#GetaHeadStart: David Medina

(En inglés)

#GetaHeadStart: David Medina

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David Medina: I was once asked if I had a billion dollars, how would I invest that money? And my response was "I would put it all into Head Start."

I'm a Head Start success story. I grew up in a close knit Mexican-American family on the Southeast side of Chicago. Both my parents though from day one stressed the importance of learning and of education.

I remember my mother taking me to school, to Head Start. It taught me how to speak and read English. It also gave me the courage and the confidence to enter the public school system.

If you ask my mother today what put me on the right path for a good career, a good life, she would say Head Start. And I would say Head Start.

I personally believe that Head Start has allowed me to do the things I've been able to do – go to graduate school, work here in Washington, D.C. for two U.S. senators, for the First Lady of the United States. It set the stage for the rest of my life, and I'll never forget that.

Narrator: For information about Head Start programs in your area, please visit acf.hhs.gov/HeadStart. #GetaHeadStart. Produced in 2016 by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.