Toni Porter is an Early Care and Education Consultant who focuses on policy research and evaluation with a particular focus on home-based child care (family child care and family friend and neighbor care), family-provider relationships, and early care and education improvement efforts.
Chelsea Sprayregen is the Co-founder & CEO of Pie for Providers, a nonprofit technology organization with a mission to unlock billions of dollars across fragmented government funding streams for child care providers and families. You can reach her at chelsea@pieforproviders.com
Mary Beth Salomone Testa is a policy consultant working with and for home-based child care providers, partners and allies to help decision-makers see the real people behind the policy change we seek.
Joyceline Felix is the Community Partnerships and Learning Manager at Home Grown. She supports and advises on embedding FFN voice in Home Grown’s policy framework. Joyceline graduated Universidad Autónoma de Guadalajara with a Bachelor of Science in Human Nutrition and has worked in the early learning sector for over 13 years in various roles. Her
Daynne Glover is the Project Manager at Home Grown and responsible for coordinating, convening, and mobilizing support to Home Grown’s replication sites participating in the Thriving Providers Project (TPP). Prior to this role, Daynne worked at Advocates for Children of New Jersey (ACNJ) as a Policy andOutreach Associate providing project management for New Jersey’s Pritzker
Chris is the owner of Mountain View Child Care in North Troy, VT. She has been a provider for 26 years as the owner and educator of a 5-star home-based program. She also serves as a Community & Program Support Specialist for Let’s Grow Kids and works for the state-funded Northern Lights professional development and
Faviola Martínez de Estrada is the co-founder of La Red Latina de Educación Temprana and a family, friend and neighbor caregiver. Originally from Puebla, Mexico by way of Veracruz, Mexico, Faviola advocates for access and support for FFN caregivers in her current state of Minnesota.
Jenn has serves as the Community Outreach Manager at Home Grown. She has over ten years of professional experience, including project management, community outreach, facilitation of workshops and communities of practice, small business management and accounting.
Anne Vilen writes about child care, education and mental health from her home in Asheville, North Carolina. Find her on X: @Anne_Vilen
Alexandra R. Patterson is the Director of Policy and Strategy at Home Grown. Her work focuses on policy solutions that equitably distribute resources to home based child care providers and strengths based frameworks for understanding quality in home based child care settings. Her passion for early childhood is driven by a centering belief in access
