By the time she was 21, Trina Tilghman-Dix had lost both her parents and she found herself raising her teenage brother while still navigating her own grief. That early experience of being thrust into leadership shaped Tilghman’s nearly 30-year career in early childhood education, where she repeatedly found herself in supervisory roles without formal leadership training.
“I survived each time and I learned by just reading books and taking certain trainings here and there,” she recalls.
Her DIY approach to learning worked. Today, Tilghman-Dix is employed by the Wicomico County Public School system and the multi-site program coordinator for several Maryland-based Judy Center Early Learning Hubs in Wicomico County, family support centers where local agencies collaborate to provide integrated services for children birth to age 5. In her role, Tilghman-Dix supervises multiple sites and staff members across Wicomico County.
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