Stephanie Gomez-Wilson

Stephanie has spent her career in service organizations working directly with and advocating for children and their families. She began in Social Work with programs including Big Brother, Big Sisters, but the lure of growing and supporting young minds quickly led her to Early Childhood Education. She has worked with families as a Teacher, Supervisor, and Center Director in nationally accredited Early Childhood programs. She spent years as an Education Manager for an Early Head Start/Head Start program where she supervised a team of employees working with children and their families in classrooms and through home visiting. She joined Abilities Network in 2019 as an Inclusion Specialist for the Project ACT program. In 2020, she became the Director for Healthy Families, Baltimore County. As Director, she collaborates with community partners to implement the research-based Healthy Families home visiting program. The program promotes positive child interactions within families, supports them through goal-setting and connection to community resources, and builds protective factors.

Stephanie graduated from Virginia Tech with a Bachelor’s degree in Family and Child Development and is a very proud Hokie. She also earned her Master’s degree in Organizational Development and Leadership from Shippensburg University. She is a certified trainer in both Pennsylvania and Maryland.