CEO, PROJECT HOPE ALLIANCE
WHY: Runs nonprofit that provides basic needs such as food, clothing and transportation for children experiencing homelessness in OC.
IN THE NEWS: Honored at the Business Journal’s ninth annual Innovator of the Year Awards this year for more than quintupling Project Hope Alliance’s reach to about 400 students.
NOTABLE: OC native whose family struggled with homelessness while she attended middle and high school.
QUOTABLE: “God was calling me to share my story so that other kids like me wouldn’t carry around this shame. I never want another child to think that their inherent value is diminished by their parents’ economic circumstances.”
