Stacy Reese
Family Development Specialist
Early Head Start

First Job: “Preschool teacher.”

Birthplace: Fresno

Years at FCEOC: 4 years and 1 month

Best advice ever received: “90% of life is just showing up.”

Favorite advice I give: “To have faith. If you believe you will receive.”

Favorite restaurant, dish, or pig-out food: “Panda Express.”

Proudest moment: “Watching my beautiful daughter do so well in school.”

Greatest personal accomplishment: “I ran the Honolulu Marathon. It took me five hours but I did it!”

Best vacation I’ve taken/dream vacation: “I spent a weekend at Buck Rock Lookout above Hume Lake.”

Favorite weekend activity: “Going to church, finding yard sales and open houses.”

Last good movie I saw: “Meet the Faulkers.”

Scariest experience: “Paying $3.19 for a gallon of gas.”

If I had a million dollars I would… “Feed the hungry and put my daughter through college.”

Favorite place to shop: “Kiku’s Florist.”

Favorite childhood memory: “Playing in the snow.”

I admire… “Large families.”

Words that describe me best: “Understanding, tolerant, caring.”

I like to watch: “Malcolm in the Middle.”

Favorite music or artist: “Any contemporary Christian music.”

In my spare time… “I garden, play with my dogs.”

If I’ve learned one thing in life, it is… “To listen more, speak less.