Fighting for, educating or teaching legislators; it doesn’t matter how you word it, Head Start’s Alita Taylor, Commissioner Tito Lucero, and Head Start County-Wide Policy Council Chairperson Marcie Santana are all in Washington D.C. learning how to advocate on behalf of Head Start.

The advocacy training’s hands-on approach required all three to meet one-on-one with Valley representatives or their staff. Alita, Commissioner Lucero, and Marcie were able to sit down with Congressman Jim Costa and share with him the importance and impact Head Start has on low-income children ages 3 – 5 and their families. Impressed with what he heard, Congressman Costa has vowed to visit at least one of our Head Start facilities in the near future.

Thank you Alita, Commissioner Lucero, and Marcie for sacrificing time with your family to fight for low-income children and families!