READY Team
Our Director
College of Arts Sciences & Education
Director of the Center for Children and Families
Associate Professor
Graduate Students
Currently on internship at Miami-Dade Community Action Agency
Delores Auzenne Fellow
UWS Charles E. Perry Graduate Scholar
Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion Underrepresented Minority Doctoral Fellow
Currently on internship at Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia
Administration for Children & Families Early Child Care Research Scholar
Geraldine (Geri) Cadet-Miller, M.S.
College of Arts Sciences & Education Dean’s Distinguished Doctoral Fellow
McKnight Fellow
Graduate Student
Graduate Student
Program Staff
Dr. Elsa I. Bravo
Reading Explorers
Assistant Program Director for
Miami-Dade and Broward County
Orlena Ramirez
Reading Explorers
Program Coordinator for Miami-Dade County
Odalys Calleja
Reading Explorers
Program Coordinator for Broward County
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
Parent Club
Program Coordinator
Gabriel Suarez
Parent Club
Parent Workshop Facilitator
Barbara Jimenez
Parent Club
Parent Workshop Facilitator
Our Alumni
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
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
2022 Graduate
Now in Private Practice at Acosta Psychology
Postdoctoral Fellowship: DuPont Hospital for Children
Internship: DuPont Hospital for Children
Head Start Graduate Student Research Scholar
Reading Explorers Program
Former Postdoctoral Fellow and Assistant Program Director for Miami-Dade and Broward County
Former McKnight Fellow
Fabiola Campos, B.A.
Reading Explorers
Former Program Assistant for Broward County