New Learning Program UPSTART for Early Learners I will be honest, when Rhiana Medina from the Multi-Cultural Center appeared in my office at the university and started telling me about a new learning program for preschool to kindergarten learners, I was skeptical. Like any parent or educator, I had seen a host of programs and watched early learners quickly become bored and abandon the current endeavor for the next best thing.  Marketing to early learners is big business, so finding a program that will stick can be a struggle for parents and educators. Rhiana had originally come to me and asked me to implement the program into the community, but…