For her pioneering work in creating a high-impact early intervention to provide at-risk babies and toddlers a strong start in life, Dr. Terrie Rose is one of 21 leading social entrepreneurs from across the United States that were elected an Ashoka Fellow in December 2008.

Ashoka: Innovators for the Public recognizes social entrepreneurs for their system-changing solutions to the world’s most urgent social problems. Rose was inducted at a ceremony in Los Angeles on December 9, 2008. She joins the ranks of some 2,200 Fellows in over 60 countries around the world who are working for social change to improve society.