Who We Are
Ready, Resilient, and Rising! (R3!) is a San Francisco Bay Area collaboration transforming how care is delivered for young children and families. We bring together families, providers, and public systems' leaders to share power, align funding, and co-create trauma-informed, family-centered solutions. At the heart of our work is the Family Accountability Board (FAB), where parents and caregivers directly impacted by these systems guide decisions and help shape sustainable change.
Through innovative models of healthcare for 0–5 year olds, capacity building for providers, and a collaborative multi-sector systems working group, we break down silos and demonstrate how family-driven solutions can increase access to services for all families and children.
Our Mission & Vision
Mission: Co-create solutions through a family lens—remaking systems to be compassionate, equitable, and rooted in the lived experiences of those they serve. We work every day to humanize healthcare and early childhood systems, ensuring they fulfill their intended purpose: to truly support families and communities in the San Francisco Bay Area.
Vision: A community where every child thrives because they received supportive care.
What We Do & Why We Do This Work
R3! brings together community voices, research-driven insights, and multidisciplinary expertise to build equitable, family-centered systems of care. R3! aims to foster supportive relationships at all milestones of early childhood care through:
- transformative primary care models focused on 0-5 year olds and their families
- training for physicians on early relational health and social well being, and
- a collaborative multi-sector working group focused on systems of care for ages 0-5
At the heart of our work is family wisdom. Systems can only change in ways that truly meet families’ needs when people who are most affected by those systems are at the table, shaping decisions and guiding priorities. By combining this perspective with research, clinical, and administrative expertise, we create solutions that are equitable, sustainable, and grounded in real-world impact for children 0–5 and their families.
Our Team
Clinical Director, Early Intervention Services, UCSF Benioff Children's Hospital Oakland
Family Lead
Family Lead
Kathryn Margolis, PhD
UCSF Center for Advancing Dyadic Care in Pediatrics
Angela Venturelli, MD
Pediatrician
TONIC Working Group
Alanna Pfeffinger
Anthem Blue Cross
Alex Briscoe
Public Works Alliance
Amy Whittle
UCSF
Anh Huynh
San Francisco Health Plan
Ashley Downend
Safe & Sound
Ben Meisel
San Francisco Department of Public Health
Beth Kuenstler
Outside Voice Strategy
Carissa Avalos
UCSF Center for Advancing Dyadic Care in Pediatrics
Celeste Chacon
TONIC Family Accountability Board
Eric Schwimmer
Anthem Blue Cross
Jamila Nightingale
UCSF
Jared Martin
Anthem Blue Cross
Jessica Axelrod
San Francisco Department of Public Health
Jessica Recinos
San Francisco Family and Children's Services
John Huang
San Francisco Department of Public Health
Kalil Macklin
Anthem Blue Cross
Kathryn Margolis
UCSF Center for Advancing Dyadic Care in Pediatrics
Kristin Gratz
Carelon
Marcy Spaulding
San Francisco Department of Public Health
Pamela Connie
San Francisco Family and Children's Services
Raena Sebay
San Francisco Family and Children's Services
Sarah Arnquist
Public Works Alliance
Shaylee Perez
UCSF Center for Advancing Dyadic Care in Pediatrics
Theresa Zighera
San Francisco Department of Early Childhood
Tiffany Reyes
San Francisco Department of Public Health
Tina Yu
San Francisco Health Plan
Zulema Rubalcava
San Francisco Department of Early Childhood
Family Accountability Board
Berniece Aguilar
Calvanay Nunley
Celeste Chacon
Crystal Morganelli
Daniel Vasquez
Elicia Dangerfield
Ersula Capers
Gwendolyn McWilliams
Jenny Libonati
Jordyn Lilly
Lashanda Smith
LaZette Smith
Luisa Mira
Ma Cynthia Richter
Michelle Poole
Myrai Mills
Patricia Rosendo
Phebe Kemp
Regina Ware
Rionda Batiste