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Meet the Owners

We are the GELA Gyals — two sisters with a strong background in education who grew tired of witnessing the academic gaps affecting our children year after year. Instead of simply identifying the problems, we chose to become part of the solution.
 

GELA was founded on one powerful belief: early enrichment and early intervention change trajectories. When we optimize potential at the earliest stages, we strengthen not just individual students, but our entire community.
 

Our mission is to be more than a daycare. We provide a play-based, academically rich learning environment intentionally designed to nurture the whole child. Through embedded, multidisciplinary enrichment and intervention services, we ensure students receive support exactly where and when they need it.


Our in-house specialists collaborate to support each child’s growth through:
 

  • Enrichment programming

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  • Individualized Intervention 

  • Mental health and social-emotional support

  • Speech and language development

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  • Occupational and physical therapy services (as needed)


At GELA, we don’t wait for gaps to widen — we build strong foundations from the very beginning.
 

Edwena Grant-Ochieng

Owner & Executive Director

Orethia Armstrong

Co-owner & Education Director

Meet The Team

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