Lucy Recio

catch me fostering & building power within directly impacted communities, while leading justice centered movements | Bronx raised, 🇩🇴 made | views: my own

[Daniel Hains @HainsDaniel]

When you ask a room of early educators if any providers in their community have recently closed this isn’t what you want to see. We need more funding for child care NOW.

@LeaderMcConnell @SenSchumer @RepJeffries @SpeakerJohnson

[Lucy Recio @lucyrecio]

@OhioAEYC_ECE 👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽

[Lucy Recio @lucyrecio]

@Delta, one of my favorite things about traveling w/ you is the wonderful customer service that I have come to know & trust f/m Delta agents, but tonight I experienced a completely different experience & it was beyond disappointing & frustrating. Can you help me address this?

[Lauren Hogan @llhogan7]

Can’t wait to join great colleagues and bring the stories of early childhood educators to the Senate! 🙌#solvechildcare

[Lucy Recio @lucyrecio]

And what a dynamic advocate you are, Carolina—¡me enorgulleces! 💜

[Carolina Reyes @CarolinaRAIBCC]

One of the most satisfying endeavors in my life has been becoming an advocate for #ECE - and by that I mean education starting as early as birth. By bringing this to the table, I can speak about the importante role #childcare play in our communities.@GovWesMoore @jaredssolomon

[NAEYC @NAEYC]

Fueled by your collective advocacy, today @POTUS signed a set of executive orders directing federal agencies to improve compensation for early educators & make #childcare more affordable & accessible for families: https://t.co/R36hIWzJIa 1/4

[Dan Wuori @DanWuori]

Fantastic afternoon in Shepherdstown, WV as we discuss the needs of the state’s child care workforce with @NAEYC’s @lucyrecio, @ChildCareAware’s @anne_hedgepeth and @mrsfrizzlemagic at @Hunt_Institute’s WV Legislators’ Retreat. #WVLR23

[The Hunt Institute @Hunt_Institute]

The growing #EarlyChildhood compensation crisis is threatening access to, and the stability of, the child care market. Here to discuss this challenge, and how to address the issue, is Tiffany Gale and @anne_hedgepeth, moderated by @lucyrecio after opening remarks from @mikeoliverio4wv. #WVLR23

[Lauren Hogan @llhogan7]

Boom! Stack of signed letters from educators ready to go to #Congress, urging them to prioritize and pass funding for #childcare. Thank you to ALL the educators raising their voices for children, families, and each other! #naeycAC

[NAEYC @NAEYC]

While the outcome of the federal elections are critical for ECE, state elections are also important for children and families. Learn more about what's at stake at the state level here and make a plan to vote this Election Day! https://t.co/qdDghocZ8U

[NAEYC @NAEYC]

This Election Day let's stand together as one unified, powerful voice to deliver on the promise of high-quality early learning for all children. Learn more about what's at stake in your community and make a pledge to vote here: https://t.co/5b6MXSJDiS

[Lucy Recio @lucyrecio]

Just dropping by to share the newest woman–owned, small business gem to come into my life: @candlesbyPFCo! These candles are a work of art 😍

[Lucy Recio @lucyrecio]

@KatieAlbitz These photos 😍😍 glad you had to experience this time and moments 💜

[Elliot Haspel @ehaspel]

Another way of thinking about this: those 75,000 missing child care educators represent (depending which child:adult ratio you apply) between 500,000 and 1,000,000 children & parents who would otherwise have care, plus immense strain on countless short-staffed programs.

[Common Dreams @commondreams]

"It is a complete shame that the Senate's Inflation Reduction Act does not include inflation-fighting funding for child care." #SolveChildCare @NAEYC @MomsRising https://t.co/aZoCnMEMV1

[Dan Wuori @DanWuori]

Business leaders are sounding the alarm that a lack of #childcare solutions for American employees is a key business challenge that’s threatening the workforce and limiting U.S. businesses’ bottom line performance. #solvechildcare https://t.co/FCIHZskf67

[Rakeen Mabud @rakeen_mabud]

Impossible to capture this fab piece in 1 quote: "Stop talking abt inflation & start talking abt the cost of living. The 3 costs that matter most to working people are housing, energy & child care...Promise bold initiatives. Guarantee things." @zachdcarter https://t.co/BaadgyJZTv

[First Five Years Fund @firstfiveyears]

"I would have been paying to work because I didn't make as much as my child care cost."

Parents who want or need to work can't afford the #childcare that makes work possible. Congress must act now to solve this crisis. #SolveChildCare

[National Women's Law Center @nwlc]

"Contrary to foolish talk otherwise", child care has, is, and will remain the backbone of our economy. These investments are important but if we're truly being honest about this country's economic reality, then child care would be a cornerstone of reconciliation.

[Lucy Recio @lucyrecio]

Research from @NAEYC, @firstfiveyears, @ChildCareAware, @ZEROTOTHREE, @MomsRising, @CAPEarlyEd & others has illustrated this reality over and over again.

🗣: @SenSchumer, America needs Congress to #SolveChildCare and pass a reconciliation package that includes child care!

[Sydelle Barreto @sydelleleanne]

Parents are struggling to find affordable and accessible child care