Michele Moore

Michele Moore has been involved in early childhood education for the past 20 years. She attended Nyack College in Nyack, NY with a focus on education and brought her talents and experience to Virginia in 2001. Most recently, Michele was the director of a 4 Star preschool and afterschool program under the Virginia Start Quality Initiative (VSQI). She was also a mentor for for other preschool directors participating in the program. During her time as a preschool director, Michele developed unique inclusion opportunities for children with autism in her center. Taking this experience further, Michele developed SociaLights as a way to reach out to every child, regardless of ability or diagnosis, to help them obtain the benefits of coaching for social and emotional growth.  She prides herself on being on the cutting edge of providing services to this population.  Through research and her own imagination, she creates unique programs intent on making a difference.