About Daystar Retirement Village

Eva Thomas

Daystar Executive Director

Ma Glori Escalante

Director of Dining Services

I am Ma Glori Anne Escalante and I have been working in the kitchen for about eight years now. Kitchen work is both full of fun and challenges. Fun because I am innately a kitchen person and challenging because it requires a lot of patience and determination. Experience-wise, I started as a server, and I work my way up to achieve my dream job of becoming a chef with my hard work and diligence.

I sure have learned a lot from my work experience and now, I can do pretty much every kitchen work-dishwashing, cooking, expediting-anything. Daystar Retirement Village is my second home now. I’ve been here five months, but I felt my heart belonged here. I love working here because the residents and staff are amazing. I will always be grateful for what I have right now because I found a TEAM and a FAMILY.

Jason Kitchel

Daystar Senior Sales Director

Jason Kitchel began working for Powell Communities in May of 2018. He joins us here at Powell with a Bachelor of Fine Arts from Washington State University, and over 25 years of sales and customer service experience including more than 14 years of experience working in Skilled nursing, senior living, and retirement communities.

Jason really enjoys the culture at Powell. We are a family-owned business, and everyone truly is treated like family- with integrity and passion, and always keeping in mind The Golden Rule.

There can often be a lot of anxiety surrounding the decision to move family members into a senior community, and Jason strives to put people’s minds at ease as much as possible by listening to them and showing them that this is not the end of the story- it is simply a new chapter and everyone at Powell Communities is here to help continue the story with them, and that we are not an “old folks home” – we truly ARE a community.

When not working, Jason likes to spend time fishing, playing with his two dogs, and working in his yard. He is also a huge sports fan – “Go Cougs!”

Katie Krause

Daystar Community Relations Director

Katie Krause has been with Daystar since 2015. Katie’s first jobs were in retirement communities, which led her to the University of Washington where she obtained a bachelor’s degree in Interdisciplinary Art, as well as a certificate in gerontology.

Katie really enjoys getting to know the residents in our community, helping them find the positives, feeling connected, and making sure they are comfortable. She loves engaging everyone, listening to them, and hearing their stories.

In her downtime, Katie likes finding new restaurants, paddling boarding with her Golden Retriever Penny, and camping with her husband.

“Life is like a camera, focus on the important, capture the good, develop from the negative and if things don’t work out, take another shot.”