Holly Ridge Center
Venessa Smith is an accomplished artist and educator with extensive experience in bilingual family coordination and interpretation. Currently serving as an Artist at MrsVStudio since January 2021, Venessa also holds the position of Bilingual Family Resources Coordinator at Holly Ridge Center Inc since February 2017 and works as a Spanish Interpreter for Cross Cultural Communications, Inc. beginning in February 2018. Prior experience includes roles as an Art Educator at Peace Lutheran Primary School from July 2017 to July 2018 and at Smart with Art from February 2017 to February 2018. Venessa holds a Bachelor of Arts in Art, Media, and Culture from the University of Washington Tacoma and an Associate of Arts from Tacoma Community College.
Holly Ridge Center
Holly Ridge Center is a private non-profit agency whose mission is to enable children and adults with differing abilities to reach their fullest potential, creating a positive and lasting impact on the community. With more than 59 years of highly specialized experience serving children and adults throughout the Kitsap and Olympic Peninsulas, Holly Ridge Center fulfills its mission through two program areas: •Infant Toddler Program (ITP), a neurodevelopmental center that provides early intervention services to children ages birth to three years old who present with developmental delays or are medically fragile. This is the only program of its type on the Olympic Peninsula and served more than 1,000 children in 2014. •The Adult Employment Services Program (AES), a vocational rehabilitation program that provides supported employment services for job training and placement services within the community for more than 249 individuals with disabilities each year.