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Highly qualified professionally and personally

Our Team

We are a team of highly qualified professionals and efficient, resilient people committed to our communities and vulnerable populations.

Board of Directors: President Wilfred W. Labiosa, PhD; Vice-President, Lisbeth Melendez, Secretary, Carmen Janet Collazo, Treasurer, Jean-Marie Navetta; Members-at-Large: Luigi M. Ferrer and Gary Bonilla.

For additional information

For additional information about Descúbrete, PFLAG and its Community Center for the LGBT+ Older Adult or Reconstruye Q, please contact us at waves@wavesahead.org or call 787.940.8851

Our Team of Professionals

WE WORK FOR A PURPOSE

Wilfred W. Labiosa, Ph.D. – CEO and President
Seil Román, LiCSW, – Director of the Mental Health Program, Exprésate!
Dasiel Baez, PsyD, – Mental Health Therapist
Alanna De La Torres y Lourdes Pérez de Alejo, LiCSW – Mental Health Therapists
Rosa Sevilla – Mental Health Therapist and Case Manager
Orlando Colón and Kimberly Vázquez – Case Managers and Group Facilitators
Doroti Santiago, Bárbara Hernández and Carmen Oquendo-Villar, Ph.D. – Facilitators of Mindfulness, Yoga and Meditation
María Sánchez – Music Therapist Consultant
Rosa Correa – Coordinator of Cabo Rojo Site
Mirelys González – Volunteer Coordinator of Isabela Site
Rossana López – Gerentologist Advisor Consultant
Keyla García, Ph.D. – Nutrition and complementary therapies Advisor

Pedro Julio Serrano – Manager of Development, Grand Writing and Coordinator of Academia Empodérate
Evelyn Gabalda and Herisney Quintana–  Administrative Assistants
Diane M. Trinidad – Office Assistant, Community Peer Leader
Victor Ramos – I.T. Assistant
Ivonne Álvarez – Accountant from IAV Accounting Consulting Firm
Olga N. Chapman-Rivera & team of BRAAVE – Communications and Digital Consulting Firm

Practicum Students from:
Ponce Health Sciences University, Program of Clinical Psychology
Universidad Albizu, Program of Counseling Psychology
Universidad Ana G Méndez, Clinical Social Worker Program Walden University, Clinical Social Worker Program Interamerican University, Clinical Social Worker Program

Waves Ahead  is a non profit organization with Registration number: 399869; Employer Identification number: 66-0886812; and Registered as a bonafide 501c3 organization number: 26053734001417

Our Supporters (2023)

And many other diáspora members, volunteers and funding partners living in the United States, the Virgin Islands, Europe and Canada.
 
Conexión Supporters ($3,000 +)
Claudia Barrios
Orlin Goble

Continuidad Supporters ($1,500 +)
Basil Tilmon y Grant Barnette
Gary Bonilla
Jean-Marie Navetta
Lisbeth Meléndez
Melissa Díaz
Oz Mondejar & John Verlinden Family
Robyn Ochs
Serena Worthington

Cariños Supporters ($500 +)
Aida Manduley
Indira Gumbe
Jim & Phyllis Campen
J-Manny Santiago & Ferneli Hernández
Kimberly Graff
Mr. & Mrs. Ernest Schurian
Nancy Duncan
Roslindale Congregational Church
Steven Toledo

Grants Awarded (2023)
AIDS United
Autoridad de Asesoría Financiera y Agencia Fiscal de PR
CDC Foundation
Community Catalyst: VEAP Funds
Department of Transportation US/PR
Fondos Legislativos Puerto Rico
Fondos PARE, Oficina de la Procuradora de las Mujeres
Global Giving Foundation
Hispanic Federation
HUD Economic Development Initiative’s Community Project
It Gets Better Project
National Council on Aging
Power On LGBT Tech
Triple-S Community Foundation
ViiV HealthCare

OUR COLLABORATORS

Hispanic Federation
CenterLink: The Community of LGBT Centers
Administración de los Alcaldes de Municipios de Cabo Rojo, Isabela, Maunabo & San Juan
SER de Puerto Rico
Ricky Martin Foundation
CENESEX
Diversidad Dominicana
Iglesia Cristo para Tod@s
National PFLAG
Puerto Rico Diseña
One Stop Career Center of Puerto Rico, Inc.
BRAAVE Puerto Rico, Advertising & Marketing
IAV Financial Consultants
Troupe 429 Club in Connecticut
Banco de Alimentos de PR
Puerto Rican Cultural Center in Chicago, IL
Coalición de Coaliciones
JSI: John Snow Inc. Research & Evaluation
ChangeMaker Foundation
American Red Cross, Puerto Rico Chapter
Departamento de la Vivienda Puerto Rico
Ponce Health Sciences University
Ana G Méndez University: School of Social and Human Sciences, Department of Social Work, Cabo Rojo and Carolina Campuses
Interamerican University of Puerto Rico, Social Work Program
Albizu University in Puerto Rico
University of Puerto Rico, Río Piedras Campus
Ana G. Méndez University: School of Naturopathic Medicine
 
Proud Partner of 
CenterLink: The Community of LGBT Centers &
SAGE Collab Network

Your donations will ensure that our communities receive quality and accessible services. The needs are many and resources are limited.

San Juan

1149 Ave Américo Miranda,
San Juan, PR 00921.
787.940.8851
waves@wavesahead.org

Cabo Rojo

Mestre and Baldorioty Street Corner, Old Recycling and Environmental Health Center
Cabo Rojo, PR 00623.
787.940.8851 waves@wavesahead.org, caborojo@wavesahead.org

Maunabo

Ave. Calimano, Highway 759, Old School José S. Navarro. Back.
Maunabo, PR 00707.
787.940.8851
waves@wavesahead.org,
maunabo@wavesahead.org

Loíza

2nd floor Tau Center, Ricky Martin Foundation Carr 198, Loiza PR 00729
787.940.8851
waves@wavesahead.org

Isabela

Hospital Cima Isabela,
Calle Lorenzo Chico,
Isabela, PR 00662
787.940.8851
waves@wavesahead.org