Our Team
Meet some of our team members. Highly qualified Board Certified Behavior Analysts, dedicated to applying the science of behavior to improve the quality of life for those they service.

Kandace Somers
Kandace is a licensed applied behavior analyst who completed her Master of Arts in Applied Behavior Analysis at Caldwell University. Kandace gained her clinical experience at Caldwell’s Center for Autism and Applied Behavior Analysis providing services to children. She provides clinical services in various environments including, but not limited to in-home, clinic based, school (private and public) and the community setting. Her main interests include early intervention and self-care skills.

Lauren Antunes
Lauren is a Board Certified Behavior Analyst who received her
Bachelor's degree and her Elementary Teaching Certificate from William
Paterson University. She completed her Masters Degree in Special
Education and her coursework in Applied Behavior Analysis at Rutgers
University. Lauren's experience includes working with clients and
families in home, school, and community settings. She currently works
in a public school and provides home and community based services for
children with developmental disabilities.

Matthew Lucciola
Matthew Lucciola, M.A.P., BCBA, has been working in the field of autism and related disorders for 10 years. In his current role as Behavior Analyst for Positive Pathways he supervises two cases of middle school-aged teenagers, focusing on developing independence in self help skills and reducing challenging behavior. He earned his Master’s in Applied Psychology at Rutgers University in 2020 as part of the program’s inaugural graduating class. Mr. Lucciola previously worked at the Douglass Developmental Disabilities Center, where he supervised academic and behavioral programming for transition-aged students with severe challenging behavior.

Kayla Gangemi
Kayla earned her Bachelor's degree in Psychology, then completed her Masters Degree in Special Education and her coursework in Applied Behavior Analysis all at Rutgers University. She worked as a self-contained Special Education teacher utilizing the principles of ABA in her classroom before transitioning to be a public school BCBA. She provides parent training, home and community based services for individuals with Autism.