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Selena Flores, 27, says she was always tired while working night shifts.

But she has young children — ages 3, 5 and 7, the youngest of whom recently started preschool — so switching to working daytime hours meant she and her husband needed a child care option for after school.

Recently, Flores got a job as an administrator at a restaurant in Naperville, she explained. And it was an after-school program at West Aurora School District run by the Fox Valley Park District that helped her manage the job switch.

“My life did a full 180,” Flores said about her change in work. She said she’s able to see her children after work, go to bed earlier, spend the mornings helping them get ready for school and then head off to her job.

Flores is one of a n

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