Valerie Marsh

Val is a Registered Early Childhood Education with over 12 years of diverse experience working with children and families including home child-care, centre-based care, kindergarten classrooms, school-age programs, and Early ON Child and Family Centres. 

In 2022, she was awarded the position of Professional Learning Leader at South-East Ottawa Community Health Centre where she created and facilitated professional development workshops and learning sessions in areas of equity, diversity, and inclusion for the Early Years and Early ON team. She continued this work at Pinecrest-Queensway Community Health Centre before taking on the role of Coordinator of Family Support Programs where she managed a multidisciplinary team overseeing the operations of three distinct but integrated programs including the Early ON Child and Family Centre. 

She now lends her creative and collaborative leadership approach as the Director of Early Learning at the Parent Resource Centre of Ottawa where she manages an EarlyON program and develops and facilitates professional learning for educators in the sector. Val continues to pursue her passion of life-long learning through collaboration with community partners and participation in various community committees and task forces. She is currently completing a Master of Education in Early Childhood of Education at the University of British Columbia.