Briana Mora received her Bachelor of Arts degree from St. Mary’s University in 2018 with a major in Interdisciplinary English Language Arts & Reading. Briana has had experience teaching Middle School at St. James the Apostle in the Spring of 2018. She then received her Masters in Deaf Education and Hearing Science at UTHSCSA in 2020. Briana has taught 3rd Grade at Sunshine Cottage for 3 years. She is very excited to be back teaching preschool, where she started as an associate. She is blessed to teach at a school that is student-centered and full of bliss. Her next goal is to obtain her Listening and Spoken Language Specialist certification. In her free time, Briana enjoys spending time with her family, working out, and learning new things. She is excited marry the love of her life in July of 2023.

Genevieve Browning has been teaching since 2000. She is originally from St. Louis where she received her Bachelor’s degree at Fontbonne College in Elementary and Deaf Education. Genevieve received her Master’s Degree as a Reading Specialist from UTSA in 2009. She loves working in the Elementary Department at Sunshine Cottage where she has taught 1st, 2nd, and 3rd grade. She has served as the Elementary Department Chair and served as a mentor to associate and student teachers while at Sunshine Cottage.Genny, her nickname, lived in Texas as a child. Her father, who was in the Army, was stationed at Ft. Hood. She moved back to St. Louis during her high school years. After being hired at Sunshine Cottage, Genny returned to Texas and to the beautiful city of San Antonio. Genny always wanted to become a teacher. When her youngest brother was born with a profound hearing loss and received a cochlear implant, she felt a calling to teach children with hearing impairments. Teaching children with hearing impairments has become a family affair. Her mother teaches at The Moog Oral School in St. Louis and her sister works with HI students in Dallas ISD.Genny loves reading and passes the love of reading to her students. She also has 2 spoiled dogs named, Addie and Charlie, who she enjoys taking for walks.