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Advocating for Early Childhood Education at the National Level
Daniel Jaime’s childhood memories always take him back to the fields. He was the youngest of five boys. His mother was a single mother,...
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Going the Extra Mile in Florida West
Marimar Ramirez is the eldest of three children in a farmworker family. Her parents have been working in the fields for more than 20...
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Idalia’s Journey: From Harvest to Head Start
When Idalia has flashbacks of her childhood, many of those memories take place in the fields. Some seasons she lived in Ohio, Michigan,...
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Maria’s Commitment to Forming Parent Leaders
Maria Rodriguez is from Reynosa, a border city in the northern part of Tamaulipas, Mexico. She loves the work that she does as the...
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Twenty Years of Partnership: Ramona De Loera and East Coast
Ramona 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...
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Nov 3, 20212 min read


A Safe Haven for Farmworker Families
The ECMHSP Hendersonville Head Start Center opened on Monday, June 25. Mayra Lozano, Family Services Coordinator, was one of the most...
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Nov 3, 20211 min read


The Eastern Shore of Virginia Gets a Head Start
Currently, Jose Enriquez is the Family Services Coordinator at the ECMHSP Parksley Center. The ECMHSP Parksley Head Start Center is...
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East 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...
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Farmworker Mom a Leader and Dreamer at ECMHSP
Migrant farmworker Meiby Mora Soto is both a leader and a Dreamer at East Coast Migrant Head Start Project. The 29-year-old mother of...
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Nov 3, 20212 min read

Guest Post: Growing Up with a Migrant Mother
Photo Credit: La Voz I recently attended the funeral of our Godmother Lala Esquibel. Her passing was more than an interruption of the...
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Strengthening Community Ties in Semmes
Ilsy Gray has been the Center Director at ECMHSP Semmes Center since July of 2017. But her story with ECMHSP started in 2014, when she...
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Building Trust in Loxley
The ECMHSP Loxley Center in Loxley, Alabama, welcomed more than 40 children on Monday, May 7. The families we serve work with a variety...
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Two Decades of Serving North Carolina Farmworker Families
Celia 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...
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