Marisela is first generation Latina and a mother of a child with special needs. Marisela was the first in her family to graduate from college obtaining her B.S in Psychology from NAU in 2007 while struggling with her own behavioral health and learning disabilities.

Marisela has been with MIKID since January 2020. She started in our Phoenix office as the Family Support Program Manager and moved into her current role as Q.M/Q.A Coordinator.

She has over 16 years of experience in the Behavioral Health Field, 3 of which are managerial. Marisela is a hard worker and dedicated to upholding the late MIKID Founder Sue Gilbertson’s mission improving the behavioral health and wellness of children and youth through a family-centered approach.

Ashley has experience in management and administration prior to joining the MIKID team in 2016. Ashley is MIKID's Human Resource Specialist and Finance and Accounting Support as well as manager of our technology-based training platform.

Ashley has her degree in Business Administration from Glendale Community College.

Paula Carson Joined the MIKID Family in 2017. Paula has over 3O years of experience in social services in New York, New Jersey and Arizona primarily as a DCS investigator but has also worked in licensing and adoptions. Paula has received statewide accolades in New Jersey’s community corrections system for having the foresight to advocate and actualize the very first female halfway house for women leaving the penal system -- an opportunity that was previously only afforded to men.
Paula is very passionate about helping children and families and is especially delighted to be working for MIKID, a peer/ family run organization, where families are encouraged to utilize their unique voice and exercise their own choice.

Alexis is a Sierra Vista native and is the Direct Service Manager for the Sierra Vista area. She has worked in the behavioral health field for over 6 years now and with children for over 15 years.

Alexis' goal is to build and make an impact on her community by helping local youth dealing with struggles in behavioral health. She wishes they had a program like MIKID now offers when she herself was growing up in Sierra Vista.

Alexis has a passion for helping kiddos learn and grow. Watching and helping the kids become successful and reach all their goals is absolutely rewarding making her last two years experience "wonderful' since she has been with MIKID. Alexis' family is important to her and loves that MIKID's work centers around the family as much as the kiddos.

James Beecher currently serves as Project Administrator. Previously he was Manager for Bullhead City and Lake Havasu City. Additionally, James served as both Family and Direct Support Manager for La Paz County. His MIKID career began as a Direct Support Provider serving Transitional Age Youth in Yuma County. James majored in Criminal Justice and Business in college.
James has served in various capacities within the behavioral health field, including as a Crisis Specialist and a Case Manager in the Arizona Families First program, where he also provided Substance Use and Abuse Education services to parents involved with the Arizona Department of Child Safety. He is a Certified Family Support Provider. Additionally, he has experience serving domestic violence and abuse survivors as a Legal Advocate.
Prior to his career in behavioral health, James worked within the Justice field for twenty years. He served as a Probation Surveillance Officer monitoring a Youthful Offender Intensive Probation caseload among others. He served as a Tribal Prosecutor prosecuting criminal offenses as well as representing the tribe in child welfare cases. James also served as a Tribal Court Judge presiding over Criminal, Delinquency and Child Welfare matters and managing the tribe’s justice system.

Angelica joined MIKID as the statewide billing manager in May 2021 and has 18 years’ experience working with behavioral health claims. She began her career in 2003 as a claims assistant progressing to manager in 2016.

Angelica is originally from California. However, she has lived in Arizona over 28 years and now considers Arizona her native state. In her free time, she enjoys going to the movies, trying out new cuisine and is looking forward to traveling around the United States. Angelica looks forward to helping make a difference at MIKID.

Cynthia is a native Arizonan and has worked in the medical field prior to MIKID as a biller, coder, and surgery scheduler.
Cindy also has a background in semi-conductor manufacturing as a Quality Control Specialist and as seasonal fashion model for Macy's, Bullock's Wilshire and Dress Barn in their junior wear departments.
Cindy enjoys spending her free time with her seven daughters and one son and volunteering with her aunt at the Wickenburg Senior Center. She also teaches tap and clog to her Girl Scout Troop and is an instructor of Country-Western line dancing at a national steakhouse franchise located throughout the southwest United States.
Aspiring to play characters like Truly Scrumptious, Cindy is currently attending Arizona State University working on her Masters in Performing Arts.
Cindy is excited to be a part of MIKID and looks forward to marrying her high-school sweetheart Christmas 2022.

Beth has been with MIKID since April 2013. After spending 30 years in food service management, she began to look for a new challenge. She wanted to work in an industry that supported children and youth in need, an area that is dear to Beth’s heart. She started as the Office Assistant in the old Prescott office and , when family needs dictated, was able to move her job to work from home in Tucson. 3 years ago, she moved to the Medical Records department and hasn’t looked back. Medical Records offered another new challenge, growth and the opportunity to continue to work from home.
After raising two, now adult, children (looking forward to adding a son-in -law), she is now an empty nester. Spending time with her husband of 32 years is now one of her main focuses. She has been a huge fan of K-pop and Korean culture for almost 8 years, with K-pop music on her Spotify and watching Korean TV show (with English subtitles) as her way of de-stressing.

Julie joined MIKID in May of 2022 as a billing specialist. She joined MIKID right after graduating from a medical billing and coding program and is working towards certification in coding. Before school she worked in coordinating home health services for patients coming out of hospitals and nursing facilities.

When she’s not at work, Julie likes to spend time with family and friends, eating good food or going to concerts to enjoy live music. She also loves to take her dog to new parks around Phoenix

Regina (Reggie) Sotelo began her career with Mikid in June 2022 as Mikid’s Accounting Support Specialist. Reggie is an Arizona native that has spent the last 9 years working as a free-lance accounting professional for various companies. Reggie’s original background was in Forensics. She worked at the Coconino County Medical Examiner’s Office for 6 years as a Forensic Investigator, conducting death scene investigations, autopsies, and was the internship coordinator teaching college students’ proper techniques in the field and in the autopsy suite. Reggie was also an adjunct professor in the Forensic Sciences program at Coconino Community College.

Reggie is a lifelong learner and holds a master’s degree in forensic science and a bachelor’s of science degree in criminal justice & criminology. Reggie plans on heading back to school to work on a bachelor’s degree in forensic accounting to help further her knowledge in accounting and investigative techniques.

In her free time, she travels the world, listens to lots of music, reads books on interior/landscape design, watches True Crime shows, reads Tarot, and spends time with her two pups, Brodie and Jacob.