Bárbara Martínez-Griego

Department Chair
Early Childhood Education

2405 East College Way
Mount Vernon, WA 98273
Phone: (360) 416-7787
Email: barbara.martinez@skagit.edu

Early Childhood Education Department Chair and Lead Instructor.  Barbara's faculty experience includes teaching child development associate courses in Spanish and English and revising the college ECE degree curriculum to infuse strategies for working effectively with bilingual children and families. Barbara is also a co-researcher in the Teaching Umoja Participatory Action Research 15 year commitment project in. Kingston, Jamaica. The purpose of this research is to explore and construct culturally relevant knowledge and skills of supporting children of color in the United States in developing strong cultural identity   Barbara earned her Masters of Arts degree from Goddard College in Plainfield, Vermont with a focus on the adoption of dual language and bilingual teaching practices in preschool classrooms and with adult learners.  Barbara has also worked as an elementary school teacher, preschool teacher, head start, ece program administrator, and childcare licensor.  Barbara received her Bachelor of Science degree from New Mexico State University in Elementary Education and Early Child Childhood Education.  

Connie Bonner-Britt

Family Life Program Coordinator

2405 East College Way
Mount Vernon, WA 98273
Phone: (360) 416-7622
Email: connie.bonner-britt@skagit.edu

Connie earned her Master’s Degree in Human Development from Pacific Oaks College, Pasadena California, with a Specialization in Early Childhood Education and Parent/Community Services. She has been providing program development and mentoring for early childhood educators in Skagit County for the past twenty five years. She has provided counseling to individuals and groups as a Licensed Mental Health Counselor for the past ten years, using the therapeutic parenting book and materials she co-authored. Connie embraces the opportunity to assist SVC students to build competence in exercising their own voice, and building skills to work collaboratively in their communities on behalf of young children and their families.

Megan Cary

Early Childhood Education Instructor

2405 East College Way

Mount Vernon, WA 98273

Phone: (360) 416-7969

Email: megan.cary@skagit.edu

I grew up on the shores of Lake Michigan in the little town of Cedar Grove, Wisconsin.  After completing degrees in Psychology and Spanish from St. Norbert College in Green Bay, WI, I decided to take on my first professional role in a children’s school at the University of Chicago.  Overnight, I left a community of two thousand to join one of two million people.

I spent the next ten years working as a child development specialist in the vibrant Hispanic communities of inner city Chicago.  I had found my niche, and further pursued my love of early learning at the Erikson Institute, a graduate school of child development, education, and social work.  I graduated with a Masters in child development in 2006.  Later that year, I moved to Vancouver, B.C. for love, and consequently fell in love with the Pacific Northwest.  My husband Alastair and I call Blaine, WA our home.