Meet our TLE® Center team

Ranae Roesch
Director
Favorite TLE® Character:
Phoebe Phonics
Ms. Ranae has been at TLE Bridgewater since April 2019 and is our Director. Ranae's hobbies include spending time with family, going to the beach, volunteering at the USO and spending time outdoors. Ms. Ranae studied at Kean College for Special Education and Early Childhood Education.

Jade Bowden
Office Manager
Favorite TLE® Character:
Flexi Flamingo
Ms Jade has been with TLE since August 2021. She has several years of experience in Early childhood as well as being a mom. She is originally form New York. Her hobbies include going to the beach, Traveling and spending time with her daughter. Her goals are to build relationships with the children and families of TLE Bridgewater. Also, help to provide a safe and nurturing environment for the children to learn and grow. I also would love to continue to move up within management and open my own center one day!

Jennifer Sadowski
Curriculum Coordinator/ Assistant Director
Favorite TLE® Character:
Phoebe Phonics
Ms Jennifer has her Bachelors in Criminal Justice and Sociology. She is from Puerto Rico. Her hobbies include singing, spending time with her duaghter and teaching sunday school. Her goals for the school are to mentor staff and be their support system to the best of her ability.

Deepali Patel
Owner/ Director
Favorite TLE® Character:
Flexi Flamingo
Originally from the UK, Deepali earned her BSc in Business Information Technology, from University of Portsmouth, UK. She then furthered her studies in a Chartership in Marketing and Communications. She has a background in Marketing. It has been Deepali’s passion to help educate the younger generation and this passion led her to taking a Sabbatical. This involved working in South Africa for 1 year on various community and conservation projects. These projects included teaching English to kids in a Zulu school. This encouraged her to become an owner at TLE Bridgewater driving her to help build a better future for our future generations.

Deepali Patel
Owner/ Director
Favorite TLE® Character:
Flexi Flamingo
Originally from the UK, Deepali earned her BSc in Business Information Technology, from University of Portsmouth, UK. She then furthered her studies in a Chartership in Marketing and Communications. She has a background in Marketing. It has been Deepali’s passion to help educate the younger generation and this passion led her to taking a Sabbatical. This involved working in South Africa for 1 year on various community and conservation projects. These projects included teaching English to kids in a Zulu school. This encouraged her to become an owner at TLE Bridgewater driving her to help build a better future for our future generations.

Silvia Padilla Gomez
Infant Teacher
Favorite TLE® Character:
Penny Polite
Ms Silvia has been at TLE since May 2021. She is originally from Honduras. Her hobbies are reading and spending time with the family. Her goals for her classroom are making sure the children are enjoying their time and meeting their milestones. To make sure its a safe environment for children to learn.

Shaunice Braxton
Infant Teacher
Favorite TLE® Character:
Penny Polite
Ms Shaunice has been at TLE since June 2022. Her hobbies are spending time outside with the kids. Her goals for the classroom are helping the babies meet their milestones, in a nurturing environment.

Shaunice Braxton
Infant Teacher
Favorite TLE® Character:
Penny Polite
Ms Shaunice has been at TLE since June 2022. Her hobbies are spending time outside with the kids. Her goals for the classroom are helping the babies meet their milestones, in a nurturing environment.

Alyssa Warren
Infant Teacher
Favorite TLE® Character:
Penny Polite
Ms Alyssa has been at TLE since March 2021. Her hobbies are shopping, crafting and spending time outside with the daughter. Her goals for the classroom are to keep an organized structured classroom and to do arts and crafts with the children daily.

Ms. Joanna
Toddler Co Teacher
Favorite TLE® Character:
Bubbles
Ms. Joanna has been with TLE Bridgewater since October 2020. Ms. Joanna loves singing and dancing and her classroom goals are to provide children with a positive environment for children to work on their social, emotional, and physical growth.

Luz Julio
Toddler Teacher
Favorite TLE® Character:
Flexi Flamingo
Ms. Luz has been with TLE since February 2022. Ms. Luz is from Columbia and her hobbies include traveling and crafting. Her classroom goals are to help make a difference in a child's life. Making sure the class is organized and clean.

Kayla Grover
Twaddler Teacher
Favorite TLE® Character:
Lionstein
Ms Kayla has been with TLE since May 2022. Her hobbies include drawing and writing. Her goals for her classroom are to work through feelings carefully, while teaching the children, colors, the alphabet and their numbers and letters.

Lisa Thomas
Twaddler Teacher
Favorite TLE® Character:
Two Plus Toucan
Ms Jade has been with TLE since November 2022. She has several years of experience in Early childhood. She is originally form New Jersey. Her hobbies include spending time with her friends and family. Her goals for her classroom are to see her children through achievements , colors, shapes, social and gross motor skills.

Kirsten Watkins
Prepare Teacher
Favorite TLE® Character:
Grace Charity
Ms. Kirsten has been with TLE Bridgewater since January 2022 . Ms. Kirsten loves shopping and going for walks. Her classroom goals are to provide children with a friendly and positive environment for children to work on their social, emotional, and physical growth

Courtney Drake
Prepper Teacher
Favorite TLE® Character:
Pablo Pigasso
Ms Courtney has been at TLE since May 2022. Her hobbies are reading, baking and spending time with her family. Her goals for the classroom are to bring happiness and fun to her fellow teachers and her students.

Courtney Drake
Prepper Teacher
Favorite TLE® Character:
Pablo Pigasso
Ms Courtney has been at TLE since May 2022. Her hobbies are reading, baking and spending time with her family. Her goals for the classroom are to bring happiness and fun to her fellow teachers and her students.

Myiah Singleton
Preschool Teacher
Favorite TLE® Character:
Grace Charity
Ms Myiah is one of our Preschool Teachers who has been with us since September 2021. Her hobbies include traveling, spending time with family and hairdressing. Myiah's classroom goals are to promote a healthy positive environment for the children.

Ms Aquilah
Preschool Teacher
Favorite TLE® Character:
Lionstein
Ms Aquilah has been with TLE Bridgewater since November 2020. She is studying psychology and loves being in class with her students! Ms Aquilah's hobbies include, Writing, Home décor, and listening to music.

Zhane Thomas
Preschool Teacher
Favorite TLE® Character:
Flexi Flamingo
Ms Jade has been with TLE since August 2022. She is originally form New York. Her hobbies include going to the DIY projects and spending time with her family. Her goals for her classroom are to provide a safe and loving environment for all children to learn and grow their minds.

Helena Antues
Preschool Teacher
Favorite TLE® Character:
Penny Polite
Ms Helena is originally from France and Portugal. Her hobbies include travelling. Her goals for her classroom include creating a safe place for children to learn and to create a happy and organized class.

Jessica Hunter
Preschool Teacher
Favorite TLE® Character:
Grace Charity
Ms Jess has been at TLE since June 2022. Her hobbies are Poetry, traveling and furthering her education. Her goals for the classroom are to ensure a healthy and happy environment while prepping the kids to move up to next their stage in their educational paths.

Anu Sharma
Kindergarten and School Age Teacher
Favorite TLE® Character:
Lionstein
Ms Anu has been at TLE since May 2022. Her hobbies are dancing, eating and playing cards. Her goals for her classroom are making sure the children are enjoying their time and thriving. To make sure it's a safe environment for children to learn by empowering them.