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Parent Voice: Ronald

A father shares his experience at his son’s Early Head Start graduation.

My son Ronald has been enrolled in Early Head Start with Ms. Evelyn as his teacher since he was three months old. Now he is three, and it’s been a great experience. Ms. Evelyn has been great. My fiancé and I have been able to watch him grow and hit many milestones, from him eating his first solid foods to him crawling – backwards first! – to him walking. Now he’s running, singing his alphabet, singing nursery rhymes. He knows his colors and shapes. It’s been a great experience and I want to thank LAEP’s Early Head Start program and teachers.


LAEP’s Early Head Start program supports parents of infants and toddlers in Inglewood, Hawthorne, and South LA, empowering parents to be their child’s educational advocate.  

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Eric Barela, Ph.D.

Senior Consultant, Raya Cooper Impact Consulting

Dr. Eric Barela has worked as a measurement & evaluation professional for over 2 decades, helping organizations to better understand and act on their social impact. He’s currently a Senior Consultant with Raya Cooper Impact Consulting and previously worked at Salesforce, where he led efforts to measure the social impact of the company’s work with nonprofits and educational institutions across the globe. He began his career working with the Los Angeles Unified School District and with the nonprofit, Partners in School Innovation. Eric previously served on the Board of the American Evaluation Association and currently serves on the Editorial Advisory Board of the American Journal of Evaluation.

Eric grew up in East LA and was educated in the Montebello Unified School District. He holds a Ph.D. in education from UCLA. He loves a good road trip, with his husband serving as trusty navigator.