Administration

Teachers

Becky Evans - Co-Administrator
Email: becky.3bj@gmail.com  303-243-0500​
​Mrs. Evans has been involved in DMFH since its inception in fall 2009 except for a 2½ year hiatus in 2011. Prior to 2009, she served for 12 years as head administrator of Solid Rock Enrichment Program as the ministry was previously called. Becky and her husband are veteran homeschoolers of 22½ years to their four boys, all graduates of this program. She and her husband are grandparents to four (and counting!) beautiful grandchildren.  Becky has completed her lay biblical counseling training through her church. Upon completion of her internship she was involved in the Biblical Counseling Ministry team. Mrs. Evans loves spending time with her children and grandchildren, enjoys most recreational activities as well as reading and studying, travel, and get togethers with friends and family. "The book to read is not the one that thinks for you, but the one which makes you think. No book in the world equals the Bible for that."  ~James McCosh, 11th President of Princeton University

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Kelli O'Brien – Co-Administrator
Email: discovermyfathershouse@gmail.com   303-883-3604
Aj and Kelli have been homeschooling their 2 daughters since the beginning. As a new co-administrator Kelli brings experience of running a small business in Castle Rock for the last 7 years, as well as running a family business for 6 years before that endeavor. Her small business is also focused on building community for children and families through early life education opportunities and unique children's retail. As a family they have been involved in DMFH for the last 3 years, including Kelli being the assistant in the office this last year.
​'It is my desire to embolden the heart of God in the families of DMFH. I believe that our views in the world must always look towards worshipping His glory together. Thank you for the opportunity to build relationship with God through our relationship to one another.' 


​​Kathy Anderson – Kindergarten and 1st Grade
​Email: happykathy@comcast.net   720-261-2293
This will be my 24th year of teaching for this program. My husband and I just celebrated our 40th wedding anniversary. Our three children are now grown all living in Colorado. We have 3 grandchildren that are a great blessing and joy to us. We really enjoy the moments that we can share together as a family. I have also been involved with the AWANA program for 30 years. I am grateful and thankful that the Lord has given me a heart for children and children's ministries. 
 


​Gisella Likens - 2nd grade 
Email: gisella@gopixel.com 303-882-9563
Gisella, and her husband, Michael have been living in Castle Rock for nearly 13 years and absolutely love it. They have been blessed with a son Elijah (11), who eagerly looks forward to his Friday’s at DMFH. Gisella graduated from Cal. State Long Beach with a degree in Chicano and Latino studies and earned her bilingual teaching credential for elementary school. She taught in a bilingual Mommy and Me preschool class and kindergarten. She and Michael have been serving together in children’s ministry for over 10 years and cherish their time with children. As a family, they love spending time together enjoying outdoor activities, playing board games and traveling. ​

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Diann Holmes - Photography with Science 
Email: diannholms@gmail.com   303-981-0512
Diann, and her husband Cully, have finished 11 amazing and rewarding years homeschooling their three children, Cameron (19), Wesley (17) and Sierra (17), and are now watching with delight and awe as the three of them explore and relish all of the incredible opportunities that await them at their Public High School in Parker.  The Holmes children have all been a part of DMFH from 1st through 8th grade and continue to look forward to any opportunities they may have to come back and share the joys of this amazing program.  Diann has been an assistant teacher to Kathy Anderson in the Kindergarten and First grade classes for the past three years.  She graduated Cum Laude, with a degree in Sociology, from the Colorado University of Colorado, Boulder, in 1987, and also has a strong college course background in Biology, Chemistry and several other physical and social sciences.  Aside from her family, Diann's passions are in photography and nature, music, sewing and anything that is artistic.


Christ Smart – Creative Writing
Email: Chrisnsmart@yahoo.com  720-840-5892
Mrs. Smart is a degreed, veteran homeschooler who has taught both privately and in enrichment programs for over 25 years.  She was with DMFH from the time it began until last year when she took the year off.  She and her husband homeschooled their three children.  They now find their time busy with a forever puppy, a beagle named Marty.  Following God’s direction, she continues serving the homeschool community by teaching at DMFH and  CHESS.  Teaching writing is one of her favorite subjects, and she loves making it fun for students!  Although Chris has a lot of interests and hobbies, her favorite pastime is spoiling her grandchildren!
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Janelle McCusker - Mapping/Colorado
​email: janellemccusker@yahoo.com  702-858-7468
Janelle and her husband of 20 years moved their family to Castle Rock in 2010.  She has been homeschooling her three children for ten years.  Their DMFH journey began in 2012 when her oldest was in 3rd grade.  In 2015, Janelle followed God’s leading and began facilitating the Mom’s Prayer Group that prays for the school every Friday morning.  Now she is following God’s leading once more, to teach the kids she has been praying for!
Janelle grew up in Las Vegas, Nevada and graduated from University of Nevada, Las Vegas with a Bachelor of Science in Civil Engineering.  She worked in Construction Project Management until choosing to stay home with her children.  She loves logic and math and is excited that her kids have finally started doing algebra!  She enjoys traveling and experiencing new places and people. If she could go back to college, it would be to study anthropology from a Christian perspective.

Briana "Breezy" Lewis - Kingdom Worldview
​email: breezylewis@gmail.com 765-414-0425
Brianna, or Breezy as she is called by those who know her, has been teaching in some capacity since she was in 7th grade beginning in AWANA and homeschooling her younger siblings. She graduated Suma Cum Laude from The Master’s University with a degree in Teacher Education, minors in English, History, and Bible and is a licensed teacher in the state of Colorado. She loves being a second-generation homeschooling mom to her two adorable red-headed girls, reading, being outdoors, and training horses and their riders. She is passionate about raising the upcoming generation to know what they believe and why they believe it, so they are able to stay strong during hard times and "give an answer to the hope that lies within them with gentleness and respect.” (1 Peter 3:15). Breezy thrives on challenges, study, and research, teaching others, heartfelt conversations, and loving those around her. She is thrilled to be joining DMFH this semester and to be teaching the next generation what a worldview is, how worldview drives everything you think and do, and how to recognize what worldview is being presented in what you read, watch and listen to.