Ardas received her bachelor of sciences in anthropology and sociology, teaching credential and masters in Ed. at the University of California, Berkeley. She has been a national education consultant for districts providing professional development for superintendents, district level personnel, principals and teachers. Beginning her 7th year with the Rowland Reading Foundation as a literacy coach A significant portion of my career as been dedica

Maria was born in Havana, Cuba and has been in Arizona since 1968. She has 36 years of experience working in the field of education. Her experiences range from early childhood teacher, reading teacher, bilingual education director, Title I resource teacher, elementary and middle school principal, and principal supervisor and evaluator for 45 school principals at the elementary through high school level. Her background has provided her with the a

Karen has served on the board of the Tucson Girls Chorus at its inception and for four years thereafter. This includes two years as its board president. In 2005, she rejoined the board to serve during the last years of the founding director’s tenure, hired a new director, and worked through the transition. She served for an additional five years, two as President. Karen is now on the board of the Scott Allen Brown Foundation. This foundation pro

Debra L. Haddock
AA ,BS Ed. and MA Ed. in Elementary Education

I have thirty years of experience teaching diverse populations in private, public and parochial preschools and elementary schools to include Department of Defense schools in Mainz and Wiesbaden Germany. I have extensive experience as a classroom teacher and Title 1 Language Arts Resource teacher; administrative experience in a principal designee capacity and supervision of teacher

Patricia has had many related leadership experiences including: K-12 educator, curriculum developer, supervisor for principals and teachers, professional developer, budget developer and manager, a grant writer, professor at the higher education level, and experience as a director of a nonprofit organization. She has also had extensive community involvement and as served as board member for the La Frontera Mariachi Board, a board member of Tucson

I have a life history of community service: • Casa De Los Ninos Board of Directors: 9 years • Southwest Sports Foundation: 6 years • Youth Sports Coach: 15 years • Retired School Educator: 30 years • Sunnyside Educations Association: President, 2 years • Rotary Intemational: 6 years. President Elect All these organizations value children. by providing support for children and their families if needed. The Angel Heart Pajama Project is yet another

Marty Croissant was born in Havana, Cuba and grew up in Arizona. She has been the Southwest Regional Director for Horse Tales Literacy Foundation a non-profit. Following college, Marty worked as a Pediatric Nurse, as well as a School Nurse. Later on she changed careers and became a reading specialist for Santillana Publishing as a curriculum consultant to School Districts in the Southwest. Co-founder of Angel Heart Pajama Project, Marty is de

Qualifications • A Place to Call Home District Director • Arizona Board of Behavioral Health Examiners • Past program Director of Patient Services Catholic Community Services • Director of Network Management CPSA Community Partnership • Counselor and Teacher Pima Vocational High School Why do you wish to join Angel Heart Pajama Project's board? The project is close to my heart due to my work in foster care. There are 4,800 children in Pima County