Anderson P. - Educator

Please share your childcare story.

“I been working in childcare a little over a decade. I started working in the field because always loved being around kids people would always say I’m a kid at heart, kids always been drawn to me and I feel it was a gift from God. One of my biggest obstacles for me is being a male and working in this field, it’s very rare to see a guy working in the early childcare development field. I think we have to change the stereotype.”

What would the existence of an affordable, high-quality early education and child care program mean for you as an educator? What would be different if such a program existed?

“It would be good for the families, but also we have to think about the educators. We also provide a good service and should be compensated accordingly.”