READY Team

READY Team

Our Director



Dr. Katie Hart

College of Arts Sciences & Education
Director of the Center for Children and Families

Associate Professor

Graduate Students

Terrance Knox-Lane, M.S.

Delores Auzenne Fellow

Averill Obee, M.S.

Geraldine (Geri) Cadet-Miller, M.S.

College of Arts Sciences & Education Dean’s Distinguished Doctoral Fellow

Maria Morales, M.A.

McKnight Fellow

Molly Joseph, B.A.

Graduate Student

George Tragoudas, B.S.

Graduate Student

Program Staff

Reading Explorers
Assistant Program Director for
Miami-Dade and Broward County

Dr. Carina Alvarez

Summer Academy & Parent Club

Postdoctoral Fellow

Laura Gomez

Reading Explorers

Senior Program Coordinator for Broward County

Orlena Ramirez

Reading Explorers
Program Coordinator for Miami-Dade County

Odalys Calleja

Tatiana Batista, B.S.

Reading Explorers
Program Assistant for Broward County

Anabella J. Fernandez, B.A.

Reading Explorers
Program Assistant for Miami-Dade County

Victoria Quintanilla, M.S., RMHCI.

Summer Treatment Program & Parent Club
Program Coordinator

Ericka S. Ruiz, M.S., RMHCI.

Parent Club
Program Coordinator

Gabriel Suarez

Parent Club

Parent Workshop Facilitator

Barbara Jimenez

Parent Club

Parent Workshop Facilitator

Our Alumni



Dr. Randi Cheatham-Johnson

2020 Graduate

Now Clinical Faculty at Children Health – Children’s Medical Center Dallas
Postdoctoral Fellowship: University of Mississippi Medical Center
Internship: University of California at San Francisco

NIGMS RISE Fellow
Delores Auzenne Fellow

Dr. Bridget Poznanski

2021 Graduate

Now Assistant Professor, Developmental & Behavioral Pediatrics Boston Medical Center, Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine
Postdoctoral Fellowship: Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia
Internship: Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia

Head Start Graduate Student Research Scholar

Dr. Katherine Zambrana

2022 Graduate

Head Start Graduate Student Research Scholar

Dr. Ana Rondon

Reading Explorers Program

Former Postdoctoral Fellow and Assistant Program Director for Miami-Dade and Broward County

Akira S. Gutierrez, M.A.

Former McKnight Fellow

Fabiola Campos, B.A.

Reading Explorers
Former Program Assistant for Broward County