Teachers + Staff

  • Jessica Joy, Director

    ZHPP Since 2018 | Board Member Since 2009 | BA Brown University | MBA UConn | Graduate Certificate Early Childhood Administration Champlain College

    director@zhpp.org

  • Sally Healy, Assistant Director

    ZHPP Since 2012 | BS Boston College | MBA Fordham University

    office@zhpp.org / miss.sally@zhpp.org

  • Danielle Wearing, Assistant Director

    ZHPP Since 2017 | BA Holy Cross | MA Teachers College Columbia University | MS Early Childhood Education Bank Street College

    office@zhpp.org / miss.danielle@zhpp.org

  • Anna Soule, Two's

    ZHPP Since 2007
    AS Early Childhood Education
    Union County College

    miss.anna@zhpp.org

  • Karen Luchetta, Two's

    ZHPP since 2015 | BS University of Rhode Island, Textile Merchandising and Design

    miss.karen@zhpp.org

  • Alicia Pettorini, Two's

    ZHPP since 2023 | BA Marketing, Minor English | Assumption University

    miss.alicia@zhpp.org

  • Lesley Gyorsok-Kirschner, Two's/Three's

    ZHPP since 2022 | BS Early Childhood Education/Sociology, Post University

    miss.lesley@zhpp.org

  • Deb Runestad, Three's

    ZHPP Since 2017 | BA UConn |
    Child Development Certificate
    Norwalk Community College

    miss.deb@zhpp.org

  • Agnes Criscuolo, Three's

    miss.agnes@zhpp.org

  • Jenny Blumenfeld, Three's

    ZHPP Since 2014 | BA SUNY Stony Brook | MA Elementary Education LIU-CW Post

    miss.jenny@zhpp.org

  • Diana Metro, Three's

    ZHPP since 2023 | BS Finance, Providence College

    miss.diana@zhpp.org

  • Meg Donahue, Three's

    ZHPP Since 2017 | BA UConn |
    Child Development Associate Credential

    miss.meg@zhpp.org

  • Tracey Lajoie, Three's

    ZHPP Since 2016
    BA Psychology + Child Development
    Quinnipiac College

    miss.tracey@zhpp.org

  • Kelli McGee, Three's/Four's

    ZHPP Since 2021
    BA East Stroudsburg University | MA Elementary Ed Sacred Heart University

    miss.kelli@zhpp.org

  • Kristin Partenza, Three's/Four's

    ZHPP Since 2021 | BA Georgetown University | MA Elementary Education Sacred Heart University

    miss.kristin@zhpp.org

  • Lauren Gibbons, Three's/Four's

    ZHPP Since 2019 | BA University of Michigan
    MA Curriculum + Teaching Columbia University

    miss.lauren@zhpp.org

  • Jo Becraft, Four's

    ZHPP since 2022 | BA Elementary Education, Anglia Ruskin University, England

    miss.jo@zhpp.org

  • Kathy Drabaski, Four's

    ZHPP Since 2000
    BS Early Childhood Education Central Connecticut State University

    miss.kathy@zhpp.org

  • Marissa Generoso, Five's

    ZHPP Since 2016
    AD Early Childhood Education Norwalk Community College

    miss.marissa@zhpp.org

  • Sarah Harris, Five's

    ZHPP Since 2007
    BA Psychology Mount Holyoke College

    miss.sarah@zhpp.org

  • Kim Santosky, Five's and Floater

    ZHPP since 2022 | BA English, Merrimack College

    miss.kim@zhpp.org

  • Jill Castellano, Floater

    ZHPP Since 2021 | BA Iona College |
    MA Childhood Education Manhattanville College

    miss.jill@zhpp.org

  • Louise Kaczmarek, Floater

    ZHPP Since 2006
    BA French McGill University

    miss.louise@zhpp.org

  • Alana Kozyreva, Floater

    miss.alana@zhpp.org

  • Liz Kaliski, Floater

    ZHPP Since 2019
    BA Sociology + Criminal Justice Mount Saint Mary’s University

    miss.liz@zhpp.org

  • Akemi Capener, Masterpiece Arts / Floater

    ZHPP since 2023, BA History of Art, Seijyo University | Bachelor of Music, Berklee College of Music

    miss.akemi@zhpp.org

  • Jo Anne Parady, Music

    ZHPP Since 2006 | BA Ohio State University

  • Christine Genereux, Nurse

    ZHPP since 2023 | Fairfield University

    BS Nursing/ Registered Professional Nurse

    nurse@zhpp.org

  • Tara Snow, Yoga

  • Victoria Gibson, Spanish

    ZHPP since 2012 | MA Bilingual Education, Fairfield University