Danielle
Caldwell
family-child-care-provider
North Carolina
Danielle is a Licensed Family Child Care Provider and Consultant based in North Carolina.
“We have been nice for way too long. We have to continue to fight hard and not toe the line for what we deserve and push the government and states to invest [in child care] because they need us.”
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