![]() And we would like to take the time to express how thankful we are that Head Start was available in our community during an important time in our lives. I don’t know where we would be without Head Start, they are our family. I’ve worked with Head Start staff side by side, learning and advocating on behalf of my kids. I have learned so much about the program and all its benefits. Now I’m a mother of two children and a proud Head Start parent. All these beautiful things happened because of the opportunity that Head Start programs gave us. ![]() ![]() If she didn’t understand something they were happy to help, and she never felt alone or lost. She got more involved in my education and the staff worked side by side with her. My mother learned a lot by volunteering at Head Start, then she obtained her high school diploma, and found a job in the Department of Education of Puerto Rico as a cook. And our journey started there, I was a Head Start child and it gave me a big advantage in the education I was getting, I learned the essentials that I needed to move forward in life. She did the best she could to teach me, until she heard people talking about the Head Start programs, so she decided to see if we qualified, and we did. Head Start has changed my life in many ways! My mom was a 44-year-olds single mom of an only child, me. ``My name is Loemys Rivera, and I was raised in a small town in Puerto Rico, called Arecibo.
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