College of Hope

Jeff rejoined the College of Hope team as the Program Manager in April of 2022. Over the last 5 years, over 4 were spent in various positions either at, or supporting the College of Hope program. He loves floral design and growing tropical house plants. A fun fact about Jeff is that he is the parent to 19 reptiles of different species!

Michaela is an AmeriCorps VISTA member who is proud to be spending her service year with the College of Hope team!  A recent graduate of Mount Holyoke College with degrees in Bioethics and Psychology, she now lives in Seattle with her partner and a semi-friendly cat named Tofu.  n her free time, Michaela enjoys dancing, traveling, watching Disney+, having deep intellectual conversations, and pretending to be a food critic.  

Karen re-joined the College of Hope team in March, 2023. She lives in Lynnwood with her 15 year old cat, Sophia, whom Karen adopted when she was 12 years old. Karen enjoys traveling, vegetable gardening, and spending time with her family. She enjoys visiting her son and daughter-in-law in Philadelphia every chance she gets. "Philadelphia is a fascinating city!"

Amanda joined the College of Hope team in July of 2022, and she comes with 15 years in childcare and early education. At home she's raising 3 cats and in the office she sings everything. Hobbies include, roller skating, photography, more cats and karaoke. “ I want to leave memories with the kids in program, even if it’s a silly song about potatoes, maybe they’ll remember it and that they felt safe”

Emitt is a Professional Life Skills Instructor with 10+ years of experience in workshop facilitation. He has coached, mentored, and instructed diverse groups and individuals, with the primary purpose of self-enrichment and achievement of their goals. Professionally, he strives to be both a Learner, and Teacher, for life.

Corinna is a goodhearted person and has been an asset to the College of Hope team for the past 10 years! She loves to take her car out to the tracks to race at the Monroe race tracks, hang-out with her boyfriend, go out to dinner, and see new movies. 

Luz started at College of Hope in October of 2022 as our Facilitator and Childcare Supervisor. She comes with a background in Child Development and was previously the owner and founder of 5 Little Monkey’s for 16 years. She is passionate about baking, cooking, and spends her free time being a mom to her own Little Monkey’s at home!”