San Diego Union-Tribune (Sunday)
Online child care provider receives award for innovative platform
TOOTRIS, an online, on-demand child care service provider, has received the San Diego Regional Chamber of Commerce's 2021 Moving San Diego Forward award in recognition of its significant, positive impact to the region. TOOTRIS was chosen on its merits for engineering a comprehensive technology platform for a child care system long overdue for modernization, especially since the COVID-19 pandemic.
"TOOTRIS represents the innovative spirit that is a part of San Diego's DNA. Through their visionary use of technology, TOOTRIS is changing the child care landscape and improving opportunities for working parents to access the child care they need. TOOTRIS is truly moving San Diego forward, and the chamber is proud to recognize their outstanding work with this award," said Jerry Sanders, San Diego Regional Chamber of Commerce president and CEO.
TOOTRIS is making child care convenient, affordable and on demand. As the world shifts to digitalized services, TOOTRIS helps parents and providers connect and transact in real time, empowering working parents to secure quality child care, while allowing providers to unlock their potential and fully monetize their program. TOOTRIS' unique technology enables employers to provide fully managed child care benefits, giving their workforce the flexibility and family support paramount to regaining employee productivity.
"When we founded TOOTRIS, we set out to reinvent child care, so that every working parent has the same opportunity for advancement — especially women — through access to affordable, high quality child care, and every child, regardless of household income, has the same opportunity of early childhood education that can ensure their kindergarten readiness, and academic success," said Alessandra Lezama, TOOTRIS founder and CEO.
For more information, visit tootris.com.