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Know Your Rights

Navigating life for families with young children can be both exciting and challenging. Children who live in households with people of mixed immigration status may face additional fears and challenges in everyday life that can cause stress for children. At AP-OD, also known as Abriendo Puertas/Opening Doors, we believe in the power of knowledge and community for families to overcome …

Latina Entrepreneurs Drive the Future of America’s Child Care

Silvia Vasquez (right) surveys children playing happily at her original daycare location, Caterpillar Playhouse, opened in 2017 to serve low-income families in Albuquerque, New Mexico’s International District. National Latino Family Report 2024When Silvia Vasquez, a mother of five, started to see her children leave the nest, she found herself at a crossroads. “What am I going to do now?” she …

Cyntia Flores with her son Karim.

More Affordable Child Care Will Uplift Latino Families

Cyntia Flores, a new mother and immigrant from El Salvador, has struggled to find quality, affordable child care in Riverside, California, but has finally found a center that she and her children love. (Left) Cyntia and her newborn son Karim. (Right) Cyntia’s two children: Camila, four years old, and Karim, eight months old. National Latino Family Report 2024Cyntia Flores doesn’t …