Veronica C.

“ The last time I provided any child care was about 10 years ago when I graduated from high school and moved to Austin to attend UT. From 1996 to 2000, I worked full time over the summer baby-sitting. One summer, I had the privilege to work for my high school which had created a daycare summer program for those children whose parents both worked. This was very fun. I had the chance to tutor, play fun games and...

The last time I provided any child care was about 10 years ago when I graduated from high school and moved to Austin to attend UT. From 1996 to 2000, I worked full time over the summer baby-sitting. One summer, I had the privilege to work for my high school which had created a daycare summer program for those children whose parents both worked. This was very fun. I had the chance to tutor, play fun games and make lunch everyday for all the children. It felt more like summer camp but it wasn't.

In the last 10 years, I have held job positions like being a supervisor at Starbucks and after that an administrative assistant for an accounting firm. I took sometime off and have not worked in the last two years but want to go back to work, but I had to think long and hard about what I wanted to do. I want to do something that I care about. I want to do something in child care because I get to help a family and get to do something meaningful to me. I do not want it to feel like a job.

When I worked at the school that summer and baby-sat over the summers, it did not feel like a job. I also like that I get to pass things along that I know and have learned, for example, I love music. I can play piano, guitar and would be able to introduce this to children. I love reading and would love to read to children because this would get them interested in reading, which is so important. Again, I just want to do something that means something to me.

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