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STAFF

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Norma Guidry: 
Instructor
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Gail Billeaud: 
Student Services

Gail comes to VITA from the world of business administration. She worked many years in retail management in both Houston and Lafayette. She joined the VITA staff part-time in 1997 and has since become our full-time administrative assistant. She's the first face you see when you come to VITA!

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April Porterfield: 
Executive Director

April previously worked in the daycare industry, spending 5 years as director of Small World Daycare in Carencro. She was VITA's intern in the spring of 2014, and she loved it so much, she joined the staff after graduation. She teaches ESL conversation, vocabulary, and citizenship. 

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Janel Fontenot:
Instructor

Janel is a retired public school teacher, having taught kindergarten and first grade for 33 years. She started volunteering for VITA after retirement, and she loved the mission and especially loved the students. She was hired to teach the beginning level students and has now been an ESL instructor  with VITA for  over 10 years. 

While serving in the U. S. Air Force, Catherine graduated from Medical Administrative School and used her

skills to type surgery schedules in the hospital.  Since that time she has had

many years of experience using computers

in the workforce.  She enjoyed her job as an instructor in the  VITA Computer Lab as well as helping students with online job searches and completing online applications.  She has been with VITA for 6 years. 

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Catherine Lantznester:
Instructor 
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Stephanie Chavis-Rideaux
Opelousas Instructor
Roslyn Jacobis:
Opelousas Instructor

Roslyn has worked in Adult Education for a total of 31 years (22 years with the St. Landry Parish School Board and 9 years  with VITA). She now serves as VITA's office assistant and night school instructor, as well as handling student registration, TABE testing, and official HiSET practice testing. 

Stephanie has worked in Adult Education for 24 years, (12 years for St. Landry Parish School Board and 12 years for VITA Adult Education Program). She instructs both day and night classes in the Pre-HiSet and HiSet.  Additional duties include the  WorkReadyU  data implementation, TABE and Practice  HiSET test administration.

Norma has been a part of the VITA program for many years and finds it gratifying to see the immeasurable impact the VITA program makes on the lives of individuals and their families.  Coming from a business  administration background that gradually evolved into education and volunteer community involvement helped prepare her for working for a non-profit organization. She presently teaches an intermediate reading class and an ESL advanced conversation class and she matches and supports VITA students and volunteer tutors.

 

She adores her five grandchildren who affectionately call her “Nonnie.”

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