In my school district, I am one of a few male early education teachers. Those numbers reflect more than a workforce gap and are a missed opportunity for young children to see male teachers as role models. To shift that reality, we need targeted mentorship and scholarship programs that make early education a visible and supported pathway for men. We can’t recruit or retain more men in early education without addressing sustained public investment in debt-free pathways into the profession. •••Anthony Segura is a preschool special education teacher at Rose Salgado Elementary in San Jacinto, California.