Meet Our Team
All Children's Center staff members have earned Department of Early Education and Care Preschool Teacher qualification and some have attained the highest preschool teaching credentials offered by the Massachusetts Department of Early Education and Care, including Preschool Lead Teacher and Director.
Joanne Hogan, Director of Children's Center
Joanne Hogan has been in the field of early childhood education since 1989. She has worked at three other campus-based preschool programs, all of which were NAEYC accredited, in the roles of preschool teacher, lead teacher, and director.
She holds a bachelor’s degree from Assumption College and a Master of Education in Early Childhood from Bridgewater State College. She is currently licensed by the Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education, Pre-k-grade 2, and has a Director 2 certificate from the Massachusetts Department of Early Education and Care. She has served as a cooperating practitioner for numerous college students who hope to be future early childhood educators.
Joanne is currently a member of the National Association for the Education of Young Children and the Council of Child Development Lab Administrators. She is serving on Tri-County Regional High School’s Program Advisory Committee where she serves as an advisor to the early childhood program. She is passionate about the field of early childhood education and believes in the importance of providing high quality developmentally appropriate learning experiences for young children.
Kelsey Blass
Kelsey is a preschool teacher at the Dean College Children's Center.
Kelsey graduated from Dean College in 2023 with a B.S. in Early Childhood Education and a minor in psychology. She is currently working at the Dean Children's Center and as a nanny to two families. Kelsey loves working with children and has been working with them for over 11 years. She enjoys watching young children grow and explore their environment. She also loves their positivity and outlook on life.
When Kelsey is not working, you can find her reading a book or watching Netflix. She also enjoys spending time with her family and pets. She has three dogs named Gibson, Bailey, and Banditt.
Gabby Bousquet
Gabby is a Preschool Teacher at the Dean College Children’s Center.
Gabby is a proud Dean College alum (Class of 2025), where she earned a double major in Psychology and Early Childhood Education. She is currently pursuing her M.Ed. in Human Development and Education at the Harvard Graduate School of Education. Gabby is passionate about working with young children and has experience supporting them in many settings, including at the Dean College Children’s Center, at Benjamin Franklin Classical Charter School, babysitting, etc. She loves building strong, caring relationships with children and their families and believes every child has unique strengths to share.
When she’s not studying or teaching, Gabby enjoys reading mysteries, thrillers, and literary fiction. She also loves crafting, watching her favorite TV show Survivor, and spending time with her two younger sisters, who are her best friends. As a Franklin local, Gabby is excited to continue supporting children’s growth and development in her own community.
Carrie Campagna
Carrie is the Assistant Director and Lead Teacher.
Carrie first discovered the Children’s Center when looking for a preschool program for her own children. She quickly fell in love with the warmth and professionalism of the staff and began volunteering regularly. Volunteering evolved into a teaching position when her children were old enough to start school. Then in 2024, Carrie accepted a full-time Lead Teacher/Assistant Director position.
Before coming to Children’s Center, Carrie graduated from the University of Maine with a bachelor’s degree in behavioral science. She then spent over ten years at the Child Care Center at Boston Children’s Hospital. While there, she obtained her Director I license from the Massachusetts Department of Early Education and Care. She also participated in Touchpoints Training from the Brazelton Touchpoints Center to learn an evidence-based approach to building strong family-child relationships from birth through age 5.
Carrie lives in Franklin with her two teenage sons (Children’s Center alumni), a dog and a cat. In her free time, she enjoys exercise, training in Krav Maga with her boys, and staying connected to family and friends
Valentina Sternadore
Valentina is a Teacher Assistant at the Children’s Center.
She has a bachelor’s degree in Music from Syracuse University and a Master of Fine Arts in Music Performance from Boston Conservatory. Val first began working with children at the Children’s Center as a parent volunteer over 20 years ago when her children attended the school. After her children went off to kindergarten, she continued on as a community volunteer. Also at this time, she worked at the Bernon Family Branch YMCA in Franklin teaching pre-school gymnastics for 12 years. In 2019 she earned her associate degree in Early Childhood Education from Dean College, as well as her Lead Teacher certification from the Massachusetts Department of Early Education and Care. Val enjoys pre-school so much, she hasn’t left!
During her free time Val enjoys gardening, reading, walking, hiking, and spending time with friends and family.