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Dee Dee Lawson
Birthday:
June 24th
Hometown:
Perrine & Richmond Heights
Places Worked:
AGAPE Women’s Center
Kids at Play
Special Interest/Hobbies:
Singing Drawing Dancing Cooking Reading and Writing
Favorite Food:
Chicken Collard GreensWild Rice Cabbage Sausage Sour Cream Cheese Cake
Favorite Movie:
The Color Purple
Favorite Book and/or Children’s Book:
Rainbow Fish, Brown Bear Brown Bear, What do You See?
Favorite Saying or Philosophy:
Phenomenal Woman ( Maya Angelo)
What I enjoy most about working with children:
“The smiles and hugs after a job well done!”
Special Achievements/Certificates:
Various training courses given by the Department of Children & Families
Child Development Associate
Future goals:
“To hopefully own a center for abused and/or neglected children”
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Marion Leonard
Birthday:
March 19th
Hometown:
Miami, FL
Places Worked:
Hamel School for Children
Good Shepherd
Notre Dame
Special Interests/Hobbies:
Reading
Listening to music
Walking / Swimming
Favorite Food:
Vegetables / Cheese Cake
Favorite Color:
Blue
Favorite Candy:
Milky Way/ Peppermints
Favorite Movie:
“Out of Africa”
Favorite Book and/or Children’s Book:
The Bible, “The Giving Tree”
Favorite Saying or Philosophy:
*Children are a gift from God.
*Train up a child in the way he should go;
and when he is old, he will not depart from it”
What I enjoy most about working
with children:
“The endless possibilities of watching them
grow, develop and learn”.
Special Achievements/Certificates:
* AA/AS Degree Early Childhood
* National CDA
* ECHOS=Early Childhood Hands
On Science
* Various Awards
Future Goals:
Continue to work in early childhood education
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Carla Owens
Birthday:
June 7th
Hometown:
Miami, Florida
Places Worked:
Children’s Learning Center
Of Richmond Heights
Special Interests/Hobbies:
Sewing/ Home Decorating
Favorite Food:
All kinds of baked fish
Favorite Color:
Purple
Favorite Candy:
M & M’s
Favorite Movie:
“Disney’s Toy Story”
Favorite Book and/or Children’s Book:
“Little Bear”
Favorite Saying or Philosophy:
“Treat others as you want to be treated.”
What I enjoy most about working
with children:
“To have the pleasure of seeing them learn.”
Special Achievements/Certificates:
Being mother of two
Various training courses given by the Department of Children and Families
Future Goals:
“Continue in Early Childhood Education.”
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Yolanda Davis, Center Director
Birthday:
March 3rd
Hometown:
Miami, Florida
Places Worked:
JoAnne Lee Academy
Small People (Valdosta, GA)
Special Interests/Hobbies:
Writing poems and Short Readings
Making Flower Baskets and
Bouquets
Favorite Food:
Oxtail over Yellow Rice
Favorite Color:
Light Lime Green and Light Peach
Favorite Movie:
“The Purple Color” and “Soul Food”
Favorite Book and/or Children’s Book:
“Little Bear”
Favorite Saying or Philosophy:
“We will pray about it and leave it in God’s
hands.”
What I enjoy most about working
with children:
“The joy in their eyes when you tell them ‘you did it’!
Special Achievements/Certificates:
Various training courses given by the Department of Children and Families
Achieving a Child Development Associate
Teacher Appreciation Award
Employee of the Year Award
Future Goals:
“Achieve a Bachelor’s Degree in Elementary
Education.”
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Ortancis Hurley
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Claudia Floyd