Equitable Support for All Families
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My life’s mission is providing equitable support and care for all people and their children. I thrive on the exploration of how communities can work together between systems and agencies to provide families in need with helpful plans of action to improve self-efficacy. This work allows me to express and model what cultural humility can look like, especially in the field of education and overall family health promotion.
In an increasingly interconnected world, cultural humility has emerged as a crucial concept for fostering meaningful interactions and relationships across diverse groups. Unlike cultural competence, which often focuses on acquiring knowledge about different cultures, cultural humility emphasizes an ongoing, self-reflective process of learning and growth. This approach not only enriches personal and professional interactions but also promotes greater equity and understanding in multicultural contexts.
Like one of my favorite characters, Rosie of the PBS KIDS show Rosie’s Rules, let’s embrace the idea that cultural differences should be explored, welcomed and celebrated as often as possible.
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Jessica Horton, Lee County Rootle Ambassador
Jessica Horton is a native of Lee County and has spent many years supporting and working with her community in the realms of birth work, early education for teens, including pregnancy and parenting, and reentry parents and grandparents. After spending her childhood being partly raised in Lee County, she graduated from Western Harnett High School to further her education at UNC Greensboro. She received her bachelor’s degree in public health with a concentration in health studies and premed. After becoming a mother, Jessica and her husband moved to Charlotte, where she became a certified doula in 2017. Jessica worked in ease management for a girls group home and as a program supervisor for children with disabilities. As satisfied as she was working with the populations in Mecklenburg County, she didn’t feel like it was home. She and her family moved back to Lee County, where they could bring their skills and expertise to those who would find them helpful. Jessica plans to remain in Lee County, not only to continue growing her family but to be a light for other families who are in need of resources, support and helping hands. Jessica has become an active member of community councils for reentry families, birthing families, an active participant in community schools and more. She is very humbled to represent Lee County as Rootle Ambassador.