Carissa has lived on the Central Coast her whole life. She has been in the field of early childhood for over 15 years and graduated Cal Poly SLO in 2014 where she received her bachelor’s in Child Development with a minor in Psychology.
Carissa has always loved learning about children and believes the first 5 years of a child’s life are so important. She’s honored to be a part of the child’s life during this stage of development which is why she has continued to work in the field of early education.
When Carissa is not working she enjoys spending time with her husband Jeremy and their two sons, AJ and Andrew. They love spending time with their family, going camping, playing board games with friends and going on adventures together as a family! She enjoys calligraphy and binge watching murder mystery shows as well.

Carissa’s favorite verse is Gal 5:22-23
“But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness and self-control. Against such things there is no law.”