Meet our Staff

Kris Abraham

(Executive Director and TTH AM/Pre-K Teacher)

Ms. Kris has been on the permanent teaching staff at CPC for 9 years and holds a Parent Education Credential as well as a state certificate for preschool teaching.  In 2003, at Martinez Adult Education, she taught an established Mommy and Me class, which spun off into the new Mommy & Me Two for Toddlers.  Ms. Kris has also taught at The Secret Garden Co-op Preschool and Pioneer Montessori.

Ms. Kris has 4 children and co-oped at CPC for 10 years.

Teresa Bolla

(MWF AM/MWF PM Teacher)

Ms. Teresa graduated from UC Berkeley, where her special emphasis was Child Development.  She also studied Early Childhood Education at San Francisco State.  Ms. Teresa received her Multiple Subject Teaching Credential in 1998.  She has been a preschool teacher and Director and has taught Elementary school.  She is currently studying Child Development 45 – Adult Supervision, on-line through Fresno City College.

Ms. Teresa has two boys, both of whom attended CPC through Junior Kindergarten.  She co-oped for 6 years and often says attending CPC is the best parenting decision her family ever made.

Lisa Trapani

(Pre-K & JK Teacher)

Mrs. Trapani received her Bachelor’s degree in 1993 with an emphasis in Elementary education.  She received her California teaching credential in multiple subjects, CLAD (Cross Cultural Language Acquisition Development), and English supplemental in 1994.  Mrs. Trapani has taught second, third and fourth grade and served as a master teacher for California State University, Hayward.

Mrs. Trapani co-oped at CPC from 2004 – 2011 with her three sons.