Meet our Team
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RIVERHEAD SITE - Kyle Braunskill
3rd Thursday's, 6pm - 8pm at the Riverhead Library,
330 Court St, Riverhead, NY 11901
Kyle is the Executive Director of Safe Harbor Mentoring Program. Safe Harbor is an organization that mentors persons currently incarcerated as well as assists persons with re-entry to society. Kyle Braunskill is also the founder and president of A New Day Mentoring and Coaching services. A New Day mentors & coaches at-risk youth as well as adults. Mentoring the incarcerated and the at-risk youth has ignited a passion to specifically help the children of the incarcerated. This makes C.H.E.L.A. 4 Kids and Kyle a great match.

CENTRAL ISLIP - Dr. Teresa Bryant
4th Saturday's, 10am - 12pm, at the Central Islip Senior Center,
555 Clayton St # 1, Central Islip, NY 11722
My name is Dr. Teresa J. Bryant and I am excited to be a volunteer facilitator for C.H.E.L.A. 4 Kids. I am a NY State licensed Registered Nurse with a PhD in Psychology . As a psychotherapist, private practitioner and certified counselor , I have over 38 years of mentorship and counseling experience .My passion is to work collaboratively with C.H.E.L.A. 4 Kids providing support through mentorship and sharing positive behavioral intervention strategies that support setbacks in the lives of at risk youth.


CENTRAL ISLIP - Yanick C. Frederic
Yanick Chery-Frederic is an educator, both in the K-12 setting and as an adjunct professor. She is a presenter at education related workshops and is very involved in education and community initiatives. One of her major passions is in her role as a mentor for youth in some community organizations. Ms. Chery-Frederic believes strongly that through education and mentoring we can make positive changes for our youth.
HUNTINGTON - LaToya Samuels Wharton, MBA
3rd Thursday's, 6pm - 8pm, at the Huntington Opportunity Resource Center
1264 New York Ave, Huntington Station, NY 11746
LaToya is a Strategic Philanthropist and an energetic, results-oriented professional. Ms.Wharton is passionate about helping disadvantaged youth gain access to resources. Ms. Wharton is the founder of Sibling’s Keeper (a non-profit) that seeks to inspire the next generation of leaders to think big, engage in global student collaboration projects, advance critical thinking and creativity through Sports and S.T.E.M.—all areas that will prove to be vitally important to our world in the years to come. Ms. Wharton is a board member to the US-Ghana Chamber of Commerce, African Caribbean Business Council (ACBC), and Martha’s Compassion (a Ghana based NGO).
