We are looking forward to our event celebrating Valentine’s Day with our sister agency, CBC Education. This is an inclusive family event being held on Saturday, February 11th. Get ready for lots of fun activities for everyone. Please sign up with your Case Manager and we look forward to seeing you there!
Familias First celebrated our 20th anniversary this month! We joined with our sister agency, CBC Education, for an anniversary/holiday party with our entire staff. Ruth Tello-Di Leva, founder and CEO of Familias First, is the first Latina in California to own an agency that specializes in providing Applied Behavior Analysis (ABA) services. Her experience as […]
We are fortunate to have an amazing team of specialists, administrators, and managers at Familias First and we appreciate all that they do for our families and our agency. Each year we acknowledge staff members for their excellence and present awards at our holiday party. Our administrative staff and specialists vote each year, and we […]
Thank you to our Familias First clients as well as clients from our sister agency, CBC Education, who joined us at our center to meet Santa. It was a day of fun arts and crafts, snacks, photos with Santa and a surprise as well. It is a great pleasure to have inclusive events so the […]
Excitement is in the air as we prepare for Santa to visit us in our San Gabriel center! Get ready for December 19th with festivities starting at 10:30 am. Familias First and our sister agency, CBC Education, will welcome Santa to meet all our clients. There will be fun activities, photos with Santa and a […]
We are excited to host an in-person Halloween event on Saturday, October 29th with our sister agency, CBC Education. This is for all ABA clients of any age. Get ready for a fun day with games and a costume party! Please sign up with your Case Manager and we look forward to seeing you at […]
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Ruth Tello-Di Leva, founder and CEO of Familias First, is the first Latina in California to own an agency that specializes in providing Applied Behavior Analysis (ABA) services. Her experience as a first-generation woman of Mexican descent, solidified Ruth’s commitment to creating an organization providing quality services in an equitable manner to all clients, especially clients who are underserved in our field.
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