Dawn Mountain Staff

Emily Anchia

Emily Anchia

Associate Director of Communication and administration
Emily joined Dawn Mountain after years in retail management and attaining her BBA at Bauer of UH. As digital manager Emily handles many of Dawn Mountain’s online components, including the online broadcasting. In her free time you might find Emily practicing martial arts, reading crime thrillers, gaming online, or drawing portraits.
Jerri Edgingto

Jerri Edgington

Operations Manager

Jerri has extensive non-profit bookkeeping experience including handling all the books for the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation in Kingston, New York and managing the bookkeeping department at a payroll company in Glens Falls, NY. She is responsible for managing all the accounts housed at Dawn Mountain, including those of the Tibetan Cultural Preservation Initiative and Earth Thunder Fund. In her spare time she is a national award winning scrapbooker and a chain mail artist as well as best grandma ever to “Tigger,” aka Kaiden and his little sister Avery, aka “Lil Miss Roo.”

Emily Anchia

Leslee Haynes 

Digital Content and Administration Assistant

Leslee Hope Haynes is originally from Queens, NY, and has been a Katy, Texas, resident for 1.5 years. Leslee is a versatile professional with expertise in cinematography, production, graphic and web design, and video editing. Her career spans various industries, including weddings, education, oil, gas, energy, and marketing. Leslee’s commitment, passion for her craft, and diverse skill set stem from her love for creativity.

With special thanks to her mother for giving her the passion for creativity, as a child, Leslee studied at the Julliard School and Harlem School of the Arts and played with the finest bands and orchestras in New York City, including the New York Philharmonic. Leslee began creating music electronically when she stumbled into video production and fell in love with it. She’s written, directed, and produced several films and documentaries.

In a season of seeking nothing less than peace and love, Leslee has joined Dawn Mountain and feels like this is EXACTLY where she is supposed to be at this moment of her life.”

Simone Woodage

Simone Woodage

Family Educator
Simone is a mother of three boys and a sought-after youth and family educator in the Houston Area. In addition to being a long-time practitioner at Dawn Mountain, she is trained as an Inner Kids instructor through Susan Kaiser Greenland, author of The Mindful Child: How to Help Your Child Cope With Stress and Become Happier, Kinder and More Compassionate. Simone holds a certificate in mindfulness fundamentals from Mindful Schools and is currently enrolled in their online curriculum training program.