Pat (he/him) is the Co-Lead Teacher in the Preschool (Aspen) Room and started working at Kidspace in 2007. Previously he worked at Able Child Children’s Center for 17 years. While at Able, Pat worked for several years as a lead teacher in the infant and toddler classrooms, then a lead teacher in the preschool classroom. Over the years he has been a very active and well-known member of the Seattle early childhood community. Pat has 32 credits in ECE from North Seattle Community as well as a BA in Biology from the University of Tennessee-Chattanooga.

Shamali (she/her) is the Co-Lead Teacher in the Preschool (Aspen) Room.

Tracey (she/her) is the Co-Lead in the Young Preschool (Dino) room. She is an east coast native who moved to Seattle in 2004. She was born and raised in New Jersey and attended college and graduate school in North Carolina where she received a Master’s degree in Child Development and Family Relations from East Carolina University. Tracey’s early career was focused on early intervention services for preschool children and shifted after moving to Seattle to nonprofit work focused on advocating for families in crisis (homelessness, domestic violence). Tracey balanced that work while also being a live-in nanny for a few years and eventually decided to refocus on her Early Childhood. Her favorite interests in her spare time are road trips, the beach, music, astrology and photography

Yvette (she/her) is the Co-Lead in the Young Preschool (Dino) room. Yvette has been at Kidspace for an indeterminate period of time. She started in the Dino Room, moved into Aspen, and stayed for ten years. She then came back to work in the afternoons, and finally returned as an Apple teacher before circling back to Dino. Her favorite part of working with preschoolers is when they ask difficult questions. When not moving rooms at Kidspace, Yvette likes to perform, read, write, and travel. One memorable trip was getting to tour preschools in China with then Washington State first lady, Mona Locke. Yvette feels promoting her '80s teenage angst-driven high school novel, The Last Year of the Rest of My Life is a completely acceptable way to end her bio!

Jennifer (she/her) is the Lead Teacher in the Young Preschool (Treefrog) Room and has been working at Kidspace since 2001. She previously worked with children as a nanny and as an assistant teacher in Alaska. Jennifer has an AA in visual communications from the Art Institute of Seattle. She enjoys the community-oriented atmosphere and the high level of parent involvement at Kidspace. She also likes that children are treated as individuals and with respect. Jennifer’s interests include anything arts-oriented, music, hiking, camping, snow boarding, and exploring Seattle.

Coco (she/her) is the Assistant Teacher in the Young Preschool (Treefrog). She has 15 years of in-home nannying care for families, along with childcare experience in daycare/ preschool and foster care environments. She is a professionally trained childcare provider with high standards of culturally competent care for wide varieties of children. She has an excellent understanding of child development education, making it easy for her to maintain focus on a child's mindset and developmental skills which can make learning very fun. She enjoys hiking, bike riding, camping, scrapbooking, roller skating, painting (anything arts & crafts), and going to pow wows and most of all cooking!