“When a parent from Avondale heard of the wonderful turn out for the father event in Glendale with Home Depot, Natasha Neal Gaucin and her husband Daniel Gaucin, wanted to do the same for fathers in their site,” said Dulce Hernandez, program governance specialist for Westside Head Start (WSHS).
Jonetta Ross is a home-based educator with Catholic Charities—and her day never stops. Working for Catholic Charities West Side Early Head Start program, Ross makes daily home visits to parents to teach them about caring for and educating their children ages 0 to 3.
“Parents are their children’s first teacher,” Ross said. “The parent’s level of engagement has a lot to do with their children’s growth.”