Teresa is the Program Director for Gioiosa. She graduated from MCC with an Associate’s degree in psychology and brings six years of experience in child care center, nannying, and in-home child care provision; for two and a half of those years, Teresa was the sole proprietor of an in-home daycare center accommodating 10 children and three staff members.

Brandy is the director of business operations for Gioiosa. She graduated from Missouri State University with a Masters degree majoring in Teaching.  She has four years of classroom teaching experience and 12 years of instructional design, change management, and program management nine of which were in a management or director capacity. 

Colby is the lead teacher for the infant unit at Gioiosa. She has been working in child care since 2017. Prior to entering center environments, she worked as a nanny for two years. Between her time with her last center and her time with Gioiosa, Colby worked with the elderly in a senior center. She has been with us for almost a year.

Riley is the music teacher and float teacher for Gioiosa. She graduated from the University of Kansas with a Bachelor of Music in Music Therapy in 2023 and passed her board certification for music therapy in March of 2023. In accordance with her degree requirements she completed a 6 month internship at Britain development center where she lead group and individual music therapy sessions for children age birth through 6 years. Riley has been working with children since middle school babysitting and nannying for families and also through volunteering with local special needs ministries as a rest & respite buddy.