Jean Nguyen

Jean is a speech language pathologist by trade, a stay at home parent at this moment in life, and approaches each shared book reading as an opportunity for an Oscar-winning performance for voice work and whimsy. She is passionate about child development, communication, early intervention, special education, healthcare access, and shaping public policy to positively impact children and citizenry.

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MomsRising member Jean with her daughter at our Mombassador disco-themed event

Childcare & Early Education Families & The Federal Budget Food! Gun Safety Health Care Immigration Maternal Justice

February 4, 2026

New Year’s is a time for reflection, joy, and moving forward with resolution, with goals in search of realized outcomes. As I was reflecting on this and considering my vision for 2026, I got the invitation from MomsRising to join other Mombassadors in a “Disco Day of Action,” to sparkle, shine, and share the constituent stories with our legislators. A day of purpose, sharing family-friendly public policy and urging leaders not to be DISCO-nnected from their constituents? Modeling what it means to be an involved citizen and being a positive change agent with other amazing ladies? Yes, please!...

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Families & The Federal Budget Family Economic Security Health Care Politics & Policy

November 22, 2025

World Prematurity Day was this week. Also this week? This administration’s U.S. Department of Education proposed a rule change that would deem nurses, health care providers, and early intervention providers as no longer professionals. The proposed rule drastically decreases the student aid a professional degree student may borrow yearly ($50,000) versus those pursuing graduate degrees ($20,500) and would institute lifetime learning caps ($200,000 v. $100,000) under the One Big Beautiful Bill (OBBA) Act. Let me be super duper clear here. There are angels who walk amongst us and those angels...

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Families & The Federal Budget Health Care MomsRising Parenting & Families

September 23, 2025

Over the course of the last six months, I have watched and listened with bewilderment as Robert F. Kennedy Jr, the Secretary of Health and Human Services, a vaccine skeptic, has made increasingly scientifically unsound statements and policy proposals. As a parent who looks to science for sound advice, I felt uneasy when RFK Jr… Withdrew the recommendations for COVID-19 vaccines to be given to children and pregnant women, without CDC input. Dismissed all 17 members of the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) without warning, to install individuals with like-minded, unscientific...

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May 22, 2025

The provisions of a fully funded Affordable Care Act (ACA) and Medicaid were lifesaving to my extremely premature son, as well as millions of Americans today.

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Sparkling Strategies for Storybook Delivery and Family Activism Success

Nurses are Professional Angels: How Student Aid Changes May Exacerbate the Healthcare Crisis

RFK Jr’s Vaccine Policy Changes–Unsound Science and Uncalled for Costs

Medicaid and Mothering a Medically Fragile Child