Rosa Tovar Head Start - Home Base Home Base Educator

First Job: Kiddie Care School as a preschool daycare teacher

Birthplace: Fresno but raised in Cantua Creek and San Joaquin

Years at EOC: 5 years

Best advice ever received: “Be yourself.”

Favorite advice I give: “Take life in strides. Live today as if tomorrow does not exist.”

Favorite restaurant, dish, or pig-out food: Red Robin’s “Classic Burger”; I also enjoy pigging out on popcorn while watching movies.

Proudest moment: when I graduated from Fresno State with my bachelor’s in Child Development

Greatest personal accomplishment: w hen I graduated from Fresno State with my bachelor’s in Child Development

Best vacation I’ve taken: going to Disneyland with the family; and my honeymoon to Tahoe

Last good movie I saw : The Other Guy

Scariest experience: falling off a tree

If I had a million dollars I would … go on a vacation, pay all my bills and retire early.

Favorite place to shop: Old Navy, JC Penny, Kohls, Target and Walmart

Favorite childhood memory: spending time with my mom and dad and family watching movies together while eating home made French Fries.

Words that describe me best: noble, compassionate, timid, and helpful

I like to watch: Grey’s Anatomy, Private Practice, Criminal Minds, and CSI Miami

In my spare time … I like to walk, bike ride, and go to the beach.

If I’ve learned one thing in life, it is … never take any moment for granted. To live life in the now and not the past. Take every moment possible to teach others what you have learned.