To contact staff members, please send them an email. If you need to meet in person, you may schedule an office visit by emailing assistant@first5ventura.org.
Call 805-648-9990 to leave a message in the general mailbox.
If you have questions about the strategic direction of First 5 Ventura, please email Petra Puls.
My favorite childhood lullaby is “Twinkle Twinkle Little Star”!
If you have questions about First 5’s Communications, Outreach, or Advocacy Efforts, please email Tyla Adams.
My favorite childhood song is “Isn’t She Lovely” by Stevie Wonder!
If you have any questions about local Early Childhood Education Initiatives, Shared Services or QRIS, please email Janet Fleming.
My favorite childhood book is Caps for Sale by Esphyr Slobodkina!
If you have questions about Parent Engagement or Storytime, please email Jimena Hernandez.
My favorite childhood lullaby is “Duermete Mi Niño”!
If you have questions about Cross-Systems Collaboration, Infant Mental Health, Research & Evaluation involving Early Childhood Systems, please email Joanna Mackie.
My favorite childhood book is Lion by William Pène du Bois!
If you have questions about First 5 Placed-Based Initiatives, Evaluation and Data Systems, please email Sam McCoy.
My favorite childhood book is Best Word Book Ever by Richard Scarry!
If you have questions about the Help Me Grow Ventura County Telephone Help Line or Parent Navigation Services, please email Grace Montejano.
My favorite childhood book is The Rainbow Fish by Marcus Pfister!
If you have questions about Neighborhoods for Learning, Welcome Every Baby, or Parent and Child Together classes, please email Mario Rodriguez.
My favorite childhood book is Green Eggs and Ham by Dr. Seuess!
If you have questions about Contracts, Amendments, or Apricot 360 Reporting, please email John Anderson.
My favorite childhood book is Where the Wild Things Are by Maurice Sendak!
If you have questions about Human Resources, Policy and Advocacy, or Communications, please email Lauren Arzu.
My favorite childhood book is Miss Spider’s Tea Party by David Kirk!
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If you have questions about Funded Partners or Vendor payments, please email Teresa Gutierrez.
My favorite childhood lullaby is “When You Say Nothing at All” by Allison Krause!
If you have questions about Finance or Administration, please email Jennifer Johnson.
My favorite childhood book is Elmer by David McKee!
If you have general questions such as accessing Neighborhoods for Learning services, Requesting Community Outreach Materials, or would like to Schedule an In-Person Appointment, please email the Office Coordinator.
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If you have questions about Employee-related payments, please email Christina Saenz.
My favorite childhood book is If You Give a Mouse a Cookie by Laura Numeroff!
If you have questions about the strategic direction of the Neighborhoods for Learning program or general questions about the Parent and Child Together classes, please email NfL@first5ventura.org.
We are currently offering in-person PACT classes. Our next cohort will begin in March 2023, to enroll please complete our online interest form by clicking here. If you have specific questions about our PACT classes, please send our NfL specialists an email. If you need to meet in person, you may schedule an office visit by emailing NfL@first5ventura.org.
Call 805-869-1317 to leave a message in the general mailbox.
Fillmore, Santa Paula, Saticoy, Ojai, & Ventura
My favorite childhood book is King Midas and the Golden Touch retold by Freya Littledale!
Thousand Oaks, Simi Valley, Moorpark, & Camarillo
My favorite childhood activities are sensory games including water play!
Oxnard & Port Hueneme
Bilingual
My favorite childhood book is La Cama de Mama/Mommy’s Bed by Joi Freed-Garrod and Joi Carlin!
Bilingual
My favorite childhood book is Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See? by Bill Martin!
Bilingual
My favorite childhood activity is playing with edible applesauce playdough!
My favorite childhood book is Corduroy by Don Freeman!
My favorite childhood activity is going on nature walks!
Bilingual
My favorite childhood song is “5 Little Speckled Frogs/Las Cinco Ranitas” by HooplaKidz!
My favorite childhood book is Pippi Longstocking by Astrid Lindgren!
Bilingual
My favorite childhood game is freeze tag!
My favorite childhood book is The Kindness Book by Todd Parr!
Bilingual
My favorite childhood song is “Naranja Dulce”!
Bilingual
My favorite childhood book is “The Very Hungry Caterpillar” by Eric Carle!
Bilingual
My favorite childhood book is A Bad Case of Stripes by David Shannon!
My favorite childhood book is Harold and the Purple Crayon by Crockett Johnson!
My favorite childhood book is The Very Hungry Caterpillar by Eric Carle
Bilingual
My favorite childhood lullaby is “Los Pollitos Dicen Pio Pio” by Musica ifantil!
Bilingual
My favorite childhood book is La Oruga Muy Hambrienta/The Hungry Caterpillar by Eric Carle!
Bilingual (Swedish)
My favorite childhood book is Pippi Longstocking by Astrid Lindgren!
Bilingual (Spanish)
My favorite childhood book is Snuggle Puppy, A Little Love Song by Sandra Boynton!
Bilingual (Tagalog)
My favorite childhood book is The Monkey and the Turtle by Jose P. Rizal!
Bilingual
My favorite childhood book is The Little Red Hen by Lucinda McQueen!
Bilingual
My favorite childhood book is Junie B. Jones Cheater Pants by Barbara Park!
Bilingual
My favorite childhood book is Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See? by Bill Martin Jr. and Eric Carle!
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