Erasma Beras-Monticciolo
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
Erasma Beras-Monticciolo is a thought-leader, activist, co-founder and Executive Director of Power of Two, a home visiting organization that nurtures the inherent potential in every child and family–empowering them to transform their own lives and strengthen their communities. Erasma holds a B.A. from St. Johns University and an MPA from NYU Robert F. Wagner Graduate School of Public Policy. Before joining Power of Two, Erasma’s work has taken her to remote areas in Guatemala where she partnered with local entrepreneurs to create a small business cooperative designed to help indigenous communities establish independent, sustainable businesses that improved their living conditions and stimulated their local economies. Now with more than fifteen years of experience in the field, Erasma successfully established relationships with policymakers, community-based organizations, and social change groups to create partnerships and build support for a variety of programs serving low-income populations in New York City. Erasma serves on the board for both the New York Zero to Three Network (NYZTT) and the Citizens’ Committee for Children of New York (CCC). She is a 2019 Promising Ventures Fellow and a 2020 Aspen Institute Healthy Communities Fellow.
Dr. Kristin Bernard
ABC EXPERT AND RESEARCH PARTNER
Kristin is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Psychology at Stony Brook University. While in graduate school at University of Delaware, she played a key role in evaluating the efficacy of the ABC intervention, developed clinical expertise in the model, and assisted in dissemination efforts. Now she serves as a program consultant and lead researcher for Power of Two. Kristin is especially excited about the integration of science and practice at Power of Two. Not only is Power of Two using science to guide their selection and provision of services, but they are building the science by conducting cutting-edge research.
Our Team
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Community Partners
Together, We Accomplish More
We have developed partnerships with a host of community organizations and local agencies that refer parents and caregivers to us at Power of Two and have a long history of providing critical services and support to NYC families.
- Abbott House
- Assemblywoman Latrice Walker
- Brightside Academy
- Brookdale Family Care Center
- Brooklyn Children’s Museum
- Brooklyn Community Services – East New York Family Center
- Brooklyn Gardens/P.S. 174
- Brooklyn Perinatal Network
- Brownsville Houses – Resident Association
- Brownsville Multi-Service Family Health Center (BMS)
- Brownsville Partnership – Part of Community Solutions
- Brownsville Recreation Center
- CAMBA
- Cardinal McCloskey
- Catholic Charities Neighborhood Brownsville Family Support Center
- Catholic Guardian
- Center for Court Innovation
- Central Brooklyn Economic Development Corporation Inc.
- Children’s Aid Society
- Children’s Village
- Coalition For Hispanic Services
- Community Board 16
- Community Coalition of East NY/CPP of East NY (CPP)
- CPP Child Care Providers Gathering: Convening with Community Partners ENY
- Cypress Hills and City Line Houses
- Department of Health and Mental Hygience Community Action Network (CAN)
- Diaspora Community Services
- East New York Community Health Center
- East New York Diagnostic and Treatment Center
- Edwin Gould Services for Children
- Food Bank NYC
- Good Shepherd Services Groundwork for Success program
- Good Shepherd Services – Brooklyn Life program and AIM program
- Graham Windham
- HeartShare/ St. Vincents
- Help US Family Shelter
- Howard Houses – Resident Association
- Jewish Board Brownsville Child Development Center
- Langston Hughes Apartments – Resident Association
- Leake & Watts
- Little Flower Children and Family Services
- Lutheran Social Services
- Lyfe Program Franklin Lane High School
- Made in Brownsville
- Mercy First
- MS 584
- New York Foundling
- Ocean Hill-Brownsville Equity Coalition
- OHEL
- Opportunities for Better Tomorrow
- Partnership for the Homeless
- Partnership with Children at Riverdale Avenue Community School
- Pennsylvania-Wortman Avenue Houses
- Puerto Rican Family Institute
- Rissie Group Family Day Care
- Sanctuary for Families
- SCO Early Childhood Education Centers
- SCO Family of Services
- Seamen’s Society for Children and Family Services
- Sheltering Arms
- South Bronx Rising Together
- Stone Avenue Library
- United Community Centers, Inc.
- United For Brownsville
- We Run Brownsville
- WIC Center/BMS – Rockaway Avenue and Pitkin
- WIN (Women in Need)