Our 2012 Parent Ambassadors got their first training during the huge snow and ice storm in January, and they've managed to channel that crazines and energy into some incredible advocacy and success already. Parents have testified before committees in Olympia on ECEAP, Working Connections funding, our 12-month subsidy eligibility bill, and Universal Pre-k. They've made themselves a constant presence with their legislators, visiting the Capitol for Have a Heart for Kids Day, bombarding them with thoughtful emails and calls, and managing to get many, many letters to the editor published in their local newspapers.
Parent Ambassador | Program Name | Hometown |
Martha Chavez | Puget Sound ESD ECEAP | Kent |
Tiffanie Coe | Puget Sound ESD ECEAP | Tacoma |
Carine Crooks | Lower Columbia Head Start/ECEAP | Kelso |
Jamie Devries | Lower Columbia Head Start/ECEAP | Kelso |
Nicole Erickson | Snohomish County Head Start | Monroe |
Natasha Fecteau | Kitsap Community Resources | Bremerton |
Sarita Garibay | Chelan-Douglas Child Development Association | East Wenatchee |
Crystal Garvin | Opportunity Council | Bellingham |
Nicole Gonzalez | Walla Walla Public Schools | Walla Walla |
Trena Haywood | Puget Sound ESD Head Start | Auburn |
Sarah Hogan | Kitsap Community Resources | Kingston |
Leslie Horn | Snohomish County Head Start | Monroe |
Consuelo Jimenez | Denise Louie Education Center | Seattle |
Erika Lopez | ESD 113 Sound to Harbor Head Start | Hoquiam |
Nicole Matthews | Puget Sound ESD/Children's Home Society | Kent |
Maryan Miae | Neighborhood House | Seattle |
Shaena Nelson | Community Child Care Center | Endicott |
Jennifer Ross | Spokane County HS/ECEAP/EHS | Spokane |
Leanna Stevenson | Chelan-Douglas Child Development Association | Wenatchee |
Dezarie Taylor | ESD 113 Sound to Harbor Head Start | Olympia |
Jacquelyn Wolcott | Mid-Columbia Children's Council | White Salmon |
P.A. Graduates & 2012 Peer Mentors | ||
Robb Atherton | Peer Mentor (2010 P.A., Lower Columbia College HS/ECEAP) | Kalama |
Wayne Ueda | Peer Mentor (2010 P.A., Spokane County HS/ECEAP/EHS) | Medical Lake |
Sonja Lennox | Peer Mentor (2011 P.A., Puget Sound ESD Head Start) | Tacoma |
David McCormick | Peer Mentor (2009 P.A., Snohomish County ECEAP) | Everett |
DesiRae Zabel | Peer Mentor (2011 P.A., Lewis Clark Early Childhood Program. | Clarkston |