Diana Limongi

Campaign Director, Early Learning

Diana Limongi is an award-winning bilingual blogger, writer and activist. Her blog centers around motherhood, culture and raising bilingual kids. Diana is also the host of a podcast, Parenting and Politics, where she looks at parenting through at political lens. Diana's writing has appeared in Baby Center, Hispana Global, NBC News, Today Show Parenting and Cosmopolitan, among others. Diana is Co-president of her PTA and lives in Queens, NY with her husband and children.

Diana has a Masters degree in Migration Studies and an MPA in Nonprofit Management. She is fluent in Spanish and French. She is currently a consultant on the Early Learning Team, and has collaborated on other MomsRising campaigns in the past.

You can follow her on Twitter: @dianalimongi or Instagram where she shares her adventures of multicultural parenting and life in NYC.

Blog Post List

Childcare & Early Education

September 12, 2021

Cuando estuve embarazada de mi primer hijo, me di cuenta de que todo mi sueldo se destinaría a pagar el cuidado infantil. Gracias a Dios, fui una de los padres afortunadas que contó con el apoyo de los abuelos: mi madre intervino y brindó cuidado de niños todos los días, a tiempo completo, desde que volví a trabajar después de mi licencia por maternidad no remunerada, hasta que ella sufrió un desmayo y sabíamos que los largos días eran demasiado para mi madre, que tenía más de 60 años. Cuando eso sucedió, llamamos a mi suegra y ella vino a quedarse con nosotros durante un mes, hasta que...

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Childcare & Early Education

September 7, 2021

Having grandparent care should be a meaningful choice - one that is done because it works for the whole family. NOT a forced last resort because of our broken child care system.

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Childcare & Early Education

June 28, 2021

La Ley de Educación para Personas con Discapacidades, en inglés IDEA: The Individuals with Disabilities Education Act, es la ley de educación especial de Estados Unidos. IDEA ofrece derechos y protecciones a los niños con discapacidades y a los líderes familiares. ¿Cuál es el propósito de la Ley de Educación para Personas con Discapacidades (IDEA)? IDEA cubre a los niños desde el nacimiento hasta la graduación de la escuela secundaria o los 21 años, lo que ocurra primero. Los estados deben proporcionar servicios de intervención temprana para niños de hasta 3 años y educación especial para...

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Childcare & Early Education

June 25, 2021

Do I have to pay to get my child evaluated? What kind of services are available for children ages birth to 3 under IDEA? Learn more about this important special education law.

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Childcare & Early Education

May 3, 2021

On May 7th, we celebrate National Child Care Providers Day. It is a day that was established to celebrate those that care for our children We wanted to celebrate and lift up the voices of one of those providers, Cassandra Brooks. Cassandra is a child care provider, owner of Little Believers Academy in North Carolina. Cassandra is also a mom of four children (including a set of twins!) and a member of MomsRising. In this interview, Cassandra speaks candidly about the struggles she sees and deals with every day as a child care provider. We touch on many topics, including how she strives to...

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Childcare & Early Education

January 28, 2021

This morning, I took my three year old daughter to a new daycare center for the first time since the pandemic started. After months of delaying the grueling process, and, if I’m being honest, not ready to pick a new daycare for my daughter (I spent months being very upset that my amazing daycare had to close, and I was not ready to look for, or choose any other center… even though now I realize that was detrimental to my mental health and financial situation). As I was walking back and planning my day, I thought how fitting that I would be writing this blog post today to talk about advocating...

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Childcare & Early Education

December 10, 2020

Through the Night, a documentary by filmmaker Loira Limbal, an Afro-Dominican filmmaker and DJ, is a documentary that shares the story of a 24 hour child care center in New Rochelle, NY, Dee’s Tots. The documentary sheds light on what providers and parents go through as navigate caregiving in our society. To make ends meet, people in the U.S. are working longer hours across multiple jobs. This modern reality of non-stop work has resulted in an unexpected phenomenon: the flourishing of 24-hour daycare centers. Through the Night is a verité documentary that explores the personal cost of our...

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Childcare & Early Education

September 23, 2020

If you’re like most parents in the United States (and around the world) you’ve struggled with remote learning since March, missed the traditional school moments, like book fairs and spring festivals. If you’re like me, you probably thought, “Ok, I just have to get through this (academic) year, and things will be better after the summer.” But, the summer has come and gone, and soon we were faced with decisions about sending our kids back to school in the middle of a global pandemic. We have struggled with these decisions: Is it safe to send my kid back to school?? Should I do remote-only...

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MomsRising

April 9, 2020

Are you trying to survive quarantine with kids? Has Parenting during COVID-19 driving you a little bit crazy? Do you feel like your kids are testing you every. minute. of. the. damn. day?

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Childcare & Early Education

January 27, 2020

When I had my first baby, I was working outside the home, and I had to take an unpaid leave which put a dent in our family savings and resources. When it came time to go back to work, we were lucky enough to have family support for child care. Without my Mami, aka Abuela, providing full time care for the first few months and later on the help of other family members, I am pretty sure we would have gone into debt to pay for exorbitant daycare costs, putting an additional dent on already depleted savings. Unfortunately, not all families can rely on their family members for childcare (nor should...

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Maternal Justice

December 12, 2018

Yesterday, The Progressive Caucus of the New York City Council rallied in support of Jazmine Headley, the Brooklyn mom whose child was violently taken away from her at a Brooklyn HRA office. If you’re not familiar with the situation, the young mom had been waiting for hours at the HRA office, and was sitting on the floor with the child. They asked her to get up, and she refused. The officer called the NYPD. Yes, you read that right. They called the NYPD. A female HRA worker called the NYPD BECAUSE SHE REFUSED TO GET UP. (Yes im screaming because I’m angry). I can tell you, I’ve sat on the...

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Social & Emotional Development

July 31, 2018

What do our children need to succeed in school? Sure, our kids need to learn arithmetic, to read and to write. But their success in school and in life will depend on other skills, such as problem solving, teamwork, and how to regulate their emotions. These skills are essential, yet we often forget their importance. Recently, the Aspen Institute National Commission on Social, Emotional, and Academic Development set out to ask parents all over the United States: What does it mean to build young people’s social, emotional, and academic skills? What does this approach look like in schools? What...

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Food!

July 15, 2018

Todos estamos disfrutando del verano—los niños están de vacaciones, los días son largos y calurosos, y si tenemos suerte, nos vamos de vacaciones a lugares espectaculares. Nos divertimos mucho en el verano—toda la diversion no significa que tenemos que dejar a un lado los hábitos saludables. Aquí compartimos unos tips para comer más saludablemente este verano: 1. En lugar de helado, come paletas o frutas frescas como postre. Me encanta esta pizza” de frutas (¡súper fácil!) y ¡qué linda! pizza con frutas-Hispana Global .jpg foto cortesía Hispana Global (c) 2. En el verano, siempre tengamos...

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Food!

July 14, 2018

The summer is well under way—kids are out of school, the days are long, and hot. Just because we are having summer fun, doesn’t mean we can’t make healthy eating choices. We’ve prepared some tips to get the whole family to eat healthy this summer! TIP #1: Ditch the ice cream and opt for: popsicles, paletas, fresh fruit for dessert! Check out our healthy yogurt fruit popsicles recipe here. We love this yummy watermelon, mint and lemon paleta recipe from Frances at Discovering the World Through My Son's Eyes. TIP #2: Instead of sugary drinks, how about a refreshing fruit infused water instead?...

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Family Economic Security Food!

May 10, 2018

Got questions about how the proposed Farm Bill will affect women who receive SNAP benefits? Come to #FoodFri this week and learn more about what the cuts to SNAP in the Farm Bill could mean for women who rely on SNAP to put food on the table. Our amazing guests the National Resource Center for Domestic Violence, the Women's Law Center, Talk Poverty will join us to discuss this important topic. Make sure to follow @MomsRising @MamasConPoder @NRCDV, @NWLC and @TalkPoverty! The conversation starts at 1pm ET using hashtag #FoodFri! See you there!

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Families & The Federal Budget Food!

April 17, 2018

SNAP, or Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, helps millions of low-income families have access to healthy food. The SNAP program is under attack in the proposed Farm Bill. We've got all the details on how this could impact millions of families across the United States at this week's #FoodFri chat! This Friday April 20th join # FoodFri with our guests the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities, FRAC , Food Policy Action to discuss the benefits of SNAP, and the current threats to SNAP in the Farm Bill, including attempts to implement harmful work requirements. #FoodFri-04.20-SNAP and...

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Food!

February 22, 2018

It’s American Heart Month and we teamed up with the American Heart Association and food blogger and recipe developer Diana Rodriguez to chat all about being heart healthy. Last week’s tweet chat was all about Latinas and Heart health. THE BAD NEWS: Heart disease affects women of all backgrounds, it is the leading cause of death in all racial/ethnic groups. Screen Shot 2018-02-22 at 8.47.25 PM.png Hispanic women are highly affected. Part of it is an information gap: Screen Shot 2018-02-22 at 8.46.16 PM.png Latina women are often busy taking care of others, but fail to take care of themselves,...

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Food!

February 12, 2018

/*--> */ February is American Heart Month and it is a great time to chat about heart health. Cardiovascular disease is the number one killer of women. Each year, 1 in 3 women die of heart disease and stroke. Latina women are at a particularly higher rate for heart disease. According to the American Heart Association, · Only one in three Hispanic women know that heart disease is their number one killer. · Hispanic women are likely to develop heart disease 10 years earlier than Caucasian women. · Only 3 in 10 Hispanic women say they have been informed that they are at a higher risk of...

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Food!

January 6, 2018

On the first #FoodFri of the year our guests Stanford pediatrician Anisha Patel MD and healthy food advocate Jennifer Tyler Lee shared their knowledge and tips to help us reduce our added sugar intake at home. First, let’s clear something up… what is added sugar? Added sugar is anything that doesn’t naturally occur in food. For example, fruit contains sugar naturally, so this is not added sugar. Dr. Anisha Patel explains, “Whole fruits are a healthy source of sugar.” The problem is that today, added sugar exists in many forms and it is added to practically EVERYTHING! Condiments, bread,...

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Food!

December 16, 2017

This week’s #FoodFri chat was all about debunking the myths on popular foods that are currently trending. The Center for Science in the Public Interest addressed the popular beliefs, sometimes fads, that are common today, discussing whether studies support the popularly held beliefs. COCONUT OIL CSPI clarifies that coconut oil isn’t the best option because it is 82% saturated fat. Also, a common misconception is that it cures Alzheimers! There is no evidence to support this claim. Screen Shot 2017-12-16 at 10.53.53 AM.png BETTER OPTIONS TO COCONUT OIL: alternatives to coconut oil.png roberta-...

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Abuelos: Los héroes anónimos de la crisis del cuidado infantil

Grandparents: The Unsung Heroes of the Child Care Crisis

¿Qué es la ley de educación para personas con discapacidades (IDEA) y cómo ayuda a los niños con discapacidades?

What is the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act and How Does It Support Children with Disabilities?

Celebrating our Child Care Providers: Cassandra Brooks

Share Your Stories and Let’s Save NY Childcare!

Through the Night: A Documentary That Shows Us a Glimpse of 24 Hour Child Care

VIDEO: Our Kids’ Social Emotional Development during COVID-19

Parenting during a global pandemic: Don't be so hard on yourself and your feelings are valid

Book talk on Child Care Crisis in NYC: Join Us!

Jazmine Headley may be free, but this broken system needs to be fixed.

A Call for Schools to Teach the Whole Student

8 Tips para comer saludablemente este verano

8 Tips for Healthy Summer Eating

#FoodFri: SNAP, Women and the Farm Bill

#FoodFri: SNAP and Current Threats in the Farm Bill

10 Easy Tips to Be Heart Healthy

Let’s Chat about Latinas and Heart Health!

10 Tips to Reduce Added Sugar for the Whole Family!

Popular Food Myths Debunked by CSPI