Valerie Tokatli, BA is a Clinical Research Coordinator in the Developmental and Behavioral Pediatrics Department at UMass Chan Medical School. Valerie graduated from the University of Massachusetts Lowell, where she received a Bachelor's degree with a double major in psychology and criminal justice. She is the Project Coordinator for Project A.N.C.H.O.R

Yaminette Diaz-Linhart, LCSW, MPH is a Public Health Social Worker and Scholar who has co-developed family navigation and community health worker programs to promote behavioral health for families. She is currently a PhD candidate researching the well-being of frontline health care and social service workers

Ivys Fernandez-Pastrana, JD is a Program Manager at Boston Medical Center who assists families whose children have been diagnosed with autism by helping them “navigate systems” such as the health care and school systems and by connecting families to resources. Ivys has co-developed the family navigation model and supervises other family navigators in the Pediatrics department

Ileana Gatica, MD, MPA is a trained doctor graduated in Cuba who continues to pursue her passion of becoming a licensed doctor in the US. Ileana completed the Leadership Education in Neurodevelopmental Disabilities (LEND) fellowship program through the Eunice Kennedy Shriver Center UMASS and earned an MPA degree through Suffolk University. Ileana has extensive experience working with minority communities and is passionate about systemic change, she is the mother of a child with complex disabilities and various health needs, and she is committed to work towards improving health outcomes for people with developmental and intellectual disabilities and their families. Ileana serves as an advisory member of various committees.

Dr. Choueiri is Neurodevelopmental Disabilities Pediatrician and the Director of the Early Childhood Community Outreach Program at the Autism Spectrum Center at Boston Children's Hospital. Dr. Choueiri's focus of clinical work is the Early Identification and care of children with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) both in academic and community settings. She has developed the Rapid Interactive screening Test in Autism in Toddlers (RITA-T) - https://www.childrenshospital.org/autismrita-t that is validated for ages 18 months-36 months and has developed its online training and workshops. She has been working with early childhood providers across MA, and the US, to study its integration in different clinical models to improve access and early diagnosis of ASD especially to those in underserved areas and from diverse cultural backgrounds. In addition, she is collaborating with researchers from other countries to further validate the RITA-T in other languages and cultures. Dr. Choueiri is involved in project A.N.C.HO.R (Autism. Network. Culture. Healthy Outcomes. Resilience) to develop a training tool kit for early childhood providers on principles of Family Navigation. She was a previous ambassador of Centers for Disease Control (CDC) Act Early Campaign to MA (2016-2018) and continues to be actively involved in the MA Act Early State Team as a member of its steering committee since 2013.