Marina Rodriguez

Marina Rodriguez was born in Puerto Rico. The youngest of four, she was raised by a single mother who paused a lot of aspects of her life to raise her children. At the age of twelve, Marina arrived in New Haven CT with her mom and has spent most of her adult life in New Haven. Marina was raised in a family of strong women who all cared for each other and each other’s children. Growing up in a systematically marginalized community, caring for each other’s children was at the center of moving out of poverty. Marina has worked directly with families, children, and family child care educators for 25 years. Entering the Early Childhood workforce as a young parent in Head Start. Marina is a true organizer of women and children, she works purposefully to support women who work with children to provide rich, responsive, culturally, child-centered, developmentally appropriate practices and environments for children. Currently, Marina is the Education Mentor Coach in the Technical Assistance team at All Our Kin. Supporting new and experienced staff engage in the work with Family Child Care from a deeply relational and reflective space.