For Coloradans who have a child in child care, there's a good chance they had to get on a waitlist, possibly even before the baby was born. Child care shortage is an issue statewide, so there is a family-owned academy stepping up to meet the need.

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Rich Silvas loves to give tours of the Denver Child Care Academy, and quickly pointed out a photo of his mother, Florina Silvas, who purchased it back in 1998. She was an immigrant who worked her way from a janitor, learning English with the children, to eventually becoming the owner.

"She had that deep commitment in her heart that she wanted to own her own childcare," Silvas told CBS Colorado.

Decades later, the family-owned business continues to expand.

"We serve as the largest child care center in southwest Denver, and we also have th

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