Victoria Hilt
Victoria Hilt resides in Bremerton, Washington with her seven-year-old daughter, Lisa. Victoria views her role as a mother to be the most important of all her roles and recently this role was extended to include her daughter’s half-sister. When she discovered that her daughter had a little sister, Chloe, who was in foster care, Victoria advocated for Chloe to be placed with the girl’s biological father. She became a “partner parent” to their father by including Chloe with their existing co-parenting plan and routine for Lisa, while supporting the visitation plan and relationship between Chloe and her biological mother. The goal of the co-parenting plan is to keep all of the families together as a team and building a strong foundation for both girls. Victoria serves her community through her activities as a member of the Board of Directors for Kitsap
Community Resources, a local community action agency; as president of the Kitsap Early Learning Alumni Association (KELAA), which provides mentorship to developing parent leaders; as Vice Chair of the Bremerton Housing Authority’s Board of Commissioners; and as a co-leader of her daughter’s Girl Scout Troop. Victoria is a Parent Ambassador Alumni with the Washington State Association of Head Start and Early Childhood Education and Assistance Program (WSA). In 2013, she received WSA’s State Parent of the Year Award for her advocacy around the sequestration and subsequent government shutdown. Her activities involved speaking at a rally on Capitol Hill in Washington D.C. Because of her speech, a donation was made to Head Start that helped several programs stay in business. In 2013, Victoria was honored by the Department of Early Learning’s (DEL) Strengthening Families Washington “Unsung Hero Award.” She has continued to partner with the newly constructed Department of Children, Youth and Family (DCYF) by participating in rewriting the Child Care State RCW, reviewing Unsung Hero Nominations, and reviewing Requests for Proposals for Prevention Programs and Home Visiting Expansion programs throughout the state. Recently she was appointed to join the Governor’s Poverty Reduction Work Group (PRWG) to reduce Washington State’s poverty by half by 2025. Victoria is an Alliance Certified Trainer for the Alliance’s Bringing the Protective Factors Framework to Life in Your Work. She has completed multiple trainings with her main audience being parents and families. Her goal is to become involved in the writing of public policy that will aid in building stronger families. She is attending school to finish her degree in Public Policy and Administration. Meanwhile, she works closely with the Alliance’s Public Policy Committee and reports to the ANPPC on any pertinent matters. Victoria has been named as co-chair elect for the ANPPC and will assume this role in the Fall 2019.
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