My name is Elisa Starble and I have lived in Colorado for the past 16 years. My husband, Michael, and I have been married for 25 years and have three almost adult children! Our two oldest sons are in college, one in Los Angeles and the other in Chicago. Our daughter is a senior in high school and all of them are aspiring to careers in the performing arts.

I have a B.A. in Business Administration and was lucky to be able to stay home with my children for ten years. When my daughter was in first grade, I went into teaching and taught Art, Music, and P.E. to the kindergarten classes at Bergen Elementary in Jefferson County. I discovered that my strength and love was working with younger children so I took a position at Evergreen Mountain School that served preschoolers from 3-5 years old. After five years of hands on teaching, I went back to school to obtain my Colorado Director's License so that I could lead the expanding early childhood portion of the school, where I worked for the next five years.

We moved to Denver in 2006 in order to be closer to our children's high school. Since that time, I have been teaching at early childhood facilities in the Denver area including, most recently, the Montview Community Preschool until I found this wonderful opportunity.

My passion has always been assisting young children play and learn. I look forward to meeting all of the parents and children that are a part of the Lightway at Sloans' family.

Hello! My name is Martha Torres and I am so happy to be the Preschool Teacher at Lightway. I am originally from Mexico and moved to Colorado 10 years ago. I have 3 wonderful kids... one boy and two girls, and have been happily married for 17 years. I have worked with children of all ages for six years and have loved every minute!

I am bilingual and I also am teaching sign language to the children. I really enjoy working with kids and I'm looking forward to having lots of fun with yours. We are truly a family here!!

My name is Rachel Housinger. I am a 22 year old student at CU, Denver and have lived in Denver for 9 months. I have fallen in love with the state of Colorado. I am originally from Las Cruces, New Mexico where I worked for four years at an elementary school for their after-school program and with preschool age children in a daycare center. I moved to San Diego, California, where I also worked with children at the YMCA as a supervisor for summer camp. I love to work with children and I am truly happy to be here at Lightway at Sloans to help your children grow and learn.

HOLA! My name is Juanita Romero. I am originally from Mexico but I have lived the last 16 years in Jefferson County. I am married to my wonderful husband and we have three beautiful daughters. I have worked with toddlers for the past 6 years in Jefferson County, and I have completed childhood classes at Red Rocks Community College. I am a very loving and caring mom who is also very loving and caring towards all the amazing children and their family members.I enjoy spending my days with children more then I can explain, and I love giving them the care and supervision they deserve. I am looking forward to having fun and working with your children and your family.

Prior to moving to Colorado in 2009, I was an elementary teacher in New York. I am currently in school to get my Masters at Regis University. I have worked with children for as long as I can remember and I absolutely love it! I am really excited to be here and I look forward to getting to know you and all of your children!

One of my favorite parts of the "job" (I put job in quotations because I have never really liked the word job when working with kids) is getting to cuddle and spend quality time with the babies! It will be seldom that you will see me without a baby in my arms, or see me playing with them on the floor! I realize that bringing your most prized possession to someone else to take care of is probably the hardest thing that you have ever done. That being said, if there is ANYTHING I can do, to make this transition the slightest bit easier for you and your child, please let me know! I will do what I can to make this journey an easy and enjoyable one for everyone.

My name is Klare Looney and I created Lightway after having my son and trying to find good care. When visiting other daycare facilities, there was always something that each center was lacking in regards to what I was wanting in a center. I knew I couldn't leave my child at any place but the perfect place. After months of searching and not being satisfied, I decided to create a place that had Everything I was looking for and more.

Being a working mother and knowing how difficult it can be, I wanted to make sure and incorporate perks that the parents could benefit from as well. I was also concerned with my child being just another number in a large facility, and that is why our center will be no more than 25 kids. I feel as if this will give the kids the opportunity to still have the benefits of interacting with other children, as well as being a part of close intimate family environment. Lightway At Sloan's truly offers everything and more that I ever wanted, and I hope to offer that to you as well.