Lenore Rubin

Lenore Rubin is a psychologist with Seattle King County Public Health Department, Child Care Health Team. Lenore visits child care programs in Seattle/King County to assist with the children who may be experiencing behavioral challenges. Her strategies are positive, insightful, and informed by years of experience in the field of child development. On any given day she may assist with an infant having trouble bonding, a toddler who is biting peers, or preschoolers and school-agers with disruptive behaviors. She also helps identify children with behavioral disorders such as autism and ADHD.

Esther Altshul Helfgott

Esther Altshul Helfgott authored "The Homeless One". The Homeless One is a poetic docu-drama that brings to the page the lives of homeless women who suffer from mental illness including schizophrenia.

Nancy Couhig

Nancy Couhig is a nutritionist with Seattle King County Public Health Department. Nancy visits child care programs and provides workshops on childrens' nutrition within the context how diet impacts health.

Michelle Hillis

Michelle Hillis practices naturopathic medicine and describes her work with patients experiencing depression.

Christy Michaels Tremblay

Parent of a five month old daughter, Maizie, answers questions about her child's infancy and becoming a family with the birth of her first child

Teresa Abeyta

Teresa Abeyta is a former Coordinator of King County Women's Program. Teresa also works as Family Advocate for Latino families living in Snohomish County. Teresa shares her experiences over the past fifteen years of assisting families with access to culturally relevant services that include mental health services.