heidi miller

SENIOR DIRECTOR OF LEARNING

Heidi is the Senior Director of Learning and oversees programming across all sites. Before moving to the nonprofit sector, she was a teacher for 10 years in elementary classrooms across the world including Michigan, China, and Venezuela. She is now a mom of two wonderful children. In her spare time, she loves reading books, fitness, and adventure.

lydia Banks

LEAD LITERACY INSTRUCTOR, BD CENTRAL & OSBORN

Lydia’s passion for helping children began in 2015 when she became a social worker and became a part of the Big Brother Big Sister of Metropolitan Detroit. She has a graduate degree from Tiffin University and an undergraduate degree from Wayne State. Current hobbies of Lydia’s include: reading, yoga, cycling, playing tennis and learning how to knit.

 

ISABELLA CROOK

LEAD LITERACY INSTRUCTOR, BD CODY ROUGE

Isabella graduated with honors from Oakland University, with a double major BA in Communication and Public Relations. She also earned a Diversity, Equity and Inclusion in the Workplace certificate. Over the years, she has honed her expertise in youth engagement and program implementation in the non-profit sector. She truly has a passion for helping children to succeed, building interpersonal relationships, and cultivating change in the community. 

 

SHANELLE MITCHELL

LITERACY PROGRAM MANAGER

Shanelle holds a Master of Arts in Reading from Eastern Michigan University and a Bachelor of Science in Early Childhood Special Education from The University of Akron. She has always been passionate about the literacy development among young learners and their success in the real world. Prior to CFSN, she was a teacher in both Ohio and Michigan. In her free time she likes to paint, travel, read and spend time with loved ones.

 

Magdalene Asamoah

PROGRAM ASSOCIATE, PONTIAC

Magdalene loves God and she has a special passion in helping the youth and social justice. She graduated with honors from Western Michigan University with a degree in Criminal Justice and a minor in Sociology and Gender Women Studies. She has a motivational speaking certificate as well. Her plan is to pursue a law degree and become a mentor to young women. She loves to go to church, spend time with family and friends, and get dressed up and go to luxurious places.

 

TINA PERKINS

LITERACY PROGRAM MANAGER

Tina is the Community Literacy Program Manager at CFSN. She was an educator in the public school system for 22 years before she left for the non-profit community.  She’s thankful that she made that change because she believes, now, she can make a bigger impact in meeting students where they are and has the freedom to cultivate her creativity to be more accessible to students, their families, and their mentors. She’s a single mother of four adult children and continues to strive to make them as proud of her as she is of them.

 

emily sommer

LEAD LITERACY INSTRUCTOR, ACCENT PONTIAC

Emily is the Lead Literacy instructor at CFSN Accent Pontiac. Throughout her more than two decades in education, she has shared her passion for pairing readers with books and supporting learners at all levels of their educational journeys. She is the mom of one amazing college student and she loves reading, cooking, traveling, and making fairly bad pottery.

ADRIANNE JACKSON

DIRECTOR OF COMMUNICATIONS

Adrianne is a proud wife and mama of two incredible boys. She has spent seven wonderful years working with Center for Success Network and truly believes in the work they do. In her free time, Adrianne loves to cook, garden, and explore the great outdoors with her family.

 

ANDREA MEYER

EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

Andrea has been engaged in the field of education since 2005, has worked to develop the Center for Success after school program since January of 2015, and has proudly served as the Executive Director of the Network since 2018. In addition to her role at CFSN, Andrea is a co-chair for the Summer Learning Table for 313 Reads!, and is a member of the Improvement and Impact Committee for the Youth Development Resource Center which allows her to collaborate and communicate with amazing youth serving organizations serving the metro Detroit area.

 

madonna addo

LEAD LITERACY INSTRUCTOR, BD SOUTHWEST

Hi, I’m Madonna Addo! I’m currently an educator major at Wayne State University with a passion for reading and teaching. It is an honor to be a part of Center for Success Network Detroit as a Lead Literacy Instructor.

 
 

steven addo

PROGRAM ASSOCIATE, DETROIT

Steven is the Community Literacy Associate for the Detroit location at the Center For Success. He has a passion for working with youth and community development. He envisions an equitable world. Originally from Liberia, West Africa, he enjoys cooking traditional meals to educate others about Liberian culture and cuisine.

thu tran

EVENTS & COORDINATION MANAGER

Thu is the Events & Coordination Manager at Center for Success Network. In her spare time, she enjoys journaling, drawing, making origami, watching movies, and traveling. One of the many books she’s read that she found insightful is Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World that Can’t Stop Talking by Susan Cain.

 

KENDRA PITTS

PROGRAM COORDINATOR, PONTIAC

Kendra Pitts is the Community Literacy Program Coordinator at CFSN Pontiac. She is a proud mother of one. She has worked many years in the social services field both hands on as well as behind the scenes. In her spare time she loves to travel, listen to music, sing, and spend quality time with her family. Kendra enjoys working to be a voice within the community. Kendra is excited to work in an organization that is making a difference and helping youth become the best that they can be.

 

MADDIE TORO

LITERACY PROGRAM MANAGER

Maddie has been working at CFSN since 2018, beginning as a mentor, and then working as a Lead Literacy instructor before stepping into her current role. She strongly believes in literacy as a right and the foundation it sets for success. Maddie is a graduate of College for Creative Studies. In her free time she likes to make ceramics, garden, go to the movies, and be out in nature as much as life allows.

 
 

Team Members not pictured:

Michelle Halagian, Community Literacy Program Coordinator - Detroit

Ragina Jenkins - Grant Writing Consultant