lsaunders07Nov 3, 20213 min readAdvocating for Early Childhood Education at the National LevelDaniel Jaime’s childhood memories always take him back to the fields. He was the youngest of five boys. His mother was a single mother,...
lsaunders07Nov 3, 20214 min readGoing the Extra Mile in Florida WestMarimar Ramirez is the eldest of three children in a farmworker family. Her parents have been working in the fields for more than 20...
lsaunders07Nov 3, 20213 min readIdalia’s Journey: From Harvest to Head StartWhen Idalia has flashbacks of her childhood, many of those memories take place in the fields. Some seasons she lived in Ohio, Michigan,...
lsaunders07Nov 3, 20213 min readMaria’s Commitment to Forming Parent LeadersMaria Rodriguez is from Reynosa, a border city in the northern part of Tamaulipas, Mexico. She loves the work that she does as the...
lsaunders07Nov 3, 20212 min readTwenty Years of Partnership: Ramona De Loera and East CoastRamona De Loera never had an easy life. She is one of ten children and from the age of eight, her parents brought her to the fields...
lsaunders07Nov 3, 20211 min readA Safe Haven for Farmworker FamiliesThe ECMHSP Hendersonville Head Start Center opened on Monday, June 25. Mayra Lozano, Family Services Coordinator, was one of the most...
lsaunders07Nov 3, 20212 min readThe Eastern Shore of Virginia Gets a Head StartCurrently, Jose Enriquez is the Family Services Coordinator at the ECMHSP Parksley Center. The ECMHSP Parksley Head Start Center is...
lsaunders07Nov 3, 20214 min readEast Coast Makes a Strong Impression in Washington, D.C.Attendees had the privilege of welcoming the newly-appointed Director of the Office of Head Start, Dr. Deborah Bergeron. A former...
lsaunders07Nov 3, 20212 min readFarmworker Mom a Leader and Dreamer at ECMHSPMigrant farmworker Meiby Mora Soto is both a leader and a Dreamer at East Coast Migrant Head Start Project. The 29-year-old mother of...
lsaunders07Nov 3, 20213 min readGuest Post: Growing Up with a Migrant MotherPhoto Credit: La Voz I recently attended the funeral of our Godmother Lala Esquibel. Her passing was more than an interruption of the...
lsaunders07Nov 3, 20212 min readStrengthening Community Ties in SemmesIlsy Gray has been the Center Director at ECMHSP Semmes Center since July of 2017. But her story with ECMHSP started in 2014, when she...
lsaunders07Nov 3, 20212 min readBuilding Trust in LoxleyThe ECMHSP Loxley Center in Loxley, Alabama, welcomed more than 40 children on Monday, May 7. The families we serve work with a variety...
lsaunders07Nov 3, 20212 min readTwo Decades of Serving North Carolina Farmworker FamiliesCelia Rodriguez was born in Mexico and came to the U.S. when she was two years of age. Her parents were farmworkers for more than 30...