Meet Our Team

Matthew is a graduate of the University of Southern Mississippi and The University of Texas at Austin's advertising graduate program and Texas Creative Sequence. He is currently obtaining teaching certification for accessible, trauma-informed yoga for system-impacted people. He is a Nationally Certified Dementia Practitioner.

Matthew is passionate about engaging people through healthy living and the arts. In his spare time, he enjoys illustration, design & photography, collecting vinyl, running, reading, yoga and experiencing life with his two sons.

Matthew is thrilled to be stepping into the new role of Director of Memory Care. He is enthusiastic about incorporating innovative ideas for person-centered care in the community. His goal is to create an environment that is supportive, dignified, and full of life and laughter for our Memory Care residents.

Chante was born and raised In St. Martinville, Louisiana. From cooking to decorating, Chante and her sister grew up helping their mother with all the preparations for an events at their local event hall. Of the experience, she says, "Before creating a single special event that cost thousands of dollars, family and friends got together and pitched in to create magical memories." Because she was a kid, she wasn't paid, but she learned to remain humble and grateful through the process. This was the beginning of her passion for coordinating programs: helping her mother.

Chante later went to school in Early Education, but it wasn’t until she found herself taking care of the elderly as a CNA that she discovered the need to do more. Planning person-centered activities was something she has always done through her daily routine as a CNA. When a Dementia Program Coordinator position opened at her previous job, she found herself in taking over that position. The role was "honestly meant for me," she says. "That road brought me in many different directions, and finally where I am today."

Dementia is something that she has firsthand experience with, as both her grandmothers were diagnosed. She sees them every day in our residents, and it is her love and her passion that pushes her to strive to make every program purposeful.

With expertise in Events Coordination, Stage/Film Productions, Sales, Management, as well as being the Director of the “Go For It Roadshow” a live show that performed  the nation’s largest arenas, Amy has left no stone unturned in her diverse career and executes events with ease and skill.

The contacts she has collected throughout her career transcends occupation and industry. Working alongside some of the world’s biggest athletes and major media outlets, Amy has continued to open doors and make smooth transitions wherever her career has pointed. Amy brings to the table experience as a working actor on several high-profile movies and TV shows. She was the stand in for Annette Bening for the highly popular Captain Marvel series, and a principle background actor for Grey’s Anatomy as well as various television shows for ABC, CBS, Fox and NBC. Her experience as Grammy Awards Talent Manager and Producer of Red Carpet and Media Room taught her about behind-the-scenes activities and what it takes to successfully implement a show of its magnitude. As the Assistant Costume Designer and Assistant Set Designer on the movie set of Sno-Babies, which earned critical acclaim and traveling the world as an Up with People cast member exposed Amy to many wonderful possibilities of which, led her to The Blake family. 

Born in Anchorage, Alaska to Louisiana natives, Amy ultimately grew up in Columbus, GA where her father was building a successful career as a world renowned Sports Medicine Surgeon. Wanting to experience her Louisiana roots, Amy attended USL and received her degree in Interpersonal and Public Communication with minors in French and English. Living through the covid pandemic, Amy recognized how important being close to family is to her and made the decision to move to Lafayette to be nearer to her mother, Joanie.