Meet Our Site Directors

These Site Directors are a few of our team members making a difference. Stay tuned for more bios for the rest of this outstanding crew.

Elena Mashkabova – AMC 188th St. & Jewel Ave.

Milana Mashkabova, best known as Elana, has a master’s degree in Special Education and had been a teacher at All My Children for 7 years before she went on to become a Seit and an Early Intervention provider. She is now back as a Site Director at All My Children and loves every minute of it.

Elana is a single mom to two beautiful boys ages 14 and 10. Her goal is to go back to school and get her second master’s degree as a BCBA- Board Certified Behavior Analyst. In her free time, Elana likes to spend time with her kids, read books, and watch Netflix.

Florintina Weiss – AMC Amsterdam Ave.

Florentina Weiss joined All My Children at the end of June 2021, after working at various nonprofits as a Program Director in Youth Development and then running her own project management business for 6 years focusing on construction, real estate, development, and customer retention.

Florentina oversees AMC’s newest location on Amsterdam Avenue on the Upper West Side where they serve infants from 3 months through Universal Pre-K.

She is a mom to twin boys, 6-years-old, and a daughter, age 3. She loves crafting, decorating, yoga, and strong coffee.

 

Chedvi Baras – AMC Lefferts Ave.

Chedvi Baras grew up in Israel where she completed her primary education. Later in life, she moved to New York, where she attended Mercy College and graduated with a degree in education. Chedvi started her career path becoming a preschool teacher and served as one for 5 years.

While teaching, Chedvi completed her certification In Applied Behavior Analysis and became an ABA therapist. Being a therapist required her to travel from school to school and work with the children. One of the schools she visited asked her to step up and take the much-needed role of leader/director position at the local childcare center within her community.

Today, Chedvi is embarking on her 5th year as director, leading her staff and students to personal and team success.

Jennifer Aronin – AMC Rego Park

Jennifer Aronin has been an educator for over 25 years in all capacities from teacher to curriculum coordinator to director. She has 3 master’s degrees in general education and special education.

Jennifer loves working with children and seeing them learn and grow through new eyes. She is excited to be joining the AMC team as the director of AMC 8.