Everyone knows that educating very young children—from infancy to the time they head to kindergarten—is no easy task. Massachusetts Family Child Care Provider, Yisel Lizardo, will tell you. Click here to SHARE Yisel’s story with your friends and family on Facebook, Twitter and email. She continually deals with situations that arise on the job, creates new and […]
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Lifting up the voices of early learning and care professionals and parents from all corners of the country.
Tonia McMillian, California Family Child Care Provider
My job as a family child care provider for the past 21 years is the lowest paying job I have ever had. I put my earnings right back into my business and what is left is not a lot. But the best part of this job is working with children. It is extremely rewarding to […]
Yisel Lizardo, Massachusetts Family Child Care Provider
I first arrived in the United States in February 1996 and I became a citizen of this great nation in 2001. Like many, I arrived to work hard and prosper. I worked in restaurants and factories in different shifts and positions. Little by little I made progress and achieved my goals. After several years of […]