Kenny Van Zandt

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Miguel Becerra

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Dr. Alexys Flora, OTR/L

Alexys completed one of her clinical rotations at Keswick School, where she was able to integrate herself with the TKS community. During this time, she gained experience in occupational therapy evaluation and intervention in a non-traditional setting. She completed her doctoral capstone in post-secondary transitions, where she gained experience in supporting students with disabilities in
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Alex Dagitz

Alex worked as an admissions counselor for Davis and Elkins College for a year after graduating. Then he worked at Alldredge Academy as a therapeutic wilderness counselor for 4 year before coming to TKS. Alex worked as a dorm counselor, support counselor,  shift supervisor, and Assistant Residential Coordinator prior to his current role since joining
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Trey Holt

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Amy Mawyer

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Daniel Gulde

Daniel began working with neuro-diverse children as a volunteer at a summer camp in Texas. He continued working there as a staff member for the following five years, in both the summer and throughout the year. After this, Daniel worked at a Montessori school that operated as a vegetable farm and goat dairy serving middle-school-aged
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Jordan Stout

Jordan has held a diverse range of positions, progressing from service roles to a quality assurance specialist. Prior to joining Keswick, she accumulated over two years of experience in the corrections field, where she was actively involved in several key programs, including suicide prevention, rehabilitation, and reintegration into society. “I initially joined Keswick as a
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Jody Berkey, M.Ed.

Jody started her teaching career at Kennedy Krieger Institute and Clinic as special education teacher in a Baltimore city school before moving and enrolling in her graduate program at the University of Pittsburgh. Jody taught full-time for two years at the Western Psychiatric Institute and Clinic in both in-patient and residential settings during her graduate
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Terry Columbus, M.Ed.

In high school, Terru tutored special needs elementary school children at Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore. In college, she worked at a halfway house for adults with mental illness and also at the Central Virginia Training Center in Lynchburg, Virginia. “I came to TKS fresh out of college and newly married. Even back then I
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Gene Lemarr, M.Ed.

Gene earned a degree in Religious Studies from the University of Virginia. He then went on to earn a Master’s degree in Education with a concentration in Educational Leadership from Mary Baldwin College. Gene wrote his Master’s thesis on Mindfulness as a Special Education tool. “I was drawn to this field because I really enjoy
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Jeanne Joslyn

Jeanne began her accounting career doing books for a family business for a few years and then moved on to become the principal accountant for a local municipality. From there she went to work in the Accounts Receivable department of the then newly formed Chobani Yogurt company. While there she was promoted to the Finance
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Arend Walker

Arend started working with youth soon after graduating from Waynesboro High School,in Waynesboro, VA in 2008. Arend worked with a variety of kids from all backgrounds around the state of Virginia at Camp Happyland, a summer camp program for five years. While Arend was there he gained experience in ropes course training and archery training
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Bill Hollandsworth

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Eric Harris

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Alexis Henderson

Alexis went to Virginia Commonwealth University (Class of 2021) Bachelor’s Degree in Psychology minor in American Studies. She was the site director for the YMCA after-school and power scholars program which consisted of creating new enrichments for kids to enjoy. Alexis finds it very rewarding to introduce students to new activities, such as STEM activities,
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Micahya Simpkins

Micahya has worked as a therapeutic mentor in the Rockbridge community. She found it rewarding, while fun, watching her mentees grow as a person as she helped them accomplish their life goals and watch their world expand. Later, Micahya worked as a PNA at The Commonwealth Center for Children and Adolescence and was thrilled to
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Jesse French

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Nitro and Tally

Nitro (yellow lab) and Tally (golden retriever) are specially trained facility dogs from Canine Companions. They are both valuable resources to our students in both the academic and residential settings where the provide comfort, reassurance, relationship, and engagement. When not working hard on campus, Nitro and Tally like chasing squirrels, being petted, and napping in
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