Posts Tagged: SPIN

Member Spotlight: Jennifer Thompson, SPIN

Member Spotlight: Jennifer Thompson, SPIN

As Lead Direct Service Provider, Jennifer Thompson has been helping those with autism and intellectual disabilities to live their “life of possibilities” at SPIN since June of 1998.  For more than 20 years, Jennifer has developed a career that focused on direct services to adults in group home settings.   She has worked at several CLA …

Member Spotlight: Tania Holloway

Member Spotlight: Tania Holloway

Tania Holloway has been a union member since 10/19/2017, working as an Early Intervention Teacher at the SPIN Drummond site. 80% of Tania’s students are on the autism spectrum.  Despite the COVID pandemic, Tania continues to reach her students and their families, adapting lessons for online learning, to help them achieve their goals.  She has …

Member Spotlight: Mercedes Allen-Pelson

Member Spotlight: Mercedes Allen-Pelson

Working at SPIN, Mercedes is Direct Support Professional who is risking her life and health as an essential worker throughout the COVID pandemic.  She has been a union member since 2009.  Despite the pandemic, our consumers with intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD) need people in their lives who provide them with assistance and instruction on …