Research & Evaluation

Destiny Westbrook joined The Children’s Trust in 2018.

Ms. Westbrook holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in sociology from the College of William and Mary, and a Master of public health degree from the University of Miami. She partnered with the University of Miami Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation to complete her master’s research on rear seat belt usage and beliefs of importance among a sample of Miami residents. She also served as a peer research consultant for UM.

Bryan Pomares joined The Children’s Trust in 2018.

Xeniamaria Rodriguez joined the Children's Trust in 2018.

Angela Blizzard joined The Children’s Trust in 2018.

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Javier Vazquez joined The Children’s Trust in November 2014 as a research and evaluation analyst dedicated to program evaluation and data analyses related to child, youth, and family services. His current role as data integrity analyst includes analyses of data across multiple sources with a focus on programmatic, research/evaluation and fiscal information to facilitate the decision-making process, in addition to the development of tools to capture and report key information to a variety of audiences.

Zafreen Jaffery, Ed.D., joined The Trust in April 2016 as a research and evaluation analyst for the early childhood development initiative. She is passionate about promoting educational equity and social justice for all children.

Grettel Suarez joined the Trust in June 2013 as an analyst for Research and Evaluation's Parenting and Service Partnership initiatives. Her experience evaluating programs involving children and families include work as a research associate for the Center for Family Studies (CFS) at the University of Miami, Department of Psychiatry.

Prior to joining the University of Miami, she collaborated with the Child Anxiety and Phobia Program, conducting studies on the role of identity and attachment disorder in separation anxiety.

Darrin Buffkin joined The Trust in July 2007; he oversees all GIS-related mapping activities including managing The Children's Trust on-line interactive mapping tool where users can look up and explore data about children and families in Miami-Dade County through maps, tables and charts.