Cathy Turalinski has a B.A. in early childhood education, with 40 years' experience in both academia and front-line work experience in a variety of early-learning environments. She is a proud mother of two amazing humans. She was an educator in licensed childcare and a home daycare provider, an ECE & ECA college instructor, supervisor, manager and interim executive director for a military family resource center. She is a family support consultant and founder and president of Childcare Solutions Inc. It is through this platform that, as an early-childhood specialist and consultant, she has created and facilitated hundreds of professional development workshops for educators and parents on numerous topics related to children from 0-12 yrs. She has been published twice in EDCLAN Journal, a global magazine for educators.