The School of Education and Human Development is pleased to inform the UA&P community that Dr. Lexie Estacio, head of the Child Development and Education (CDE) Center of UA&P, has been selected as a participant in the 2024-2025 cohort of the Global Leaders for Young Children Program, a project of the World Forum Foundation.

The Global Leaders for Young Children Program aims to improve life chances for young children by developing early childhood leaders who can become effective change agents and advocates for quality early childhood development in their home countries and regions.

Dr. Estacio will join an elite group of early childhood leaders and practitioners from around the world to engage in a process of learning, networking, and advocacy. The program will begin in March 2024, with the first face-to-face meeting at the World Forum in Vancouver, Canada in April 2024. The program concludes in October 2025.