Program Director
Tara Edelschick
Tara Edelschick graduated college with a Materials Engineering degree, only to find out she hated being an engineer. She taught high school in New York City for eight years, taking a year off in the middle to her Masters in Education at Harvard. Eventually, she returned to Harvard and earned a doctorate in education. While she was at Harvard, she met Jeff, got married, and had two kids. These days she is the Program Director for YES, home-schools her two sons, tries to keep up with the dozens of overnight guests who come through her house each year, and wonders what God is going to do next for kids and families in Area 4 of Cambridge!
Co-founder of Project MOVE
Kia Martin
Kia always knew that she wanted to be a teacher. She taught children in second and fourth grades, and is now teaching adults as a professor at Wheelock College. As co-founder of Project MOVE, she continues her passion for teaching by training students in the 7 Habits of Highly Effective Teens. She is married to Demond and has two wonderful daughters, who are teaching the teacher how to play more and work less.
Associate Director
Alison Handy
Alison Handy has worked in the area of youth and program development services, both professionally and spiritually for over 15 years. She received an MSW in program planning/development and an MDiv in pastoral care from Boston University. She has lived in the Area IV community for over 17 years. As a child growing up in Area IV she remembers the importance of the adults in the community who cared about the youth. She is very passionate about helping today’s youth “be all they can be”. Alison is excited about the opportunity to give back to this community, in ways that will positively impact the lives of Area IV youth today.
Associate Director
Temi Ogunbodede
Temi is a graduate of Tufts University. She signed on with YES as an AmeriCorps Intern, and brings her natural gifts of community organizing to help build programs that strengthen the neighborhood. Her many interests includes website creation and design, filmmaking, architecture, and 3D animation.
Intern
Vanessa Greene
Vanessa is currently a senior at Simmons College. She loves working and playing with children, and is pursuing her degree in Psychology and Education. Vanessa works with various YES programs, primarily as an event planner. Things that make her happy are spending time with her family and friends and dancing until her socks come off. When that’s not enough, an awesome game of kickball will suffice.
Music Together Instructor
Austin Marks
Austin Marks is a graduate from the Berklee College of music in Education, Austin’s teaching has touched the lives of those from all ages, spreading the gospel through music for over 20 years. Working side-by-side with his wife Tolieth(tol-leeth) Marks, Austin has been providing quality music services through workshop teaching about praise and worship, studio consultation, voice teaching, piano teaching, and overall musical excellence for the past 11 years. Currently Austin is the CEO of his own business, Perfect Timing Production Studios in Everett Massachusetts. He is also and has been the music director and accompanist for various artist, choirs, and organizations.
Music Together Instructor
Tolieth Marks
Tolieth Marks is a singer/songwriter and a private vocal instructor. She graduated from Berklee College of music and she is co-owner of Perfect Timing Productions. Tolieth is a proud mother of a four year old daughter and a one year old son. In addition to working in her home, Tolieth is an instructor for the Music together program at Pentecostal Tabernacle.
Music Together Instructor
Wyndy Jones
Gwyndolyn Jones, better known as “Wyndy” is a certified music therapist who has been working in early childhood since 2008. She currently works in early intervention, where she uses music therapy to address the developmental needs of young children ages infant -three years old. She joined the Music Together program of August 2011 and looks forward to journeying through music with all of you.
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