
Michelle Hale
Michelle is our trainer in Show Low. She has lived in the White Mountains her entire life. She has been a District Director and worked for DDD (Division of Developmental Disabilities). As for training,she has been teaching for the past 17 years including Article 9, CPR/FA, Prevention and Support, Med Administration, Incident Reporting, and more. She loves spending time outside with her grandchildren.

Berenisse Molinar Ortiz
Berenisse Molinar was born and raised in Glendale, AZ. She has provided ECH (Habilitation, Early Childhood Autism Specialized), Habilitation, Attendant Care, and Respite since 2015. She became a trainer in 2017, teaching Article 9, CPR/First Aid, and all modules of DCW. She is a bilingual trainer but primarily teaches in Spanish. Berenisse is a trainer at Central, Goodyear, Deer Valley and Chandler. She enjoys helping, interacting and teaching people.

Jennifer Martinek

Stephanie Brown
Stephanie Brown was born and raised in Phoenix, AZ. She has been a trainer for many years. She is also a state lead trainer for Article 9 and Prevention and Support. In 2019, she completed her RBT courses, and is now a licensed Registered Behavior Technician. Stephanie is a wife of over 20 years, a mom of 6, a Nana of 3 grandbabies, and she loves spending time with them! Stephanie teaches Article 9, Prevention and Support, CPR, First Aid, Recognizing and Reporting Abuse and Neglect, CPI, and BLS CPR/FA.
Stephanie is also our Director of Instruction.

Breya Brown
Monica Martinek

Cintya Arcos
Josh Walker

Angelina Munoz
Anthony Brown

Terry Anderson

Yttzha Moreno

Cindhy Cabrera

Annaly Garcia-Barreto
Lorenzo Brown
Melissa Paul
John Thompson
Michelle VanderPloeg
Kaliegh Huckey
Mackenzie Bartel
Stephanie Carrasco
APT Course Consultants, Contributors, and Authors
Dr. Lori Wieters
MBA, PhD, Industrial/Organizational PsychologistDr. Wieters has more than 15 years of training, leadership development, and organizational change expertise working in a variety of industries. As an I/O Psychologist, Dr. Wieters specializes in diagnosing human behaviors that are creating complexity in our current workplaces. Workplaces come in many varieties, in offices, homes, and on-the-go. Work is happening everywhere, hence, the potential for human interaction, misunderstanding, and conflict is greater now than ever. Dr. Wieters provides a holistic approach to human performance in the workplace, wherever the workplace may be located.
Dr. Derrick Tennial
Ed.DDr. Derrick Tennial is an educator, entrepreneur, author, and motivational speaker. Dr. Tennial has presented throughout the United States on topics such as cultural diversity in education and HIV/AIDS and issues of identity and sexuality. He has published four books and contributed to numerous magazines, blogs, and other books. Dr. Tennial is an esteemed faculty member at Grand Canyon University in the College of Doctoral Studies.
Dr. Jennifer Bjerke
Ph.D.Dr. Bjerke is a seasoned mental health professional who has been working in the field of counseling since 1999. She is a licensed professional counselor whose specialties include crisis and trauma, anxiety, depression, grief and loss, adolescent issues and family concerns. Jennifer is also a professor of counseling and an instructional mentor at Liberty University. Her educational background includes a MA in Community Counseling from Eastern Michigan University and a Ph.D. in Counseling Studies from Capella University.
Dr. Lindsay Perez
Ph.D.Dr. Perez holds a M.A. in Special Education and a Ph.D. in Industrial and Organizational Psychology. Her special education experience includes everything from classroom teacher to School Director. She has designed programs and services for students diagnosed with autism. She has created and implemented educator training programs statewide, which have been reviewed and requested by outside agencies for use in their programs. In addition, Dr. Perez is an adjunct professor at Grand Canyon University.
Kim Jones
RNKim has over thirty-five years of healthcare experience, as a licensed Registered Nurse in acute care specializing in emergency services and disaster preparedness leadership. She also teaches at Texas A&M University.
Carol L. Ketchum
MC, LPCCarol is a licensed professional counselor who has been in private practice for more than 20 years. Her practice is with adults only and she specializes in grief and loss. For more than 14 years she also led divorce and grief recovery groups. She has an undergraduate and master’s degree and is licensed to practice counseling in Arizona. She is married, has two adult children, and five precious grandchildren.