Melinda Long

C4K Convening: Child Care and Business Partnerships

Melinda Long is director of the Columbus Community Hospital Child Care Center. She graduated from Columbus High School in 2001, then went on to get her Bachelor of Science in early childhood at Wayne State College. After college she worked at Early Head Start as a teacher and then became a supervisor. After having her first child, she decided to start a child care of her own, operating a Family Home I & II child care for 10 years before becoming director of the hospital child care center. Long is excited to share with everyone the exciting world of child care and the challenges that come along with it. She and her husband, Curtis, have three children, Kyrstyn, 14, Jacey, 12, and Blake, 10.