\nAnswer<\/strong>: Hi! My name is Isabella Valencia. I\u00a0am a\u00a016-year-old sophomore at Tombstone High School, in the famous Tombstone, Arizona.\u00a0\u00a0I enjoy cheerleading and dancing and reading books. In my spare time, I love to bake; brownies are my absolute favorite and my specialty if I do say so myself! My time as\u00a0Miss City of Tucson Outstanding Teen has been nothing short of amazing. I\u2019ve been able to help with the local community events in Tucson, and help spread awareness of the importance of early childhood education. I have participated in\u00a0events with First Things First as well as United Way.<\/p>\n
Q: Why did you choose early education as your platform? Q: What type of work are you doing to let people know about the importance of early childhood development? Q: How do you suggest other people in your community\u00a0get involved? Q: What do you see in your future after high school?\u00a0<\/strong> At 16, Isabella Valencia has become a strong advocate for spreading the word of the importance of early childhood education.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":13,"featured_media":29273,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[106,107,170],"class_list":["post-29272","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-champion","tag-early-childhood","tag-pima-south","regions-pima-south"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n
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A: <\/strong>\u00a0There are so many reasons: resources, education, giving families what they need and empowering families to raise strong children! Also, providing quality child care to families is important. Early childhood education deserves more awareness. It is important to support our youngest Arizonans and their path to success. Parents are a child\u2019s first teachers so let\u2019s give them the tools to do their job.<\/p>\n
\nA:<\/strong> Our world right now is very different and I am sure families are uncertain about where things are going. Right now, I am working on spreading the resources and ideas to families to let them know they got this. They can do this. Providing at-home activities that they can continue to do during this. I know some child care centers are doing online tutorials to help families with ideas. I want to ensure everyone knows where they can ask for help!\u00a0\u00a0Educating the public by posting facts about early childhood development on my\u00a0social media, Facebook, Instagram and Twitter so everyone can read about the importance.<\/p>\n
\nA:<\/strong> I suggest people in my local community get involved by educating themselves on what early childhood education actually is. It is resources, dental education, tools for parents, quality child care, quality workers to be there for families to help them be the strongest them can be. Call your local First Things First office and ask if they need and donations or need support in any way.<\/p>\n
\nA:<\/strong> My\u00a0future plan is\u00a0to go to college and become a nurse to pursue my dream job, a NICU nurse.\u00a0\u00a0I love the thought of helping support\u00a0precious newborns who need help.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"