ABOUT DIONA

I love teaching college students about Early Childhood Education, but I absolutely love working with young children and families.

I have worked with children birth to age 8 for the last 18 plus years in many different capacities. My career has allowed me to work as an Infant/Toddler Mental Health Clinician II (behavioral health), Arizona Early Intervention Program, and CHILD Find Team/Public Educator as an Early Childhood Special Education Teacher.

As a board member for First Things First Arizona and the Arizona Association for Environmental Education and an Early Childhood Education Professor at a Tribal Community College on the Tohono O'odham Nation I have an opportunity to bridge my professional experience with community advocacy.

Save Child Care

According to the most recent The National Association for the Education of Young... survey: While programs’ revenues decrease, their expenses are increasing. Diona spoke with the Arizona Association for the Education fo Young Children about her experiences adapting to the COVID-19 pandemic as the founder of Out Back Learning.

Arizona Association for the Education of Young Children

"Staying connected with kids and families because that's where my passion really lies."

Garden Goodness: Growing with the YoUng Child in Mind

I believe it's important for young children to connect with nature.