I am a wife and Mother. Married 34 years. Lived in Lakewood for 28 years. I have three grown children. I have four grandsons and a new granddaughter. Children have been the center of my life for about 40 years. My first job as a teen was babysitting two children during the summer while their mother worked. I did that job for three summers and loved every minute of it. After high school I worked in an accounting office for 6 years until my first son was born and chose to stay home with him. I started doing childcare the October after my youngest child started school. One child led to another and my business was born.

Education: 

Informal Education: 

• Self taught parent
• 20 years experience with child care
• Have read many parenting books over the years
• I have attended many conferences.
• Traveled to San Diego to see Bev Boss at a conference.
• Attended Family Childcare State Conferences in (San Jose) 1993/Oct 2003, Sacramento 2002.
• On planning Committee of the local conference for 8 years. 

Formal Education:

Classes (Long Beach City College) (Child development early childhood education) 5.5 units. Classes were: Music for Children, Best Arts Music and five conferences worth 1/2 unit each.

• (Classes) UC Davis: Making the connection with infants and toddlers, Building blocks of learning, Giving children a health start, Managing difficult behavior, and Keys to serving children with special needs 
  
• Second Helpings ( A Four-Part Enrichment Course for Experience Family Child Care Professionals created by Windflower) The topics were: The Provider, The Business, The Family, & The Children.
  
• Heads Up! Reading/ Completed 37.5 hours of training.
  
• PITC (Program for Infant/Toddler Caregivers) 55 hours of training.