Meet Your Provider
Marianna Esposito, MAEd, BCBA, LBA
Marianna is a married mother of two teenage boys. After her son was diagnosed with ASD in 2005 Marianna decided to change her career from a Medical Laboratory Technologist to a BCBA. Along the way she specialized in Early Childhood Development working with children diagnosed with a variety of special needs. Marianna also concentrated wo
Marianna is a married mother of two teenage boys. After her son was diagnosed with ASD in 2005 Marianna decided to change her career from a Medical Laboratory Technologist to a BCBA. Along the way she specialized in Early Childhood Development working with children diagnosed with a variety of special needs. Marianna also concentrated working with children on the Autism Spectrum and training guardians to help their children achieve their goals and improve quality of life. Throughout her life Marianna has lived in NY, NJ, Argentina, and is now residing in Tucson for 8 years. Some of her hobbies are camping, hiking and reading. Family is a very important component in her life and she loves spending time with them. Marianna is fluent in Spanish.
Jolisa Moonen, BCBA, LBA
Jolisa is a certified and licensed Behavior Analyst and a co-owner of DevelopMeant Therapy Center. Her journey of becoming a BCBA first began when she started working as a respite and habilitation provider for individuals with various disabilities. She then became a technician at Intermountain Academy and eventually a behavior assessmen
Jolisa is a certified and licensed Behavior Analyst and a co-owner of DevelopMeant Therapy Center. Her journey of becoming a BCBA first began when she started working as a respite and habilitation provider for individuals with various disabilities. She then became a technician at Intermountain Academy and eventually a behavior assessment specialist at Intermountain Centers. After earning her Master's in Applied Behavior Analysis from The Chicago School of Professional Psychology, Jolisa became a BCBA in 2018. Throughout her education and career, she has worked with a multitude of individuals with varying degrees of Autism as well as other comorbidities. She has also supervised many technicians, and under her supervision, has seen several become BCBAs. Jolisa's current goal and focus is to reduce staff turnover in behavioral health by providing quality supervision to technicians, and by creating a work atmosphere that fosters individual growth. The end result is to provide the most effective and quality services to her clients. When she’s not busy applying ABA to every moment in her life, she is hiking, gardening, or hanging out with her loved ones.