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Follow @reggiebicha Ascend Fellow and Colorado Department of Human Services Executive Director Reggie Bicha, center, speaking at the Aspen Thin...
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Leslie Campbell is second from right, above, at the Aspen ThinkXChange In 1998, Leslie Campbell went to prison for two years after an abusive relat...
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Follow @YasminaNHSA Caption: Young alumni from GLEAMNS Human Resources Commission, Inc.’s Head Start program in South Carolina sta...
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Follow @heynisha Photo courtesy of sarasotagov.com I’m writing this as I fly back to Washington, DC, from Sarasota, Florida – where...
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National data have consistently shown a relationship between maternal education level and how well children are prepared for success as they enter kin...
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Sowmya Ramanathan is a 2011 graduate of the University of California, Berkeley and served as an intern at Ascend in the fall of 2012. As Ascend loo...