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For the past eight years, she has also been a Mental Health Consultant for the Newark Preschool Council, Inc. and Friendly Fula Head Start Program.
He possesses a Bachelor of Arts degree in Family and Child Studies/Early Childhood Education from Montclair State College.
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Gonsalves-Domond, S.V., Myers, J. African American fathers in head start: The case for gender role amplification. Journal of African American Men 4, 39–50 (1999). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12111-999-1019-9
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