Juliet Terry

Juliet Terry serves as a Legislative Advocate at the Child Care Resource Center, a nonprofit based in Southern California, where she has worked for the past four years advocating on child care issues from her office in Sacramento, California. With over 10 years in the nonprofit space, her career has centered on family issues around poverty and homelessness, youth support, education, case management through the YMCA, and housing stabilization, leading her to pursue systems-level change in safety net services, housing, healthcare, and education. She earned her bachelor's degree in child-adolescent development from San Francisco State, where she received the Marjorie Seashore Award for Academic Service and Achievement, and later completed a master's in public policy and administration at Sacramento State University while attaining the Ann Rudin Scholarship from the Sacramento County League of Women Voters. In her role, Terry connects with local and state legislators on child care, early education, and family support policies, has helped author and pass around six pieces of legislation including AB 1123 to add early childhood educator voice to the California Commission on Teacher Credentialing, and engages with coalitions such as the ECE Coalition and End Child Poverty Coalition. She attributes her success to support from family and a persistent attitude of bringing her own chair to the table, measuring achievement by impacts on others' lives rather than awards, and values respect, love, caring, and community-minded movement building in her work.