Meet the Assistant Provider/Teachers
Carmen Brant
- 21 years old, Carmen is from Platteville and is a third year nursing student at
Edgewood College.
- Carmen is the youngest in a large family. She has many years of nannying
and babysittng experience.
- She is First Aid Certified and was a tutor to middle schoolers.
- Carmen "loves" working with young children because they "are energetic and fun to watch and interact with, and you never get bored!"
- Carmen is sweet, caring, patient, and organized when working with young children! She is particularly adept at managing the needs of individual
children while caring for a group of young children.
Andrea Franco
- 18 years of age, from Fitchburg, she a student at UW-Platteville majoring in Biology and Pre-Med
- Andrea has many years of experience in early childhood including teaching 3-18 year old special needs kids at Camp Hero, Madison College plus nannying and babysitting.
- She is bilingual Spanish/English; her family is native to Colombia.
- Andrea likes working with young children because of the "variety of relationships and learning about behavior. Kids are also funny!"
- Andrea is methodical, kind, fair, and very patient. She is observant, calm, and happy when working with little ones.
Karly Jaynes
- 21 years old from Prairie du Chien, WI, Karly is a Junior Nursing Major at Edgewood College.
- She is also a Certified Nursing Assistant at Meriter Hospital in Madison.
- In addition to a lot of nannying and babysitting experience, Karly has many years of experience
working with children, including church school and mentoring in elementary school.
- Karly is energetic, patient, sweet, and dedicated when working with young children.
- She likes working with young children because "they are very cute and they say funny things!"
Indigo Papke
- Indigo is 21 and a student at Madison College.
- She has many years of experience caring for her young cousins and her friends' children.
- She also has experience as a teacher for PreK children in an ATA Martial Arts class at Madison West.
- Indigo is calm, attentive, and patient when working with young children.
- She likes working with young children because she "likes seeing them grow and watching their development. It's very interesting to observe how little human brains work," she says.
Sophie Smith
- From Belleville, 22-year-old Sophie has many years of nannying and babysitting experience.
- She worked for 4 years at Grace Church Daycare, caring for infants through age 7, and at the church's Sunday nursery.
- Sophie is a weekly caregiver for youngest siblings of Verona Home Schoolers Classical Conversation events (infants through age 5).
- Sophie is certified in CPR.
- She is dedicated, kind, loving, and patient when working with young children.
- Sophie likes working with young children because "they are sweet, innocent little people!"
Kari Stevens
- Kari is a busy mom to 3 teenagers.
- She is a Special Education alumnus from Arizona State University.
- She taught Special Ed for many years and was a Lead Teacher at Little Parachutes Preschool in Verona.
- Kari is energetic, loving, and creative when working with young children.
- She likes working with young children because she "misses her own children when they were babies."