Lena Petrova Biography

Lena is a national nonprofit on a mission to transform children’s futures through early talk technology and data-driven programs. From head start classrooms to family child care homes and private child care centers, and from libraries to public health initiatives and research universities, lena’s programs are creating measurable. Our community advisory board brings together a coalition of leaders and thinkers across the early childhood community to inform key strategic decisions at lena.

At lena, we turn the science of measuring conversational turns into action. Discover lena's data-driven research insights on children's language development. Meet our lena leadership team and board of directors.

Lena online™ v3 is a platform for accessing lena's early talk technology and data-driven programs to transform children's futures. Learn how lena is making an impact in early childhood education across california. Discover lena grow's impact on child development and teacher retention.

Backed by 20+ years of research, lena grow focuses on the key marker of quality in early childhood education: Or, what lena calls “conversational turns.”