Angela Hood
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
Chaika Stribling
SCHOOL COORDINATOR
Chaika Stribling is the School Director at Educare Flint. Prior to serving in this role, she served many years in the field of education, most recently as a member of the Educare Flint team as a Mentor Teacher (Early Childhood Specialist) for infant-toddler & preschool classrooms at Educare Flint & their sibling school, Cummings Great Expectations. She also participated at Educare Flint in her most important occupation–as a parent, bringing a unique blend of perspectives to her role as school director. She is passionate about supporting other early childhood professionals in advancing their personal goals while setting a new standard for professionalizing the early childhood field.
Jalen Nunn
SPECIAL PROJECTS MANAGER
Jalen Nunn serves as the Early Childhood Special Projects Manager for the Flint Center for Educational Excellence. Jalen has served the greater Flint community in several roles throughout his career in the areas of education, youth development, and community outreach. In his current role, he has the honor and privilege to support the Center's great mission of helping Flint kids thrive by supporting the Flint Early Childhood Collaborative (Educare Flint and Cummings Great Expectations).
Mike Kildee
FAMILY ENGAGEMENT COORDINATOR
Mike Kildee is a Family Engagement Coordinator for the Genesee Intermediate School District (GISD) Head Start program. For the past 23 years, Mike has worked closely with Head Start fathers and families in building trusting relationships to guide them in reaching goals that identify for their children their families and themselves. Mike coordinates the FAME (Fathers and Men Engaged) initiative serving fathers and men whose children are enrolled in GISD Early Childhood Programs.
Mike is a trained facilitator of the Nurturing Fathers and the Marriage & Parenting Curriculum, Inside Out Dads Curriculum for Incarcerated Fathers, the Partners for Fragile Families Curriculum for Young Fathers and the Dad’s Café Virtual Curriculum.
Mike earned a Bachelor’s Degree in Business Management from the University of Michigan-Flint and is the proud father of 4 children and has 8 grandchildren.