Adriana Heldiz and Adam Ashton

[How a San Diego Preschool Serves Kids After Trauma
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This story was originally published on CalMatters. Almost 20 years ago a San Diego nonprofit created a preschool to focus on the “little guys” — children who experience domestic violence and other serious traumatic events before kindergarten. Today, Mi Escuelita is still going strong and it’s something of a model in showing other schools how...

By Adriana Heldiz and Adam Ashton | October 30, 2025