CEO & Co-founder of Project M:25

Missionary with Church of God World Missions, and adjunct faculty at Lee University. Holds a Ph.D. in Intercultural Studies (Fuller) and an M.Div. from Pentecostal Theological Seminary.

Chief Strategy & Innovation Officer

M.S. in Holistic Child Development from Lee University; twenty years of cross-cultural ministry shaping how the model is taught and scaled.

Chief Programs & Partnerships Officer

With M:25 since 2013 and based in Chile. Background spans medicine, culinary arts, theology, and child development — the rare combination that lets her coach field leaders across every domain THRIVE touches.

Board Member - Lee University

Professor of Psychology and a Licensed Clinical Psychologist. Partnership liaison with Lee U — helps shape the trauma-informed foundation of everything we do.

Board Member

Brings a career of team leadership and business experience as a Tupperware Director. She's the faithful hands stateside, keeping M:25's legal and banking matters moving whenever our leaders are serving overseas.

Site Coordinator, Agua Viva

M.S. in Holistic Child Development from Lee University. Anchors the daily life of the Quito campus and the team that makes Agua Viva feel like home.

Coordinator of Family Service Programs, Agua Viva

Experienced in socio-emotional tools and a classroom teaching background. Co-pastors alongside her husband, Jacobo, and leads the day-to-day care of children and families on campus.

Program Support

Currently pursuing his M.S. in Holistic Child Development. Brings music, arts, and youth ministry experience into Kids' Club, Give Light, and afterschool programming.

Head Chef & Campus Hospitality

Twelve years with M:25. Runs the campus kitchen and mentors community mothers in cooking, nutrition, and hospitality — multiplying her gift far beyond the dining room.

Programs Support

Flexible support across Agua Viva's family programs, helping the team show up consistently for the children and parents in their care.

Coordinator of Partner Training

M.A. in Global Ministry Design with ministry experience across five countries. Coordinates training cohorts and prepares visiting groups for trauma-informed engagement on the field.

Curriculum Production Specialist

M.S. in Holistic Child Development from Lee University with an industrial design background. Leads production of M:25's flagship kids and teens curricula, including Emotional Explorers.

Curriculum Writing Support (PT)

Curriculum design, writing, and translation expertise. Helps shape the resources that equip practitioners across Latin America.

Give Water Program Coordinator

Ordained pastor and former assistant director of Church of God Ecuador, with prior leadership experience at Compassion International. Now leads M:25's partner-site network for Give Water.

Coordinator of Research & Academic Publishing

Liaison to Lee University and currently pursuing a PhD program in Marriage and Family Therapy. Fourteen years with M:25 — a living example of the "learn, practice, return, replicate" pipeline.

Director of Engagement & Church Partnerships

Paula is a pastor’s wife with many years of state-level leadership in the Church of God.

Primary contact for mission trip and visiting group inquiries; facilitates relationships between M:25 and its US partner churches.

US Church Experiences

Thirty-plus years of pastoral and missionary experience; currently serving as World Missions Representative for Healing Place Church of God.

Logistics Support

Trained in microbiology. Married to Jorge — part of a family deeply rooted in M:25's Ecuador story. Ale uses her creativity to build program supporting materials and coordinate the logistics for visiting mission teams.

Coordinator of Communications

M.A. in Strategic Communication with a background at HCJB. Quito-based hybrid strategist and storyteller who shapes M:25's voice across email, web, and social.

Finance & Accounting

M.A. in Biblical & Theological Studies from Lee University. Anchors the Ecuador-side financial and administrative systems that keep field programs running.

Chief Financial Officer

US-based CFO partnership through a CPA firm, providing financial oversight and compliance guidance.

Compliance Support

Healthcare administrative professional with a ministry leadership background. Supports compliance, grants, and the operational guardrails that keep M:25 audit-ready.

Pastor Encouragement

A lifelong entrepreneur who built a successful machine shop from the ground up, he spent decades learning that people are the real work. He can get anyone talking, and a quick thank-you call often turns into a pastoral care.