When I was a young boy in Bangladesh, I had a dream to come to the United States. In June 1997, it was fulfilled. I arrived in New York at 21 years old, and it was very good. I enjoyed the different culture and enrolled at LaGuardia Community College. But I could not continue to study there because I had the burdens on my shoulder of supporting my family in Bangladesh. I stopped going to school and started to work full time. I now have three children. My daughter is a young a

Durante mi embarazo, una amiga me habló del programa Early Head Start del Child Center of NY y me invitó a participar. No sabía que aceptaban mujeres embarazadas, así que no me matriculé en ese momento. Después de que nació mi hija Jennifer, otra amiga habló positivamente del programa y me animó a informarme sobre él. Cuando Jennifer tenía unos tres meses, visité The Child Center of NY en Corona para aprender más. Decidí matricularme porque soy madre primeriza y sentía que n