Our Team - Forever Changed International

OUR STAFF

Founder, Board Member, Executive Director
Heather Radu

Sponsorship Coordinator
Charity Danielson

Director Forever Changed Guatemala
Alejandra Diaz

Community Outreach Director
Bertha Cuyún

Dorie’s Promise Receptionist
Sigrid Soberanis

Founder, Board Member, Executive Director

Heather Radu

Heather is the heart of Dorie’s Promise. As a young woman, she witnessed orphanages firsthand in Eastern Europe and knew there must be a better way. Immediately, a passion ignited in her that would alter her life. In the three decades since, Heather has devoted her life to orphan care. She believes all children deserve a loving family and founded Dorie’s Promise to care for children who may otherwise be forgotten. She is a force to be reckoned with, full of energy, passion, and determination to always provide every opportunity to our children. In her spare time, you can find Heather enjoying the beautiful outdoors of the Pacific Northwest with her family.

Missions Director

Naomi Beazely

Naomi is the energy behind our Mission trips. Combining her detail-oriented personality, love for children, and fun spirit, she coordinates all of our visiting teams. She’s a firm believer that Guatemala doesn’t become real until you experience it. In her spare time, you’ll find Naomi enjoying the outdoors with her husband and two sons or taking in a Portland Trail Blazers game.

Sponsorship Coordinator

Charity Danielson

Helping people comes naturally to Charity but serving with our teams in Guatemala changed her life and helped fuel her passion for Dorie’s Promise. She enjoys sharing about our children and programs while finding ways for donors to become involved in our vision. Her goal is to help the children of Dorie’s Promise become fully sponsored so that we can welcome additional children. She describes our home as a place that forever changes the lives of our children. In her spare time, you’ll find Charity exercising, reading, and spending time with her teenage children.

Director Forever Changed Guatemala

Alejandra Diaz

Alejandra is the heart of Dorie’s Promise. The love of God and family that she was taught by her parents has guided her career and how she manages our home. The children of Dorie’s Promise have made a profound impact on Alejandra. One of her favorite memories is of accompanying a young girl to her court hearing. The girl was shaking and afraid, but when Alejandra reached down to hug her, the girl hugged back tightly. At that moment she realized just how important the staff is and the opportunity they have to change the life of each child who enters the home. Alejandra enjoys spending time with her husband and three children, reading, and helping her church.

Physician

Dr. Francisco Castro

Doc really has been a lifesaver at Dorie’s Promise. Early in his tenure with us, he was able to combat an outbreak that sickened many children. He worked around the clock to care for them. In the years since, he has established an outstanding medical care program at our home. Having dedicated his career to Pediatrics, he now focuses on caring for the most vulnerable who do not have access to medical care. In additional to his work at Dorie’s Promise, he also works to provide medical care in several rural villages and is our coffee guy. If you meet him, he’ll be sure to tell you about his coffee—it’s the second best in the world!

Psychologist

Ana Maria Davila

For many of our children, their deepest wounds are not physical. With her gentle, loving demeanor, Ana Maria guides our children as they process their past trauma and begin to heal. She is a trusted adult in whom our children confide their deepest pain and biggest dreams. Day by day, she is always amazed by healing she witnesses and the resilience embedded in the spirit of our children. For more than a decade, Ana Maria has focused her efforts on mental health resources for children. Away from Dorie’s Promise, she also provides psychological care in rural Mayan communities. In her spare time, you’ll find her reading, writing, or playing tennis with her husband.

Legal Assistant

Jessica Godoy

Many trip participants will remember Jessica as the bubbly Team Leader who helped organize all of the fun activities with the children at Dorie’s Promise. Like her mother, Jessica was trained as a teacher and enjoys interacting with our children. After completing her law degree, Jessica became our Legal Assistant and now dedicates her skills to defend the rights of the children in our care. Her passion is our children. Away from Dorie’s Promise, you can find her spending time with her family, doing craft projects, and hanging out with friends.

Community Outreach Director

Bertha Cuyún

Managing our community projects and relationships with local leaders is Bertha’s specialty. Thanks to her extensive experience in community development, she understands the best ways to partner with communities to extend dignity and avoid dependency. Community members appreciate her compassion and concern, while teams appreciate her organization and leadership. She’s not afraid to put on boots and help mix concrete either.

Teacher

Lucky Perez

Lucky holds a very special position at Dorie’s Promise. As our staff teacher, she has the opportunity to help each of our children reach their fullest potential. More than just their educational growth, Lucky also finds joy by sharing in the spiritual growth of our children. The kids love her too. One of her favorite memories was when the kids filled her classroom with balloons and surprised her with a cake to celebrate her birthday. Even when not at work, Lucky enjoys finding new resources and activities to share with our children and help them learn.

Dorie’s Promise Receptionist

Sigrid Soberanis

One of the first people that children meet when they come to Dorie’s Promise is Sigrid. Her love of our children is evident every day as she spends time with them. Thanks to her love of organization, she helps keep our office running well. She makes all of our visitors feel welcome and is even trilingual. She would like to see Dorie’s Promise grow so that she can welcome even more children. In her spare time, she enjoys reading, exercising, and watching TV.

Board of Directors

Board Member

Barb Quinn

During the 1990s, Barb and her husband Tom adopted three children with the help of Heather Radu. Experiencing Eastern European orphanages firsthand changed Barb and ignited a passion for helping orphans. Since the beginning, Barb has been a supporter of FCI and continues to help guide our work today as a board member. She wants people to know that Dorie’s Promise is different. “There is a sense when you walk into Dorie’s Promise that it is a home, full of love and hope.” Barb and her husband are happily retired and enjoy splitting their time between Washington and Hawaii.

Board Member

Cari Burck

Being able to spend time with Dorie Van Stone deeply influenced Cari. Dorie’s resiliency and God’s provision during her difficult childhood taught Cari how to love orphans. While playing with our children and taking pictures for many years, Cari captured one-year-old Lester’s first smile. She was able to witness the moment he finally felt safe enough to express joy in his new home. That moment is one of her favorite memories. Serving Dorie’s Promise is a family affair for Cari, her husband, and their two children. When not working as an Osteopathic Family Physician in West Virginia, Cari enjoys gardening, painting, and photography.

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