Shayla designs and leads CCFW mindfulness and compassion programs for providers working with children and youth. She also supports the implementation of mindfulness-based programs for parents. Prior to officially joining CCFW, Shayla was a contract facilitator in CCFW’s REAL Pro offerings with community partners. She is also a parent facilitator on Seattle Children’s Hospital’s Odessa
Keenan leads CCFW’s programmatic functions such as courses, lectures, conferences, and workshops. He also supports the logistical and administrative aspects of the Center. Prior to joining CCFW, Keenan worked in Student Life at Whatcom Community College. He advised student governance and supported student event planners in engaging the campus community. He also managed Whatcom’s food
Aliza Pilisuk is the Learning and Operations Lead at the Center for Child & Family Well-Being. Aliza leads the development and implementation of CCFW’s online learning hub and website. She also coordinates operations for our public courses, workshops, drop-in mindfulness sessions, lectures, and conferences. Prior to joining CCFW, Aliza worked in non-profit program administration with
Becca leads CCFW’s training, partnerships, research, and program development for CCFW’s well-being promotion programs for new parents (NEW Parents Connect), providers (REAL Pro), and youth and young adults ( Be REAL). She previously managed the NEW Moms Connect study, which included conducting mindfulness and self-compassion interventions for pregnant and postpartum women facing economic adversity. Her
Stephanie Thompson, Ph.D. has been involved in research at the CCFW since its founding in 2011. She is particularly interested in understanding the experiences of mothers that span economic adversity, depression, anxiety, pregnancy, and parenting with the hope of tailoring maternal health services to best support them. Dr. Thompson additionally studies how stress affects infant
Kevin King, PhD., is an Associate Professor of Psychology at the University of Washington and Director of the RADLab. The RADLab team is focused on understanding how self-regulation works in real life contexts at real-life time scales. Additionally, their work tries to understand what social and emotional contexts influence youths’ ability to deploy self-regulatory resources,