It was just another day at work, but Saray Mendoza was in tears.
Just three months into her new job as the United Way of Weld County’s child care provider recruitment specialist, she was sitting at Cranford’s Tea Tavern in Greeley across from a pregnant teenager who escaped a long history of abuse.
The teen just opened up about her troubled past, and Mendoza believed the trajectory of the teen’s life was about to change. The thought made her cry.
They met just a few weeks earlier at Brain Camp, an event hosted by the nonprofit Seva Community to educate parents about ways they can encourage strong early development in their children.
The event was one of Mendoza’s first assignments — attend it and seek out people who look like they’re caring for children. It could be a grandparent with small children at their heels. It could be an expectant mother.
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