AUBURN — Pam Prevost has joined the Auburn-Lewiston YMCA as its new School Age director.

Prevost brings experience and knowledge of child care to the Auburn-Lewiston area having worked for 12 years as the education specialist for Finders Seekers Child Care Resource Development Center at Community Concepts Inc. in Auburn and Lewiston. As education specialist, she was responsible for providing training and technical assistance to child care providers throughout Androscoggin, Oxford and Franklin counties.

She has also contracted with Maine Roads to Quality as the statewide School Age accreditation facilitator, assisting 17 school-age programs throughout the state in achieving national accreditation and recognition.

In 2011, Prevost was recognized by the Portland Sea Dogs as Woman of the Year for her work in education. She is a member of the Maine Afterschool Network.

She has a master’s degree in early childhood education and leadership through Wheelock College, and is working on her doctorate in literacy education at the University of Maine.

She lives in Topsham with her husband and two daughters.