Staff


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Susan Young
Children's Center Director
Office: 1706
Phone: 307-382-1669

Susie earned a Bachelor of Science at Utah State University in Elementary Education and a Master of Science in Family and Consumer Science -- Human Development and Family Science from the University of Wyoming. She has twenty-two years of experience in early childhood education, including six years as the Turtles teacher at the Children's Center. She is passionate about providing a safe, interactive, stimulating, and pleasant learning environment for the young children enrolled at the Center. Her goal is to provide well-trained staff that use current, innovative, and effective educational practices, and to support student success by maintaining a strong and positive presence on campus and in the community.


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Verenice Chavez-Vazquez
Turtles Teacher

Verenice completed her Child Development Associate Credential in 2021, and is currently working toward a bachelor's degree from Western Governor's University. She has been a lead teacher in Head Start since 2021 and was a preschool assistant teacher for three years prior to that. We are very excited to welcome Verenice to the Children's Center.


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Brenna Cudney
Bears Teacher

Brenna has an associate's degree in Elementary Education from Western, and is currently finishing up a Bachelor of Early Childhood Education at Central Wyoming College. Brenna has been a lead teacher, an assistant director, and has been working in early childhood since 2018.


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Jennifer Haygood
Bunnies Teacher

Jennifer has been teaching at the Children's Center since 2012. She has a special talent for putting two-year-old children at ease while their parents are away. She has an Associate of Arts degree in Early Childhood Education from Western, and a Bachelor of Science in Psychology from the University of Wyoming.