Julie Ryan's Page

Zip Code

01220

Company or Organization Name

Julie's Home Daycare

Favorite children's book

The Kissing Hand

How did you become passionate about early learning?

Worked in a Childcare Facility and saw the importance of early learning.

Tell us more about your interests and background

I have been providing Childcare in my home since 1989. As a very young single mother of one child, I purchased my own home and started my business when my daughter was 4 years old so that I could stay home with her the year before she went off to school. She is now 26 and works at a school for Autistic children. She is finishing her master in the field of special needs.

Living in the North East I am able to enjoy many outdoor activities throughout the year. I enjoy being a part of my community and helping other. I love animals, people and learning and trying new things.

In 2008 I was very fortunate to have had the opportunity to travel by bicycle from Virginia to Oregon. I was able to learn and see first hand how people live in small town America and was helped on many occasions by people who didn't know me but saw I was in need. It truly renewed my faith that there is good in the world around us and in people all across the United States. I was able to write a journal and share that with my family and friends back home while I was traveling. I continue on a daily basis to try to pay-it-forward by doing something nice for someone or by just passing along a smile to a stranger walking by.