Aneesa Abdul is a 2021-2022 Teach Plus Illinois Early Childhood Educator Policy Fellow and is the Owner and Proprietor of The Children’s Nurturing Corner in Chicago. Aneesa’s center provides cognitive development, social/emotional learning, and creative and explorative play for children between 6 weeks old and 5 years old in a group daycare home-based setting. Aneesa is a 30-year ECE teaching veteran and a member of the National Association for the Education of Young Children (NAEYC).