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Bio

Early Childhood Equity & Social Justice Activist
Professional Development Consultant
Chair & Professor, Early Childhood Education

About Elsa
📚Educational Consultant: Young Children, Parents, Families & Guardians, EC Educators
Specialization: Birth to 5 years, Families Are 1st Teachers, Diversity, Equity & Inclusion, Anti-Bias/Anti-Racist Education
📚Post University Program Chair, Early Childhood Education, Assistant Professor, Course Developer
💃🏽Licensed Zumba Instructor (Basic, Toning, Aqua)

🎓Education
BA, Psychology, Wellesley College
MA, Child Study, Tufts University

🌟Career Highlights
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Project Director: Big League Children’s Defense Fund Summer Freedom School
Consultant/Facilitator: Parent Leadership Training Institute
ECE Research Consultant: Yale & Columbia Teachers College
Federal Program Reviewer: Early Head Start & Head Start
Head Start Center Director/Lead Teacher

🙋🏽‍♀️Professional Memberships
NAEYC/CTAEYC-National/Connecticut Associations for the Education of Young Children
NBCDI-National Black Child Development Institute
NHSA-National Head Start Association

❤️Volunteer Work
Annual Dance For Ana With Love FUNdraiser (CT): Executive Committee Member 
Icla da Silva Foundation (NY) - Be The Match Bone Marrow/Cord Blood Donor Recruitment Center
Board Member: CTAEYC; LULAC Early Head Start/Head Start CT