HMG Staff Spotlight: Deanne Slafsky

Deanne Slafsky joined the Help Me Grow Alabama team as a South Alabama Regional Care Coordinator with Lifelines Counseling Services. Deanne comes with 33 years of experience working with at-risk youth and youth with developmental disabilities. She operated a child care center for toddlers in foster care due to parental drug abuse in California, the …

15 Apr · Lauren Till · No Comments

HMG Staff Spotlight: Tabetha Mitz

Tabetha Mitz was born and raised in Hawaii, and she is a recent graduate from the University of Hawaii with a Bachelor of Arts degree in Psychology. She has experience as a paraprofessional where she worked with children with Autism Spectrum Disorder, and she also has child care experience from working with children in a …

8 Apr · Lauren Till · No Comments

HMG Staff Spotlight: Anna Ajuzie- Americorps

Anna Ajuzie joined the Help Me Grow Alabama team as an Americorps Member with the Alabama Partnership for children. She is a graduate of Troy University with B.S in Psychology and M.S. degree in Rehabilitation Counseling. Anna interned with Easterseals Central Alabama where she supported individuals with disabilities in identifying work skills and aptitudes, as …

1 Apr · Lauren Till · No Comments

HMG Staff Spotlight: Ann Tyler Corwin

We are so excited to have the support of amazing AmeriCorps members on our team this year made possible through our partnership with the Alabama Network of Family Resource Centers. Ann Tyler Corwin is an AmeriCorps Team Leader serving our West Alabama region and is a senior at the University of Alabama majoring in Human …

25 Mar · Lauren Till · No Comments

HMG Staff Spotlight: Saanyol Suswam

Saanyol Suswam joined the Help Me Grow Alabama team as an AmeriCorps member serving at United Way of Central Alabama. Saanyol earned her B.S. degree in Biology from Miles College in 2017, then went on to graduate from UAB School of Health Professions with an M.S. in Biotechnology. She has worked in the Birmingham City …

18 Mar · Lauren Till · No Comments

Staff Spotlight: Racheal Townsend

Racheal Townsend joined the Help Me Grow Alabama team as the North Alabama Regional Care Coordinator at United Cerebral Palsy of Huntsville & Tennessee Valley. Racheal worked at the Alabama Department of Human Resources (DHR) for 32 years across program areas and retired in 2019 while supervising adoptions with both Child Protective Services and Foster …

11 Mar · Lauren Till · No Comments

HMG Staff Spotlight: Kelsey Ingram

Kelsey Ingram joined the Help Me Grow Alabama team as a Care Coordinator with the Alabama Partnership for Children. Kelsey brings with her teaching experience from the Wilcox County public school system and continues to be an active volunteer in her community. She has a Bachelor of Science degree in Rehabilitation Services from Alabama State …

4 Mar · Lauren Till · No Comments

HMG Staff Spotlight: Kenyetta Foster

Kenyetta Foster joined the Help Me Grow Alabama team as the West Alabama Regional Care Coordinator at Child Development Resources. She is a graduate of the University of Alabama with a Bachelor of Social Work degree. Before coming to Help Me Grow, Kenyetta worked with children and adolescents for 10 years in a treatment facility …