Early Childhood Education Faculty & Staff
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.
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.
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
I spent the next ten years working as a child development specialist in the vibrant Hispanic communities of inner city