Our Director Modesti Cavenaugh
Modesti Cavenaugh, along with her husband and son, moved to Raleigh in 1996. She taught for nine years in preschool and elementary. In 2005, she became the Early Childhood Director where she currently supervises the daycare and kindergarten. She married her college sweetheart in 1992. She and her husband have one son, a daughter-in-law, and three grandsons.
Mrs. Cavenaugh has a heartbeat for children and for working alongside families to help their children grow into strong, respectful, and successful young adults. She loves to engage with students and parents in order to build strong relationships with each family.
Our Teachers
Adelina Armenta
Caterpillar Room Teacher
Adelina began working in our ministry in 2021. She has three sons and loves to collect all things "cow"!
Agustina Valencia
Caterpillar Room Teacher
Agustina joined our ministry in 2022. She stays busy with her husband, three daughters, a dog, and three cats!
Ruth Ramirez
Caterpillar Room Teacher
Ruth began working in our daycare in 2022. Ruth is a wife and a mom to a son and a daughter. She enjoys traveling with her family and seeing new places.
Lily de Leon
Caterpillar Room Teacher
Lily's career with our daycare began in 2019. She is a fur-momma to her golden doodle, Teddy.
Irina Lashtur
Butterflies Room Teacher
Irina has been in our daycare since 2019. She is the mom to six children (4 boys, 2 girls). She also enjoys gardening.
Andrea Langdon
Butterflies Room Teacher
Andrea left the full-time nursing field to join our team in August 2023. She is a wife and mom and lives on a farm with 4 dogs, lots of chickens, and about 40 cows!
Quanda Gamble
Busy Bees Room Teacher
Quanda began working in our daycare in 1996. She is the mom to two adult daughters and a Gigi to two sweet girls. She also owns her own baking business.
Yesica Heredia
Busy Bees Room Teacher
Yesica joined our team in 2020 and is the mom to twin boys! When she is not busy with her boys, she enjoys spending time in the kitchen cooking.
Kassidy Sarver
Busy Bees Room Teacher
Kassidy began working as an afternoon assistant while in high school. She became full-time in 2022. She loves children so much that she is usually babysitting, even in her "off time".
Crystal Roycroft
Dragonflies & Dinosaurs Room Teacher
Mrs. Crystal joined our staff in 2019. She is a "motorcross mom" to two boys.
Lorena Macedo
Dragonflies & Dinosaurs Teacher
Stephanie McDowell
K4 Preschool Teacher
Esmeralda Torres
K4 Assistant Teacher
Mrs. Torres joined our daycare staff in 2015. She is the mother of three adult sons and the grandma to two sweet girls.
