Stanford FIND Team

 
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Phil Fisher

Dr. Philip Fisher, Ph.D., is Director of the Stanford Center on Early Childhood and the Excellence in Learning Endowed Professor in the Graduate School of Education at Stanford University. He is also a member of the National Scientific Council on the Developing Child, based at Harvard University.  His research, which has been continuously funded by the National Institutes of Health since 1999, focuses on developing and evaluating scalable early childhood interventions in communities, and on translating scientific knowledge regarding healthy development under conditions of adversity for use in social policy and programs. He is particularly interested in the effects of early stressful experiences on children's neurobiological and psychological development, and in prevention and treatment programs for improving children's functioning in areas such as relationships with caregivers and peers, social-emotional development, and academic achievement. He is currently the lead investigator in the ongoing RAPID-EC project, a national survey on the well-being of households with young children during the COVID-19 pandemic. Dr. Fisher is also interested in the brain's plasticity in the context of therapeutic interventions. He is the developer of a number of widely implemented evidence-based interventions for supporting healthy child development in the context of social and economic adversity, including Treatment Foster Care Oregon for Preschoolers (TFCO-P), Kids in Transition to School (KITS), and Filming Interactions to Nurture Development (FIND). He has published over 200 scientific papers in peer reviewed journals. He is the recipient of the 2012 Society for Prevention Research Translational Science Award, and a 2019 Fellow of the American Psychological Society.

 
 
 

Shawn Edmondson

Dr. Shawn Edmondson is a Senior Program Manager at the Stanford Center on Early Childhood, where he leads the strategic growth and implementation of the Stanford FIND program. With a multidisciplinary background spanning educational technology, learning sciences, evaluation, and systems change, Shawn brings more than two decades of experience scaling research-based innovations in education. His work has focused on building cross-sector partnerships, designing sustainable business models, and advancing equity-centered professional development for educators and caregivers. Passionate about translating developmental science into scalable, real-world solutions, Shawn is committed to supporting those who care for young children and the organizations that serve them. He holds a Ph.D. in Psychology from Utah State University.

 
 
 
 
 
 

Rocío Mondragón Reyes

Rocío Mondragón Reyes, Ed.M., serves the Stanford FIND team as a Project Lead at the Stanford Center on Early Childhood. She manages projects focused on scaling the FIND program, including relationship building with partnership seeking organizations and the internal cross-programmatic implementation. She pursued her undergraduate studies at Georgetown University where she spent time abroad in Colombia, Chile and Denmark studying national education efforts for their underserved communities. Rocío has since worked with local immigrant communities both in the immigration law field as well as through Bay Area based non-profits servicing first-generation college students. She completed her master’s in Education Leadership with a PreK-12 focus at Harvard University through which she found a passion for using her lived and professional experiences to address the challenges that students face during early adulthood through work that provides them the social emotional support they need in their early childhood experience.

 
 
 
 
 
 

Kyndal Yada


Kyndal Yada, M.Ed., is FIND Program Manager at the Stanford Center on Early Childhood. In this role, she contributes to strategic planning and program development, supports grant writing and project implementation, builds community partnerships, and trains and supports implementation staff, with a focus on FIND Coaching. She holds a master’s degree in Prevention Science from the University of Oregon and brings extensive experience implementing manualized, family-based interventions designed to promote healthy development in the face of adversity.

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Renata Correa Gomes

Renata Correa Gomes is a Senior Coordinator at the Stanford Center on Early Childhood, where she works on product development and implementation for Stanford FIND Foundations. Her background is in education, including teaching preschool and conducting research. She gets most excited when she’s learning something new and can use her energy towards supporting the early childhood field. She holds a Master’s in International Education Policy Analysis from Stanford University.

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Sally Steinman

Sally Steinman, B.A., is a Project Lead at the Stanford Center on Early Childhood. In addition to providing training and consultation for FIND coaches, editors and FIND trainers, her work focuses on scaling FIND through model development and adaptation. Sally has many years of experience supporting children and caregivers through evidence-based practices in a variety of settings and has worked extensively with infants, children, and adults with diverse learning needs. Sally earned her degree in Special Education from Eastern Washington University.

 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Lauren Klein 

Lauren Klein, PhD, is a Senior Machine Learning Engineer at the Stanford Center on Early Childhood. She leads the development and integration of machine learning solutions that scale video analysis of adult-child interactions and early learning environments. Lauren received her PhD in Computer Science from the University of Southern California, where she conducted research into models of social interactions involving infants and young children in collaboration with Children's Hospital Los Angeles. Her work in AI focuses on developing scalable methods that preserve program fidelity and support practitioners in applying evidence-based practices effectively.

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Sonoma Frederick

Sonoma Frederick is a Research Coordinator at the Stanford Center on Early Childhood. In her role, she supports the production and management of Stanford FIND offerings and Learning Pathways, most immediately FIND Foundations. Sonoma has worked extensively with the FIND program as a FIND coach, video editor, and research coordinator. Her previous experience as a FIND coach and editor provides valuable insight on needs of caregivers and educators in the early child space. She is dedicated to creating spaces that foster growth for all educators and caregivers. Sonoma earned her Bachelor of Science in Psychology from the University of Oregon.