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Publisher of The Atlanta Child Care Guide, Inc.

The Atlanta Child Care Guide, Inc. is committed to making positive differences in the childcare industry. The Publisher, Christy M. Priester is a physically challenged wheelchair user, who was in a hit and run bicycle accident in 1986. Thereafter, she returned to school for daycare administration in hope of opening her own childcare center. After discovering start-up funds was not accessible, she continued her education to obtain her teaching degree. During her second year of college she did a research project on “Services Provided In Daycare Centers”. Christy was shocked when she saw the abuse and conditions of one center. Because of her understanding of what it feels like to be in a physical disposition, her heart went out for children who were in a similar situation. While attending Georgia State University she started The Atlanta Child Care Guide. The publication’s main feature is a childcare center directory which lists childcare services, and resources. She has been publishing 20,000 magazines quarterly, since 1996 and distributing them throughout the Atlanta metropolitan area. Christy trains people on “Starting Your Own Quality Childcare Business” and has assisted over fifty people to open childcare businesses