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Maéva G. Renaud is an educator, artist, and advocate for high-quality education in meaningful, trauma-informed learning environments. Maéva leads Kidango’s advocacy and policy efforts to design and move forward policy solutions that uplift the voices and perspectives of families and child care professionals. Her passion for advocating for children and families stems from her experiences as an orphan, an immigrant from Haiti, and an English language learner. As Kidango’s Community Organizer, Maéva equipped parents and teachers to use their voices to influence and improve child care and preschool policy. Maéva was also a key organizer in Kidango’s Race and Social Justice Task Force and Anti-Racist Collaborative. She relocated to the Bay Area from Sacramento after completing the Leadership for Educational Equity Public Policy Fellowship, where she advocated for high-quality, equitable K-12 education policies. Prior to that, she taught special education in self-contained classrooms in Florida and New York City. While earning her Bachelor’s degree in Multimedia Communications at Florida Atlantic University, Maeva served as a teaching artist and advocate in various ECE settings throughout South Florida and abroad to promote the integration of the arts into curricula and raise awareness of the effects of poverty on children’s lives. She also earned an M.S. Ed. in Special Education from Brooklyn College and an M.A. in Urban Studies with a concentration in Community Arts Development from Eastern University, and brings over 15 years of teaching, nonprofit management, community engagement, and advocacy experience.