Early Childhood Service Corps Trains Older Adults Across Front Range To Work In Preschools

Lisa Armao is a retired Montessori teacher and after a 30-year career teaching, she created a nonprofit called the Early Childhood Service Corps. It’s a program that recruits older adults to work in preschools across Colorado. Since its inception and 2021, the program has grown exponentially.

Today Armao has more than a hundred trainees working in preschools across the Front Range. Some of her trainees work as volunteers and others as full-time trained staff. KGNU’s Alexis Kenyon spoke with Armao about why she started the program, anti-aging and using old solutions to fix modern-day problems.

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Alexis Kenyon

Alexis Kenyon is an experienced radio reporter with more than 15 years of experience creating compelling, sound-rich radio stories for news outlets across the country. Kenyon has master's degrees from the University of California, Berkeley, Graduate School of Journalism in radio broadcast and photojournalism. She has worked in KGNU's news department since 2021 as a reporter, editor, and daily news producer. In all her work, she strives to produce thought-provoking, trustworthy journalism that makes other people's stories feel personal. In addition to audio production, Kenyon runs KGNU's news internship program and oversees the department's digital engagement.