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One Small Step conversation partners Reese Williams (49) and Miesha Vargas (37) have a conversation about the issue of social disconnect and religion/ spirituality.

Jennie Dalgas (38) and her colleague Jennifer Mickelson (28) discuss their experiences running and working in early childhood education programs. They discuss the circumstances, brought on by the COVID-19 pandemic, that led Jennie to close her program, and Jennifer to...

Brittany Marks (26) talks with her friend Pamela Maxey (37) about her experiences navigating childcare for her son, both in her years as a young student, and more recently during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Megan Shaffer (33) talks with her son's behaviorist, Molly Marshall (43), about her experiences seeking high quality childcare for her son who is on the autism spectrum, and what it’s been like to find a program that works for him.

Kate Aronoff (38) and her mother, Fay Ellis (69), discuss the challenges of finding childcare for Kate's young children, and the ways they have navigated them, both prior to, and during the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.

Friends and coworkers Bailey Naber (22) and Rixa Evershed (50) share memories of working at Nature Nurtures Farm, a childcare program in Washington. They discuss the impact COVID-19 has had on their work and what it meant to them to...

Ashley Clark (34) and her One Small Step partner Jordan Lindsey (36) discuss their experiences and beliefs surrounding racism, religion, abortion, and politics.

Coworkers Luz Horta [no age given] and Aida Aguirre [no age given] discuss their work at the Better Beginnings child care center in New Jersey, and what they like about being a bilingual center, and how they have been impacted...

Nicole Piper (47) and Jennifer Crouch (43) discuss their roles as directors of child care programs, share how their industry and community has been impacted by COVID-19, and reflect on why they chose early childhood education as their careers.

Friends and colleagues Jennifer Rackliff (38) and Priscilla Acosta (33) discuss how their lives have been impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic, and also talk about how tribal communities and the Cherokee Nation in particular have managed child care during the...

One Small Step Partners, Kendra Devejian (46) and Elliot Balch (42), discuss their current positions as they relate to the community of downtown Fresno, their families, and where community hardship intersects with business.

This was an interview with my aunt, Melissa Hummel. Less of an actual aunt, and more of a second mom, Melissa sat down and discussed her childhood with a large, close extended family. She discussed her love of children, how...

One Small Step partners Kim White [no age given] and Amy Donahue [no age given] discuss their work, their values, and local politics.