Opinion— Being a Mother of Color Makes Obtaining Affordable Child Care That Much Harder

By Alyssa Reynoso Morris, originally on HipLatina. May 22, 2025. 
As a Queer Black Latine award-winning children’s book author, public speaker, community organizer, and mother, Alyssa Reynoso Morris has spent her career advocating for equity, especially for Black, Brown, and immigrant families. As a mother to three, she’s also seen how financially overwhelming parenting in America can be. Child care in the U.S. is outrageously expensive: for Reynoso Morris, it’s $4,200 a month or $50,400 a year. Reynoso Morris discusses why is child care so unaffordable.