Building Daycares with Purpose, Care & Excellence.
Little Saints Consulting was founded by Idalmy Diego, an operator who built her first daycare from the ground up and went on to open and run 5+ successful locations across New York. Now she helps aspiring providers do the same, without the costly trial and error.
Hi, I'm Idalmy. I've been exactly where you are.
Starting a daycare is more than just opening a business. It is about creating a safe, nurturing environment for children while building a legacy for your family. But the process of licensing, compliance, and setup can feel overwhelming when you are doing it alone.
Over the past decade, I have successfully opened and operated more than 5 daycare locations across New York. I have navigated the Department of Health regulations, hired incredible teams, filled classrooms, and survived every inspection. I made the mistakes so you do not have to.
Now, I use that firsthand experience to help aspiring providers do the same. Not with generic templates, but with real, practical guidance built around your specific vision, location, and budget.
“I started from nothing and built something I am proud of. Now I am here to make your road shorter and your results stronger.”
To help passionate educators open compliant, profitable, and truly excellent daycares without gambling their savings.
We believe the people best equipped to raise the next generation should not be blocked from doing so by red tape, confusion, or fear. We exist to remove the guesswork so your energy goes where it belongs: into the children and the community you are building.
Values That Guide Every Engagement
These are not slogans on a wall. They are the principles behind every recommendation, every roadmap, and every relationship we build with the providers we serve.
Purpose Over Profit
Every daycare we help launch exists to serve children and strengthen families. The business follows the mission, never the other way around.
Compliance With Confidence
We treat licensing and DOH regulations as a foundation to build on, not a wall to fear. Done right the first time, every time.
Real Partnership
You are never handed a checklist and sent on your way. We walk alongside you through every phase until your doors are open.
Excellence as Standard
Good enough is not good enough. We hold your program to the same high standard we hold our own centers.
How Little Saints Came to Be
A Calling, Not Just a Career
Idalmy Diego started in early childhood education because she believed every child deserves a safe, nurturing place to learn and grow. What began as a passion for teaching became a mission to build spaces where families feel truly cared for.
Learning by Doing
Opening her first daycare in New York meant navigating licensing red tape, DOH inspections, zoning rules, and staffing hurdles with no roadmap. Every obstacle she cleared became a lesson she now passes on to the providers she mentors.
5+ Locations and Counting
Over a decade, Idalmy built and operated multiple successful daycare locations across New York, refining a repeatable system for licensing, compliance, classroom design, hiring, and enrollment that works in the real world.
Little Saints Consulting
Now she channels that firsthand experience into Little Saints Consulting, helping aspiring and current providers open compliant, profitable, and truly excellent daycares without gambling their savings on trial and error.
Guidance From Someone Who Has Actually Done It
You are not paying for theory. You are paying for a decade of real-world experience, real mistakes avoided, and real daycares opened.
NYC & NY State Specialists
Deep, current expertise in New York City and State Department of Health daycare regulations.
Operator, Not Just a Consultant
Guidance from someone who has actually built, licensed, and run multiple profitable daycare centers.
Fully Bilingual Support
Hablamos Espanol. Every service is available in both English and Spanish, end to end.
Your Daycare Dream Is Closer Than You Think.
You do not need to have everything figured out before you reach out. You just need to be serious about making it happen. Let's start with a free, no-pressure conversation about where you are and where you want to be.
Or call us directly: 929-250-8350