About Us

Nanny Sitter Education Fund (NSE Fund) is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit corporation that serves as a public charity to fund childcare professionals with compromised income and give children a brighter future. Being a public foundation, we want to alleviate the economic burden of education for childcare professionals in need. Brought to you by a crew of passionate ambassadors for quality childcare, NSE Fund was born into existence in 2020 to make a real difference for the people responsible for raising the next generation.

Childcare professionals like nannies and babysitters need a way to keep earning an income no matter the state of the global economy. We hope to help them achieve this through NSE Fund, with financial assistance from kind donors. We are doing something that has never been done before, about to move an entire industry forward and change countless lives.

We believe that education should be a right, not a privilege or luxury. It is a priceless asset that cultivates boundless learning opportunities. Our nonprofit may be small, but with enough donors, we can change the entire industry while empowering Childcare Superheroes to keep making a living — pandemic or no pandemic. We hope to ignite educational opportunity in the childcare arena, raising confident and empowered leaders of tomorrow, today.

Maribel Avery, founder and CEO of 808Nanny, came up with the idea when being faced with hundreds of applicants applying to her nanny referral agency. She knew they were all highly qualified, but what was holding them back from meeting her agency’s prerequisites was that they did not have a formal college education.

She also realized that a large percentage of her applicants lacked real experience, meaning they would benefit from some childcare-related education before working in the field. Maribel also believes that through more education, more children will get world-class care — because experience and passion mean more than a qualification.

Maribel is married to Joseph Avery, who recruits bright, talented minds to the Board of Directors. Many of these experts in the childcare field have experience with other nonprofits, bringing invaluable skills to the table to contribute to the success and greater good of our nonprofit.

Mission

To help alleviate the economic burden of education for childcare professionals in need.

Vision

To ignite educational opportunity in the childcare industry, with children being the ultimate beneficiary.

Our Short-Term Goals

Recruit as many donors as possible to financially assist as many childcare professionals in need as possible.
Build mutually beneficial relationships with renowned problem solvers, thought leaders, influencers, and visionaries, centered around reciprocity and cross-promotion.
Achieve accreditation by industry-standard accreditation bodies.

Our Long-Term Goals

Keep increasing our charity’s overall donor base, global reach, and economic assistance programs, year-after-year.
Continue developing strategic partnerships and alliances with highly innovative, collaborative, and community-focused brands and businesses.
Be a beacon of light and the flame of hope in the childcare industry forever.

Philosophy

Our philosophy is simple — barriers to pursuing education and facilitating transformative ideas should be non-existent for aspirational childcare professionals. As a halo brand, we want to empower today’s nannies, babysitters, and other providers in economic need with the knowledge to inspire tomorrow’s youth in becoming the next dream chasers, the next doers, and, most importantly, the next disruptors. It is our collective belief that, by doing so, those children will one day challenge the status quo and redefine our world for the better.

Our 9 Core Values:

Access to education should be a right and not a privilege.
Education is a priceless asset.
Continuous learning cultivates opportunities.
Trust, honesty, and integrity shall never be mutually exclusive.
Passion breeds innovation, which leads to excellence.
Diversity brings everyone closer together.
Compassion, kindness, and empathy for others and the planet makes life worth living.
Equality for all drives humanity toward a brighter future.
There is always room for improvement, just like with this sentence.

Officers & Board of Directors

Hassanatou Barry

hassanatou@nse.fund | (808) 800-4047 ext. 2

Chief Operating Officer & Secretary of the Board
Hassanatou is Nanny Sitter Education Fund’s proud chief operating officer and secretary of the board. After spending many years babysitting and building her reputation as a trusted childcare resource across the state of New York, she launched “The Babysitter Guru” to share her love of childcare with the world. Hassanatou’s goal has always been to create a platform that educates others on best childcare practices while offering guidance and support. Whether she’s making a difference in just one life or many, her dream is to make an impact in the childcare industry — full stop.

Janeann Hospodor

jane@nse.fund

Chief Marketing Officer
Janeann Hospodor believes that home is what you make it. As a Navy spouse raised in a military family, Janeann considers herself lucky to have had the chance to move around so much throughout her life. With experience in multiple countries and industries worldwide, Janeann loves having the opportunity to put her Bachelor of Science to the test.

Today, Janeann brings her years of experience to Nanny Sitter Education Fund’s board of directors — something that hits close to home. She personally knows what it’s like to struggle to find high-quality nannies in the military community — and leaving your children in the care of a stranger during routine relocation can be heartbreaking.

Janeann wants to help families find loving nannies who share their nurturing and caring traits. Janeann strives to support nannies, especially those in economic need, to help them obtain a further quality education and become the best they can be in the childcare arena.

Joseph Avery

joe@nse.fund | (808) 800-4047 ext. 3

Chief Executive Officer & Chair
As NSE Fund’s CEO and chair, Joseph was born to innovate, disrupt, and lead. This visionary, thought leader, and serial entrepreneur fuses creativity with sharp business acumen. Joseph is well-qualified and positioned to lead with his master’s degree in cardiac physiology, experience presenting at regional and national meetings, and a myriad of manuscripts under his belt. Today, he is completing his graduate degree in cell and molecular biology at the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa, where he will be graduating valedictorian.

Joseph has always led, never followed, bringing strong business orientation and a knack for science to every project he tackles. He is passionate about performing and achieving the goals he sets, on multiple levels, from university to the retail realm. Joseph has a solid reputation for full accountability in online sales and operations, customer service marketing, advertising, branding, P&L management, process creation and improvement, and hiring and training. Joseph is passionate about building lifelong relationships with his peers, partners, and clients.

Whether he’s on-the-job or not, one can find Joseph consuming copious amounts of coffee to satisfy his insatiable caffeine craving. Fueled and fired up, Joseph brings magic to any project he touches.

Joseph attributes a huge part of his success to his partner, Maribel Avery.

Joseph hopes to make a real difference in the nanny realm through NSE Fund, moving the whole industry forward — one Childcare Superhero at a time.

Kimberly Brown

kim@nse.fund | (808) 800-4047 ext. 1

President
This avid supporter of working parents has spent her professional career supervising, nurturing, guiding, and inspiring the children of the career-families she’s worked for throughout her life. As a single mother of a small toddler, and state-licensed foster mother, Kimberly also has experience caring for minors of all ages — from infants to tweens and teens. Kimberly believes that it takes a village to raise a child, and so, she sees herself as a “village leader.” Kimberly takes great pride in her work, confidently sharing her work ethic with her peers and clients.

Maribel Avery

maribel@nse.fund

Founder & Vice Chair
Maribel is Nanny Sitter Education Fund’s founder and vice chair, with more than 18 years of experience in the field. Maribel’s professional journey began when she earned her Bachelor of Arts in early childhood education administration. Maribel is well-known as a thought leader in the childcare realm, passionate about reimagining the industry in America.

Maribel is on a mission to break down barriers when it comes to educational advancement while supporting childcare professionals in need. Maribel has devoted her entire life and career to the cause and founded the fund to empower nannies, babysitters, and other providers worldwide — male and female. Maribel believes it is critical to improving access to education, which is the first step needed to give childcare professionals the power to become fierce agents of change.

Mirella Alexis

mirella@nse.fund

Vice President
This Columbia College graduate has been a family and childcare ambassador for the better part of two decades. With her bachelor’s degree and honors in music business management and marketing, along with early childcare education, Mirella immediately started expanding her portfolio as a professional nanny, counselor, tutor, early childhood educator, and newborn care specialist. She later obtained her master’s degree in internet marketing and branched out into child nutrition, positive discipline, baby sign language, and child abuse prevention.

She expanded her professional “hat” collection even more in 2016 by taking on the role of labor and postpartum doula. In 2020, Mirella became a founding member and director of ambassador for the US Nanny Association. She is excited to be bringing her passion for childcare to the masses, making child welfare everyone’s responsibility.

Roseann Freitas

roseann@nse.fund

Chief Financial Officer & Treasurer
As the Hawaiʻi marketplace manager, registered with the Better Business Bureau Northwest + Pacific, Roseann is utterly passionate about helping businesses and nonprofits run successful organizations. Roseann has high ethical and moral standards, using her broad background in communications, marketing, PR, accounting, operations, and human resources to make a difference in as many lives as possible.

Roseann also holds a Bachelor of Science in business administration, with a focus on accounting, which she obtained from the University of Mount Olive in North Carolina. Roseann is a mother of three, and so, she takes childcare very seriously. Roseann values the importance of finding quality nannies and childcare providers, which is why she joined Nanny Sitter Education Fund in the first place.

Susana Caracas

susy@nse.fund | (808) 800-4047 ext. 4

Chief Experience Officer
This career nanny and postpartum doula of almost 15 years considers it a blessing and honor to be part of the incredible families across Orange County, CA. Susy has made it her mission to inspire other nannies to self-educate when it comes to providing services that get better and better. This desire inspired Susy to launch the Facebook group, “OC Nannies Latinas,” where she focuses on supporting the Spanish-speaking nanny community. Susy’s Facebook page also offers invaluable resources to passionate nannies and childcare providers, including classes, job offers, and professional development opportunities.

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