Amy McGinn has been an early childhood educator and advocate for more than 15 years. She has experience teaching all ages, from infants to adults, creating and providing teacher training on a variety of topics, and teaching early childhood classes for a community college. Amy has worked in public schools, a NAEYC accredited child care center, a social services agency (in Head Start), and a community college, with culturally and socioeconomically diverse populations. Her passion is bringing awareness to the needs of rural communities, and her current work in Head Start within a mostly-rural seven county area has given her the courage to find her advocacy voice. In addition to her work in early childhood, Amy is a fierce social justice advocate for those on the fringes of society. When she isn’t teaching, she spends time as the co-chair of the Greene County (Iowa) Homeless Coalition, seeking to bring empathy and awareness to those in rural Iowa who are unhoused. Amy loves taking road trips with her husband of more than 20 years and their teenage son. Route 66 and the National Parks are their favorite destinations.