About The Network...
Over the last six decades, 37 million children have been served by Head Start. Their stories and testimony are living proof points of Head Start’s impact. Head Start alumni hail from communities across the country. We serve and work in every sector worldwide—from boardrooms to classrooms, from cockpits to courtrooms. Innovators and communicators, advocates and thinkers, health care heroes and teachers—alumni are connected by a shared love for the first learning experience that told us we belonged.
In Their Words...
The Head Start Alumni Network sustains Head Start’s legacy for children and families through national advocacy, local support, and meaningful professional connections. The Network demonstrates Head Start’s proven model of success as well as its far-reaching and long-lasting impact.
Alumni Resilience Series: Churmell Mitchell
Churmell Mitchell navigated childhood trauma and homelessness to become a national speaker on fatherhood and leadership.
Alumni Resilience Series: Kaela Davison
Head Start and Early Head Start gave Kaela Davison and her family the extra supports she they needed in times of crisis.
Alumni Resilience Series: Dr. Shana Lachowicz
Head Start’s high quality education initiated the first leg of Dr. Shana Lachowicz’s education journey to self-sufficiency.
Alumni Spotlight: Duchesne Drew
Head Start alumnus Duchesne Drew, president of Minnesota Public Radio, says his professional journeys started with Head Start.