Our nonprofit complies with all federal and state regulations and retains three board members. DreamCatchers™ D.R.E.A.M.S board members are not paid employees of our nonprofit organization but unpaid volunteers. Each member provides high-level oversight over things such as finances, policies and procedures, programming, fundraising, and strategizing while providing foresight, oversight, and insight.
Originally from Kyle, Texas, Mr. Ornelas is a first-generation college graduate and a first-generation attorney. Licensed in Texas, Cesar Ornelas’s nationwide practice is entirely contingency fee-based and consists of a wide variety of catastrophic personal injury and death cases. He has represented countless victims of catastrophic accidents across the United States. Mr. Ornelas has devoted his entire career to giving a voice to the voiceless. Cesar stated in a previous interview the following about his most satisfying moment as an attorney, “In personal injury, you are given the opportunity to connect with members of the community on an intimate level. I have had the pleasure of getting to know and advocating for many wonderful families. What has truly been satisfying is the fact that we can not only change a family’s life but bring justice to their loved ones”.
A results-oriented business professional and family man. He is Assistant Vice President at Hub International. Mauricio is dedicated to serving individuals and families, assuring his loyalty is to each person he advises. He strives to safeguard each relationship he develops with a goal for each customer to be satisfied and happy while providing them with security. He prides himself on developing a personal relationship to support each individual and family in times of need. Mauricio brings knowledge, expertise and experience to our nonprofit and serves as a role model supporting at-risk individuals so they can actualize the quality of life they desire.
A committed high-school science teacher working with at-risk students. She holds a masters in secondary education, a second in educational leadership and pursuing her third master’s in social work to provide a trauma-informed school environment. Patricia has been committed to providing integrative solutions to help at-risk students and individuals overcome identified barriers in various communities. Her energy, passion and strength-based approaches are contagious to those she comes into contact with. She is the visionary leader behind the nonprofit and is devoted to helping at-risk individuals achieve their dreams.
DreamPartners are like-minded businesses who provide an exclusive relationship with DreamCatchers™. These business professionals provide mentoring and training to support program participants in reaching their weekly ABC goals. Our board members work together with DreamPartners to create and maintain our housing, mentoring, training and placement programs supporting our veterans, individuals with disabilities, domestic violence victims and those at-risk. Together we are providing program participants with the identified skills they need to overcome their employment and life barriers.
Together we are creating a cycle of Academic, Behavior, and Career (ABC) success for at-risk individuals in communities utilizing our integrative four pillar programs:
DreamHome, DreamLaw, DreamHealth and DreamLife.
Our three-member board relies on building exclusive DreamPartners who carry out our nonprofits vision and mission. Our belief is to engage our DreamPartners to fulfill multiple roles within our nonprofit creating a win-win connection. Our board is dedicated to fostering faithful, reliable and trustworthy relationships with our exclusive DreamPartners. Collectively, we are improving at-risk lives because we care about providing holistic, synergistic solutions by integrating the strengths, knowledge and experience of our DreamPartners. Together we bring about the following:
DreamTeam-Our housing, mentoring, and training volunteers who support at-risk individuals in reaching their weekly ABC Career Development Ladder Goals
DreamBusinesses- Community businesses who receive support for long-term employment of at-risk individuals with ABC intervention services during On-the-Job Training (OJT) training
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