Ashley Leigh
Owner & Executive Director
Ashley is passionate about high quality early childhood education. Her own children inspired her to pursue her dreams and open Whole Babies Preschool & Childcare, LLC. She is also passionate about developing her team.
She is a certified childcare provider through the State of Oregon, has a Bachelor’s Degree in Communication Studies, holds a current Child Development Associate (CDA), and is a community trainer through the state of Oregon.
Felicia Baker
Operations Director, Seminole Provider
Felicia has been working for Whole Babies Preschool since 2014. She has experience working with infants/toddlers and extensive experience working with Preschoolers. She does a wonderful job of teaching children life skills and empowering them to advocate for themselves. She has a bachelor’s degree in Psychology and has earned her Child Development Associate (CDA). She is a step 8.5 in the Oregon Registry. Felicia is a computer wiz, is a excel pro, and is amazing at creating systems.
In her spare time, she enjoys reading and gardening.
Stephanie Sandefur
Infant/Toddler Director
Whole Babies on Makah
Stephanie was born and raised in Australia, from the age of 16 she began babysitting for a 3 month old baby, this experience sparked her passion for childcare, She continued to babysit for that family and eventually came on full time as their nanny to help with their second child. She then began her studies in early childhood education through a traineeship program and from then on she worked as a Preschool educator.
She moved to the United States in 2015 to marry her husband. In April of 2018 they welcomed their beautiful daughter Daisy to their small family. In May 2020 their second daughter Bailey was born, and in August 2022 their son Noble joined the crew.
Steph says, “Motherhood is so rewarding and I see it as a true privilege to help nurture and educate your children.”
She loves her life here in Portland and some of her hobbies include spending time with my family, serving the community through her Church, exploring new coffee shops locally, taking her daughter for play dates at the park and she also love to sing.
Matisyn Robischon
Infant/Toddler Director
Whole Babies on Chippewa
Mati started with Whole Babies as an Assistant Teacher. She has since worked with all age groups in just about every role Whole Babies has to offer. She is a passionate, calm, and thoughtful teacher. She enjoys continuing her Early Childhood Education training. She is currently a step 7 in the Oregon Registry and almost finished completing her CDA.
In her free time, she loves spending time with her wonderful family in Minnesota and Wisconsin. She likes to spend time with friends and sing at the top of her lungs on car adventures. She also happily share cat custody of my kitten Jagger with my best friend Mick and enjoy watching movies with them. Lastly, whenever she can, she likes to go on hikes and practice her nature photography in the beautiful Oregon outdoors.
AnnaLeesa Egg
Infant/Toddler Director
Whole Babies on Hume
AnnaLeesa came to Whole Babies in 2020 on the recommendation of her twin sister Emilee, and has been with us ever since! She has loved spending time with all of the precious kiddos and serving all of the wonderful families these past few years!
AnnaLeesa has loved children for as long as she can remember. She grew up babysitting and serving in the nursery at church. She’s also had the opportunity to engage in children’s ministry in several different countries as she’s attended Bible College and gone on short term missions trips. She loves watching kids’ excitement at discovering the world around them, and their joy and laughter is so contagious!
In her free time she enjoys studying the Bible and serving as a high school counselor at her church. She also enjoys reading, playing video games, watching anime, training CrossFit and Jiu Jitsu, and playing with her sister’s sweet kiddos!
Leah Robles (Brito)
Preschool Director
Whole Babies on Sunde
With six siblings, Leah started babysitting at age 12, when she was also cooking full meals on her own for her family. She has 16 nieces and nephews. She enjoys working with children and watching them grow! Caring for children is one of the most rewarding professions that she has had the pleasure of having! We can learn so much from children every day. Leah has been a teacher for over two years with Whole Babies. Before that, she nannied for a family of 5. Caring for a patient with Alzheimer’s has taught her patience and compassion for others. She is excited to be working with the Sunde preschoolers and their families! She aims to bring her love for music and art to the classroom!
On the weekends, Leah loves to cook, bake, and decorate cakes! Leah and her husband love canoeing and enjoying the outdoors! She often has some of her nieces and nephews over on the weekends at the park. Leah has always known that she wanted to work with children in some way. Her fourth grade teacher really inspired her to love learning and to have a passion for caring for others.
Teresa Allman
Preschool Director
Whole Babies on 90th
Teresa comes to us with a wide variety of experience working with children. She previously worked at an elementary school and before that at a preschool. She enjoys working with children and being a part of their learning and growing process. She has 3 children of her own and they keep she and her husband pretty busy. They have Victoria who is 13, and identical twins Madison and Brooklyn who are 11. They spent a lot of our time watching our girls play their sports. Soccer seems to be their favorite. They also enjoy getting away to the beach when possible.
Holly Engelman
Preschool Director
Whole Babies on Siletz
Holly was born and raised in New Hampshire and has lived in Atlanta, GA, Boynton Beach, FL, Durham, NC, and finally settled in Oregon. She has always loved kids and started babysitting at a young age. Holly is a passionate educator and loves to teach the kids new things. She’s been working on teaching some ASL and Spanish in the classroom! She has two kids of her own, her daughter Hannah is 26 and her son Alex is 21.
She love sports of all kinds as well as reading, camping and occasionally baking. Her favorite team is the Boston Red Sox!
Ally Koenig
Preschool Director
Whole Babies on Seminole
Ally has a love and passion for children! She has been working at Whole Babies since June 2020 and has been loving every minute! She moved to Oregon from Texas six years ago. She is currently living with her fiancé, Griffin, in Portland with her two kitties. She has quite a bit of experience with kids of all ages due to being a nanny and helping her family out with her two younger siblings growing up. She finds it so refreshing being able to work with young minds, and is always astonished by watching them grow and learn so quickly!
In her spare time she enjoys singing and playing guitar, watching movies, exploring new places, reading, baking, helping others, and spending quality time with her friends and family.