Yvonne Mireles
Family Development Specialist
Early Head Start

First Job: “Dietary Aide.”

Birthplace: Sacramento, CA

Years at FCEOC: 1 year and 7 months.

Best advice ever received: “Always be true to yourself.”

Favorite advice I give: ‘You can do anything you set your mind to.”

Interesting experience/adventure: “My first Nascar Race. Go 24!”

Favorite restaurant, dish, or pig-out food: “Olive garden.”

Proudest moment: “Birth of my two children, Yvette and Vincent.”

Greatest personal accomplishment: “Went back to school to earn my degree in Child Development.”

Best vacation I’ve taken: “Went to Maui and Kauai.”

Favorite weekend activity: “Watching Nascar.”

Last good movie/book I saw/read: “Notebook.”

Scariest experience: “Learning to water ski.”

If I had a million dollars I would… “Help my children.”

Favorite place to shop: “State Street in Santa Barbara.”

Favorite childhood memory: “Going camping.”

I admire… “My mom. She raised four daughters while going to school.”

3 words that describe me best: “Friendly, loving and nurturing.”

I like to watch: “Nascar, Survivor, and the Amazing Race.”

Favorite music or artist: “Country and Vince Gill.”

In my spare time… “What’s that? I enjoy playing board games with my grandson, Anthony.”

If I’ve learned one thing in life, it is… “Take each day as it comes.”