Jessica Cabral

Dedicated Early Childhood Education professional with over 15 years of experience in family services, parent engagements and case management. Skilled in coordinating early intervention programs and collaborating with multidisciplinary teams to support children with developmental needs and their families. Committed to empowering families through advocacy, education, and resource navigation.

• Family Literacy Project

     -Co-presented a five week series workshop emphasizing the value in reading in both English and Spanish to young children

     -Led bilingual literacy workshop for families, fostering parent-child relationships and supporting language development

     -Fostered an environment where parents shared their cultures, traditions and values

     -Demonstrated activities to families they can work on at home to support building vocabulary through songs, puppetry, flannel boards, etc. 

• Parenting Partners

     -Conducted a six week series workshop through strength-based training showing how parents can become leaders at home and the community 

     -Parents learned family literacy activities and how to create a strong home learning environment

• Active Reading with Young Children: A Parent Education Workshop

     -Lead a parent education workshop regarding active reading to preschool families

     -Trained parents in strategies to support literacy and communication through daily routines

     -Demonstrated different strategies of reading to young children and how to make it fun and interactive