In this episode of A Seat at the Table: Conversations on Leadership, Equity and Innovation, Dr. Lynette Fraga talks with Jerletha McDonald, a family child care business consultant specializing in the area of family child care. Jerletha is also the senior manager of membership and volunteer affairs at the National Association for Family Child Care, and founder and CEO of ADFW Family Child Care Network. 

Jerletha shares her own journey into the field of child care, and she views her work as an entrepreneur. She shares about her role in empowering other women in the field through business best practices and owning what Jerletha calls their “leadership assignment”. Together, Dr. Fraga and Jerletha discuss the impact of mentors on their professional careers, and share ideas for how to support other women, so that everyone has a seat at the table.

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Music for A Seat at the Table is Retro Groovy by EightBallAudio. 

SHOW NOTES: 

Listen to the Jerletha McDonald Show on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCOJZ0gUjnrLjdL_ZtHPPgGg/featured

Listen to Jerletha’s StoryCorps conversation with mentor Valora Washington: https://info.childcareaware.org/blog/providers-families-share-their-experiences-during-the-pandemic