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WHO WE ARE

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hildren of the Caribbean Foundation was founded on June 1, 2010 by Julien Adams and Rosie Hodge-Adams. Built on the premise that Every Child Matters, the charity provides relief and assistance to children across the globe. The Foundation’s efforts are geared to resolving the ongoing struggles that some children face every day – poverty, hunger, illiteracy and disease – and to replace these struggles with hope for the future.

 

Our Goal is to give children the opportunity to achieve personal growth, and to realize their dreams in a healthy environment without regard to race, creed or place of origin.

 

Our Mission is to create lasting positive change in the lives of children so that they may reach their fullest potential.

 

Recognizing that the extent of child poverty is not just dependent on family income, but also on the availability of infrastructure and services such as healthcare, education and social services, Children of the Caribbean focuses its efforts in the areas of Education, Healthcare, Social Development and Climate Change.

 

Esther Joo

Position: Corporate Officer
Email: Exec.Assistant@caribbeanchild.com
Categories: Global Development, Operations
Location: Los Angeles

Esther Joo is a graduate from Loma Linda University. She graduated with a Bachelors in Science and currently holds her license as a dental hygienist. Throughout the years, she has given her time and talents to various charitable organizations including Dentistry from the Heart, Union Rescue Mission, Elizabeth House Women’s Shelter, and New Friends Homeless Shelter. She has also devoted her time and efforts to personal projects throughout the years that have been connected to helping individuals in need and/or working as a connector. She was also appointed Women’s Director around 2016 by her church in Glendale and served in that position for a year. She also supports Angel Tree Project, a program that gets Christmas presents to children of incarcerated parents. Her heart is truly where the children are, and she is passionate that with today’s resources and capabilities, no child should be left without getting their basic needs met.
In her free time, Esther is a mom to her Son and enjoys working out doing Pure Barre, music festivals, and making different soup recipes, even in the summer!

Esther Joo

Corporate Officer

Esther Joo is a graduate from Loma Linda University. She...

Stephen “Mick” Horwitz

Position: Global Strategy, Global Growth & Development
Email: Exec.Assistant@caribbeanchild.com
Categories: Founders and Founding Directors, Global Development, Global Education, Global Growth and Opportunity, Global Policy and Advocacy, North America Program, Operations
Location: CA

Stephen Horwitz was born in Los Angeles and has lived in the Los Angeles area most of his life.  He is a graduate of Cal State Northridge and received his lifetime teaching credential in 1967.  Stephen taught at the Los Angeles City Schools for ten years.

In 1972, Stephen and his long time friend – Howard Wang the Sierra Canyon Day Camp in Santa Clarita Valley, California.  In 1977 Stephen and Howard purchased property in Chatsworth and moved the camp to this purchased site.  This was the beginning of the Sierra Canyon School which opened in 1978 with 150 students in kindergarten through sixth grade.  The school facility grew to 17 acres, 40,000 sq ft of buildings and over 200 employees when it was sold in 2006.  A non-profit organization was formed to build the new school.

Stephen “Mick” Horwitz

Global Strategy, Global Growth & Development

Stephen Horwitz was born in Los Angeles and has lived...

David Dawson

Position: Chief Financial Officer, Global Policy
Email: d.dawson@caribbeanchild.com
Categories: Global Development, Global Policy and Advocacy, Operations
Location: FL

Julien is a graduate of UC Berkeley School of Law (J.D., 1991) and the University of Southern California (B.A., 1988). Julien started his career in Los Angeles practicing complex commercial litigation at O’Melveny & Myers and then at Kaye Scholer.

In 1995, Julien left private practice to become a prosecutor with the United States Attorney’s office in Los Angeles and then in St. Thomas, Virgin Islands. There he worked in the government fraud and public corruption section, where he successfully tried 21 jury trials and prosecuted a variety of complex white-collar criminal cases. Julien received commendations from the Federal Bureau of Investigation, the Internal Revenue Service, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, and the Department of Housing and Urban Development.

Julien then returned to private practice, joining Dovel & Luner in 2001 and becoming a partner the next year.

David Dawson

Chief Financial Officer, Global Policy

Julien is a graduate of UC Berkeley School of Law...

Justine Pasek

Position: North America Program
Email: Exec.Assistant@caribbeanchild.com
Categories: Founders and Founding Directors, North America Program
Location: Los Angeles

Yostin LissetteJustinePasek Patiño is a Polish-Panamanian model, philanthropist and beauty queen who was crowned Miss Universe 2002. Originally the first runner-up at the Miss Universe 2002 competition, Pasek became the first ever runner-up to be crowned the winner after the dethronement of original winner Oxana Fedorova.[1]

Pasek was born in Kharkiv, Ukraine to a Panamanian mother and a Polish father; her mother was a homemaker, while her father was an engineer. Despite her birth name being Yostin, Pasek was raised being affectionately referred to by her Polish name Justyna. She is the eldest of three children and only daughter; her two younger brothers are Edward and Alvaro. The family resided in Ukraine for one year, and later moved to the village of Wożuczyn, near Zamość in southeastern Poland, close to the border with Ukraine. After her mother finished her studies in chemistry, the family left Poland and settled in Panama City, where Pasek was raised.[2]

Prior to pageantry, Pasek worked as a professional model in Panama City; she appeared in television productions and fashion shows. Pasek had planned to complete a university degree in environmental engineering in New Zealand with her brothers, and later work for the Smithsonian Research Center.

Justine Pasek

North America Program

Yostin Lissette “Justine” Pasek Patiño is a Polish-Panamanian model, philanthropist...

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Esther Joo

Corporate Officer
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Lawnie Grant, Esq.

Legal & Compliance
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Elmo Johnson

Event Coordinator
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Island Field Manager