Program Team



Program Coordinator

1-(507)-358-3780

Tessa joined Hope House Northern Colorado in August 2024 as the Program Coordinator, bringing her wealth of knowledge and experience in child development and communication. Originally from St. Charles, Minnesota, she moved to Duluth to pursue her education at the University of Minnesota-Duluth, where she studied Communication Sciences and Disorders and minored in American Sign […]

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Program Manager

970-217-7804

Shalene Bird is the newest member of our Hope House Northern Colorado team, joining us in April of 2023. Shalene is a native of Fort Collins, Colorado and spent the last 19 years working in education in the Northern Colorado area. Shalene also has spent many years working as the nursery coordinator at her church, […]

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