Episode Air Date 3/24/2025

Gertrudes Fidalgo has been an early childhood teacher for 21 years, 19 of those years as a pre-k teacher in Boston. She worked for a community organization for 15 years after graduating college called The Rebuilding Communities Initiative, serving Boston, DC, Detroit, Denver, and Philadelphia. Gertrudes worked with the Dudley Street Neighborhood Initiative, supporting community members to develop communities in Boston. She has 3 sons and immigrated from Cape Verde when she was very young and is from a large loving family. She loves to cook, read, travel, and dance.