Meet the Team at Apple Blossom Day Homes
Get yourself acquainted with our team to know us better:
Coordinator
Lisa Nickel
​Founded Apple Blossom in 1986.
​Created and maintained a family atmosphere.
Participated in various pilot projects and conferences. Carried forward the information into the agency as child care grew and evolved over the years.
Assistant Coordinator
Karmin Emerson
​Joined the team in 2013 as the day home consultant.
​Moved to administration in 2016 with the intent to take over the agency when Lisa retires (carrying on the family business –Karmin is Lisa’s daughter).
​Currently learning the ins and outs of the business; slowly taking over coordinator duties.
Office Support
Theresa Lerner
​Started with the agency as a day home in 2009.
​Joined the admin team in early 2017 as the day home consultant, and joined the office support on a full-time basis in 2018.
​Theresa is the consultant for our homes located in Brooks and the surrounding area.
Consultant
Cassy Watters
​Started with the agency as a day home in 2010.
​Became the agency consultant in 2018.
​In 2019, Cassy became the travelling literacy mentor for our homes in addition to consulting. Cassy provides interactive programming on a monthly basis to our day homes. Programming is based on child interest, special occasions (Christmas, Halloween, etc.) and includes gross monitoring.