"With more than 25 years of experience in the field of early childhood education, Cinda's vision is to ensure that the early learning community has the resources that they need to provide and sustain quality services for children, families, and communities. Cinda has repeatedly shown her dedication to the early learning communities' needs and strengths, helping them focus on increasing the capacity in the county for early learning programming. She has been instrumental in expanding Orange County's child care providers' knowledge on fiscal leveraging opportunities, develop protocols and training focused on aligning existing resources to current needs and identifying resource gaps for child development educators, leaders, and staff. She is the true back bone of the child development field in Orange County with a heart of gold."

Mrs. Raissa Lee is a dedicated educator that provides a safe, enriched learning environment for young children and their families attending her Mandarin Immersion and STEM home-based child care program. She firmly believes that families play an integral role in a child's life and success. Many of the families are first generation and unfamiliar with the U.S. education system. They rely on her to not only provide an education for their child but also look to her for support in navigating the education system."

"Willie goes above and beyond to bring the best experience to her students in-person or virtuality. When the school closures occurred she made sure her students still experience the Wille effect. She creates you tube videos to bring her lessons to life. During her zoom lesson she is always dancing, singing and making experiences for her students. Willie makes sure every student feels loved, welcomed and most importantly that they have fun."

"This team maintained a positive, convivial, gracious, can-do attitude and provided an exemplary learning experience for our children and families during an increasingly challenging year. They provided a sense of security for the children in an insecure world. They provided a source of comfort and continuity for parents as they themselves faced challenges in their own personal and professional worlds."