Empowering Teens to Rise Beyond Hunger, Hardships and Homelessness.
We are a 501(c)3 Non-Profit Charitable Organization dedicated to fighting childhood chronic hunger and teen homelessness.
Meet the Team
"The strength of the team is each individual member.
The strength of each member is the team." P. Jackson
Angela Jiménez-Calhoun
Founder & CEO
Board President
Program Development
2019 - Present
Nonprofit Management Certification: Professional
2025 - Present
Mark Calhoun
Founding Board Member
2019 - Present
Administrative Services Director
2019 - Present
Polly Henderson
Board Member 2022 - Present
Vice-President 2022 - Present
Donor Relations Director
2023 - Present
Team Member 2020 -Present
Elizabeth Aur
Founding Board Member
2019 - Present
Board Secretary 2023 - Present
Pantry Program Co-Coordinator 2021-2023
Professor James White
Founding Board Member
2019 - Present
Renee Gobeille
Board Member 2022 - Present
Treasurer 2022 - Present
Lela Odom
Board Member 2022 - Present
Treasurer 2022 - Present
Neelon Greenwood
Board Member 2025 - Present
Carla Atkinson
Board Member 2025 - Present
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Annie Menz
Board Member 2025 - Present
Ashley Merzon
Associate Director 2026 - Present
Assistant Director 2025 - 2026
Executive Assistant 2023 - 2024
Team Secretary 2021-2023
Team Member 2020 - Present
Annette Chavarria
Team Support 2024 - Present
Leah McKee
Team Member 2025 - Present
Samantha "Sam" White
Founding Team Member
2019 - 2025
Back To School Program Director 2022-2024
Treasurer 2019 - 2020
Maureen "Mo" Crook
Team Member 2021 - Present
Donor Relations Director
2022-2024
Sandra Storey
Founding Team Member
2019 - Present
Team Secretary 2019-2023
Michelle Carbone
IT Chair 2021 - 2024
Team Member 2021 - Present
Santana Jiménez-Calhoun
IT & Social Media Consultant
2019 - Present
Jeanne Ozinga
Team Member 2022 - 2024
Pantry Program Co-Coordinator 2023-2024
Brenda Wilkins
Founding Board Member
2019-2023
Board Secretary 2022-2023
Saxon Jiménez-Calhoun
Founding Board Member
2019-2023
Aime Torres
Team Member 2019-2022
Treasurer 2020 - 2022
Marie Landry
Team Member 2022-2022
Dr. Anthony McBride
Board Member 2020-2021
Sarah Olzawski
Founding Board Member
2019-2020
ReRe Lunsford
Founding Board Member
2019-2020
Sara Wallace-Boyd
Team Member 2019-2020
Molly Roberts
Founding Team Member
2019-2020
Sergeant At Arms 2019 - 2020
Alicia Keys
Team Member
2019-2020
IT Chair 2019 -2020