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Over the last year since my first public policy course, I have become more involved in public policy both in the city of San Francisco and the state of California. My journey began with compensation issues at my current job and I began to work on raising early educator compensation throughout all of San Francisco. I have continued my work in various capacities and I am hoping that at some point that can become my career.

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In 2015 I graduated from Chico State with Bachelor's degrees in both Child Development and Psychology.

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My name is Leah (pronounced lee-uh) Catching. I currently live in San Francisco, CA with my husband and our two identical cats. I work on campus at SF State in the Early Childhood Education Center as an infant/toddler teacher.

I grew up in LA, but lived in Chico for college and  a few years afterwards. Living in the city has been more fun than I was anticipating and I am enjoying exploring the Bay Area. My husband is a graduate student at UCSF, so we know how to keep ourselves busy!

This will be my final semester at Pacific Oaks and in December I will complete my MA in ECE with a specialty in OLC.

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I am a vegetarian.
I really love Star Wars. Really really love.
I once won a CIF championship in high school for soccer and still play in leagues for fun!

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Our cats Violet and Emerald

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Chico State

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I've been working professionally in the field since about 2012 and have worked with children of all ages, abilities, and socioeconomic statuses.

Most of my professional experience comes from the Child Development Lab on Chico State's campus, where I started as an intern and worked my way to full time teacher in the toddler room (2-3 years).

Currently, I am a head teacher in an 2-3 year old room at SF State's Early Childhood Education Center. I have been there since August 2017. This center practices continuity of care, which I am excited to carry out.

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My husband and I try to go hiking as often as possible, which unfortunately is not very much. For being a busy city, SF has some really awesome parks, especially Golden Gate.

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*not my photo*

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SF has some amazing food from all over the world, and recently my favorite has been garlic noodles with tofu!