIAL TALENTS Karen is known around the day care center as "MAGIC KAREN". She can get even the most pickey of eaters to eat and drink. If we're having a difficult time getting a child to eat, or a baby to drink their bottle we aks "Magic Karen " to help. She loves to read to the children on a daily basis.

Claudia Perdomo

HIRED 9-2003 POSITION infant aide. C.P.R.and First Aid certified.SPECIAL TALENTS Claudia has a gentle quiet air around her. This comes in handy when the children get overly excited. Her calm presence helps to soothe the entire center.

Ratna Rao HIRED 8-2004 POSITION infant aide. Early Childhood Education Credential C.P.R. and First Aid Certified.

LRuby Chu HIRED 4-2006 POSITION infant aide C.P.R. and First Aid certified. Ruby is our burst of energy in the afternoon. She still attends high school, and sweeps in after school like a breath of energized ,fresh air.

Margarita Velazquez, our wonderful cook has been with us since 1986.

HIRED 12-1985 POSITION food program manager. cpr and first aide certified. knows the heimlick procedure, thankfully has never had to use it. prepares the meals. helps feed the children.oversees the cleaning and sanitizing of the eating area and kitchen.