In a few short years. Rosie has become one of San Francisco's leading organizers. She has coalesced the most unappreciated, undercompensated and fragmented workforce in the city. The Association has become a force to be reckoned with. Caring for children requires more responsiblity and skills than any other work.
Children suffer when their caregivers are forced out of business.
Rosie is tireless-often in her office until late. She says, 'I am doing what I feel comped to do. If there were a word for the opposite of bureaucrat, Michele would be it. As a result of Michele's ingenuity, San Francisco is putting more welfare reform money into childcare than any other county in the state. Not only that, we are using the dollars more creatively-for sick care, family day care networks, emergency care, mental health, and special needs.