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    Continuing the Legacy
    ECMHSP Website
    • Nov 3, 2021
    • 4 min

    Continuing the Legacy

    An Interview with ECMHSP’s New CEO, Maria Garza Left to right: Sandra Carton, Regional Manager, Migrant & Seasonal Head Start Region XII – Office of Head Start, Dr. Villa, CEO Emeritus, and Maria Garza, new ECMHSP Chief Executive Officer. Maria Garza has recently joined East Coast Migrant Head Start Project as its Chief Executive Officer. Garza, a longtime farmworker advocate and experienced government and non-profit leader, assumed day-to-day leadership of the organization o
    Advancing the Lives of Migrant Families
    ECMHSP Website
    • Nov 3, 2021
    • 3 min

    Advancing the Lives of Migrant Families

    Angel Casiano, ECMHSP’s Director of Programs Operations – Florida, shares his experience working with the migrant community during the last 20 years.  I invite you to learn more about his story in the following interview. What is your family’s background? I am from Puerto Rico.  My mom is from Puerto Rico and my dad from Dominican Republican.  I have 11 siblings and most of them work in the health industry.  We have four doctors, three nurses, and one dentist. I left Puerto R
    Nohemi’s Field of Dreams
    ECMHSP Website
    • Nov 3, 2021
    • 4 min

    Nohemi’s Field of Dreams

    As a child, Nohemi Montalvo attended one of our Head Start programs in Virginia’s Eastern Shore.  Before going off to college, she worked at our ECMHSP Cheriton Center as a Bilingual Caregiver for about six weeks.  I invite you to learn more about her story. What is your family’s background? Thank you for giving me this wonderful opportunity to introduce myself.  I have seven family members in my family including me.  My parents worked in the tomato fields for three years in
    Guest Post: It’s My Turn
    ECMHSP Website
    • Nov 3, 2021
    • 4 min

    Guest Post: It’s My Turn

    Monica Vicente is part of the 2019 NMSHSA Summer Internship Program and as a child was enrolled in a Head Start Program. This summer I was given the opportunity to intern with East Coast Migrant Head Start Project.  With my interest in studying communications, this placement was a perfect fit. As I reflect on my first day of being introduced to Norma Lopez, John Menditto, Rita Rey, and Diane Santo, I was very nervous.  They welcomed me with open arms and would often spoil me
    Monica’s Purpose as a Head Start Alumna
    ECMHSP Website
    • Nov 3, 2021
    • 3 min

    Monica’s Purpose as a Head Start Alumna

    Monica Vicente is a 2019 Summer Intern for the National Migrant Seasonal Head Start Association.  She lives in Middletown, NY and is a proud Agri-Business Child Development alumna.  She’s currently a rising sophomore at Lehman College, where she studies nursing.  Her goal is to become a nurse practitioner after having first obtained a master’s degree in nursing. She considers nursing a noble career, having high morals and principles that reflect on her parents’ teachings grow
    Forging New Partnership with NC State Rep. Chuck McGrady
    ECMHSP Website
    • Nov 3, 2021
    • 2 min

    Forging New Partnership with NC State Rep. Chuck McGrady

    On Friday, March 1, Representative Chuck McGrady of North Carolina’s House of Representatives met with ECMHSP staff Jenny Guzman, NCDS Head Start Administrator, and Carrie Jo Fiene, Hendersonville Center Director, at the Underground Baking Company.  This downtown Hendersonville bakery is one of Representative McGrady’s favorite places to have coffee and pastries, and we enjoyed the opportunity to share with him the services ECMHSP provides to agricultural families in and arou
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