Jimina Villafuerte is the ECMHSP Policy Council Treasurer and a farmworker parent. This is her story. I am Jimina Villafuerte and I have the privilege to be the Treasurer of the Policy Council for East Coast Migrant Head Start Project (ECMHSP). This is the story of how I came to be on the Policy Council and what that means to me. It all started by just enrolling my son this past year at a Migrant & Seasonal Head Start Center in Whiteville, North Carolina. The Niños Migrant He

Today, National Public Radio (NPR) aired the investigative report, “Guest Workers, Legal Yet Not Quite Free, Pick Florida’s Oranges,” in its show, Morning Edition.  This report is  part of a larger series by NPR, focusing on our farmworker families and the work they do providing America with a safe and secure source of fresh fruits and vegetables. Large agribusinesses and small family farmers alike are increasingly making use of the H2A guest worker program.  For me, this dev