Name: Jacquelyn Midgett
Program: Early Head Start
Position: Family Development Specialist

First Job: Clerical worker at the Naval Base in Monterrey, California

Birthplace: Boston, Massachusetts

Years at FCEOC: 9 years, 7 months

Best advice ever received: “You can do anything that you set your heart and mind to do.”

Favorite advice I give: “Always take care of yourself because no one else will.”

Favorite restaurant, dish, or pig-out food: Yoshinos, pig out food - Popcorn

Proudest moment: When I gave birth to my oldest daughter.

Greatest personal accomplishment: Graduating from college with three children to raise on my own.

Best vacation I’ve taken/dream vacation: going to visit my son in Sioux Falls, South Dakota to watch him play indoor football. I got to take my oldest daughter too.

Favorite weekend activity: Relax at home, watching movies.

Last good movie I saw: “Cars” with my daughter and my 2 grand daughters.

Scariest experience: Having my appendix taken out when I was 10 years old.

If I had a million dollars I would… Buy a house big enough to hold my entire family, 4 children and two grandchildren. With a pool included.

Favorite place to shop: Catherine’s

Favorite childhood memory: Traveling cross country from state to state with my family one summer.

Words that describe me best: Loving, nurturing, caring, easy to talk to, good listener, easy to get along with. Works well with others.

I like to watch: Old movies, classical

In my spare time… Read, walk my two Pomeranians

If I’ve learned one thing in life, it is… Never take anything for granted and always live life to the fullest.