Sonia Johnson

Director

Sonia has served as an Early Education Specialist with Drake University Early Head Start. Her work there focused on pregnant and parenting teens. Before joining Drake University, Sonia served as the university child care consultant for Iowa State University. In her role at the university, Sonia was responsible for developing a variety of community partnerships aimed at improving the affordability, accessibility and quality of child care services available to university students, faculty and staff.

A graduate of Iowa State University, Sonia has a keen interest in youth development strategies and community-school partnerships that will help meet the needs of Oklahoma's children and youth more effectively, from the early childhood years through adolescence. 

Kindergarten

Sheryl Lovelady

Policy and Communications Consultant

Sheryl has worked with OKAN over the past three years to help define policy goals and "make the case" for afterschool in Oklahoma through strategic communications. With a background in the political and government sectors, she served on executive staffs at the Oklahoma State Senate and was Executive Director of a statewide legislative caucus organization. She served as Director of Communications for the City of Tulsa and has also worked throughout the United States as a strategist with a Washington DC and Florida-based public opinion research firm. She currently directs women's leadership programs statewide that address the historical under-representation of women in public service.

She is a graduate of Leadership Tulsa and the US Department of Defense leadership program. She is the Chair of OUR Oklahoma, a statewide diversity initiative and serves as President of the Gordon Cooper Technical Center Foundation. She is on the Board of Directors of the John Hope Franklin Center for Reconciliation and the Jasmine Moran Children's Museum.

Sheryl is also a political analyst and frequent guest for OETA TV. She holds a degree in history from the University of Oklahoma.

Cedric Currin-Moore

STEM Project Coordinator

Cedric graduated from Sterling College with a bachelor of science degree in elementary education. While in college, Cedric played football, ran track and worked with children from the community. After graduation, he worked for 14 years as a professional educator; teaching, tutoring and coaching children of all ages. Cedric has also worked as an Elementary Education Consultant for the University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center's Future Health Scientist Partnership Program.

As the STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics) Project Coordinator for the Oklahoma Afterschool Network, Cedric is able to combine three of his passions: the STEM field, networking with new people and being an ambassador for the youth. He has witnessed the positive impacts that afterschool programs can have on the social and academic lives of young people. Cedric is elated to be part of the OKAN team! 

3rd Grade

Jasmine Bigler

AmeriCorps Member  

Jasmine graduated from Oklahoma State University with a bachelor of science degree in psychology. During her undergraduate, she was an American Indian into Psychology summer fellow and a volunteer at the Stillwater Domestic Violence Services. Following graduation, Jasmine worked for two years as a research assistant on the Moms and Tots study in the Human Development and Family Science Department at OSU. She has recently set her sights on a masters of public administration from the University of Oklahoma.

Now at the Afterschool Network, Jasmine feels privileged to be part of the team! She has a strong sense of service to community and enjoys her experiences as an AmeriCorps member. As a single mother Jasmine knows all too well the importance of quality, affordable and accessible afterschoolcare for children of all ages and she is excited to be an afterschool advocate!   

4th Grade