Contact: MRodriguez@ebsoc.org

Maria Rodriguez

Site Coordinator, 1222 Bennington Preschool

Maria was born in Puerto Rico and came to Mass at the age of 7. Her first experience working with children was when she moved to Florida in 1989, where she worked at a center-based daycare with preschoolers. She moved back to Chelsea in November 1992 and feels very fortunate to have found a job at Orient Heights Young Explorers in December 1992. After a year, she was transferred to Central Ave Children’s Center where she worked with infants/toddlers. She was the lead teacher in that program until she was offered a Site-Coordinator position back at OH YES!, which she has now overseen since 1995! She attended night school and finished her Associates while caring for her two young boys. What inspires her to work with children is the love they give her every day. There is always so much more to learn and she loves educating the children. Her free time is spent with family and she enjoys participating for work events.