As executive director of the Eastern Los Angeles Family Resource Center, Yvette Baptiste helps local families navigate the maze of services for their children with special health care needs. She can relate to their struggles as she helps her three grown children navigate adulthood with their own health care challenges, which are significant. With a skeleton staff, Baptiste’s center helps parents learn about their child’s medical and developmental conditions, trains families to be effective advocates for their children, and links them to health professionals and educational services.