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Before I became a reporter, I was a special education teacher in Charlotte, North Carolina. During summers, I traveled to Mississippi to train new teachers and saw firsthand how early learning can shape - or limit - a child's future. Those experiences are the foundation of my dedication to this work.

For the past ten years, I've covered early childhood education at The Hechinger Report, examining preschool access and child care, visiting rural classrooms and speaking with teachers about their training.

**My goal has always been to bring you closer to the realities inside early learning programs, schools and communities**, especially those that don't often make national headlines.

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