As a child care provider and business owner, but also a parent and family caregiver herself, Annette has worked to find ways to effectively manage all the different roles in her life.
For Ruiz’s family, Medicaid coverage helped them navigate uncertainty at various points in their lives; her hope now is that during a larger period of uncertainty for so many in the state, that those who need Medicaid can stay enrolled.
Growing up, Norma and her brothers all had Medicaid. The youngest child and only daughter of a single parent, she saw how hard her mom worked to provide for their family.
Senior Director of Advocacy Michael Cooper sat down with Nikia Bye, founder of Trusted Parents and a member of NC Child's Parent Advisory Council, to talk about her advocacy for child wellbeing.
