Essential Voices with Wilmer Valderrama

We’re All Superheroes When We Wear Masks

Carolina Reyes always wanted to work with children and started the Arco Iris Bilingual Children’s Center so they could get the best possible early education in both English and Spanish. When the pandemic hit, it was harder to keep the center open, but Carolina didn’t waiver and pushed forward to ensure her students could continue learning and her teachers could continue teaching. Now open again, Arco Iris is a safe haven for the youngest of our community to learn how to thrive. Roundtable guests: Model, divemaster, and mother Amanda Pacheco and Dr. Lynette Fraga, CEO of Child Care Aware of America.Learn more about Arco Iris Bilingual Children’s Center: <a href="https://arcoirisbcc.com/about-us/">https://arcoirisbcc.com/about-us/</a>Learn more about Child Care Aware of America: <a href="https://www.childcareaware.org">https://www.childcareaware.org</a>Episode Transcript: <a href="https://app.trint.com/editor/G3zWZskuSp-Xkfx-JGYtJA">https://app.trint.com/editor/G3zWZskuSp-Xkfx-JGYtJA</a> Learn more about your ad-choices at <a href="https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.com">https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.com</a>See <a href="https://omnystudio.com/listener">omnystudio.com/listener</a> for privacy information.

The Covid-19 pandemic introduced the term “Essential Workers” for a class of people who existed before and will persist long after the virus is gone. Vital to society, but rarely heard from, this “essential” class is often hit hardest by the imbalances and injustices of our culture. In each episode, host Wilmer Valderrama will have intimate conversations with people on the frontlines of the food system, transportation, child-care and other workers who are so often overlooked. That conversation leads to a round-table discussion with activists and politically-active celebrities, discussing themes, issues and areas of needed change. The show seeks to reveal the invisible connections between all of us.