Erin Harmeyer is an Assistant Research Professor at NIEER. Her research interests include family childcare quality; caregiver-child interactions; and the academic readiness skills of preschool-age children. She started her career teaching second and fifth grade in the Kansas City, Missouri School District, and was previously an Assistant Professor of Professional Practice in the Child and

Danithza Baker has a degree in special and elementary education from the Universidad del Sagrado Corazón (Lima, Peru) and is currently based in Asheville, NC, where she works as a licensed provider in her own childcare home. Danithza Baker se graduó en educación especial y primaria en la Universidad del Sagrado Corazón (Lima, Perú), y

Danielle Caldwell is a distinguished early childhood professional with 30 years of experience. She is also a dedicated advocate for quality early education and equity. She currently serves as the Provider-in-Residence at the National Workforce Registry Alliance, where she leverages her expertise in home-based child care to promote race-equitable workforce practices and policy.

Dawn Holden Woods is a consultant and writer with Home Grown. She specializes in providing technical assistance and capacity building support to Black and brown-led organizations and advises philanthropy on ways to advance equity in partnership with their grantees.

Keisha Nzewi is Co-Founder and Woman in Charge of Black Californians United for Early Care and Education. Tonia McMillian is a recently retired, 29-year family child care provider, and is the Woman that Shakes Things Up at Black Californians United for Early Care and Education.

Gisela Sance is a family, friend and neighbor caregiver and a member of cohort 2 of Home Grown’s Leading from Home initiative.

Catrice Sida is a family, friend and neighbor caregiver and member of cohort 2 of the Home Grown Leading from Home initiative.

Home Grown is a national collaborative of funders committed to improving the quality of and access to home-based child care with a mission to increase access to and the quality of home-based child care. 

Christina Gotfredson leads Spiral Impact a consulting firm supporting capital providers, nonprofits and entrepreneurs. For the last 15 years, Christina has worked inside nonprofits, for-profit start ups, foundations, and impact investment firms. She has worked to identify, source, manage and measure opportunities for sustainable impact in the areas of economic mobility, early childhood development, K-12