Mary-Elizabeth Merrill's journey from battling severe dyslexia to building a successful catering business, and raising seven children out of which four are neurodivergent, to founding Einstein Advocates & returning to higher education as a mother to equip herself with the right tools to understand how children learn and grow. Her life trajectory is a perfect example of passion, purpose & progress.

With a dedication to fostering community engagement and advancing equity in education, Nick Terrones brings a unique blend of passion and purpose to his role as Rainier Valley Early Learning Campus’ new Director of Community Relations.

Child Care Aware and Cultivate Learning and their respective teams of coaches, researchers and data collectors had ideas on rethinking the program. They also saw an opportunity to review and rework what might be duplicative across teams.

What if instead of maximizing claims and capital as the goal, we imagined other possibilities? Having enough is important, and my enough is tied to the community around me. Three undergraduate programs were designed to offer alternatives to a claiming approach to knowledge.