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When Anthony Valenzuela was searching for volunteering opportunities this summer, he connected with Anay Abraham, the executive director of <\/span>Casa Familia<\/span><\/a><\/span>\u2014a non-profit organization that fights for affordable housing for people with disabilities.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Abraham, who has been <\/span>a Board of Trustees member at Miami Dade College<\/span><\/a><\/span> since 2019, encouraged Valenzuela to create a young professionals board to assist Casa Familia.<\/span><\/p>\n

Valenzuela, who served as the Kendall Campus Student Government Association President two years ago, leapt into action. To bring the idea to fruition, he connected with three MDC alumni\u2014Paul Douillon, Vanessa Garcia and Miguel Perez\u2014in September.<\/span><\/p>\n

The quartet will serve as the brain trust for the young professionals board and devise ways that they can augment Casa Familia\u2019s mission.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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LOGO COURTESY OF ANTHONY VALENZUELA<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

\u201cI wanted to be a part of something bigger than myself,\u201d Valenzuela said.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Garcia, who has a 50-year-old uncle with cerebral palsy, has a history of advocating for people with disabilities. At North Campus, she served as secretary of the We the Pieces Club, an organization focused on promoting disability-inclusion.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

The University of Miami journalism student will oversee the board’s marketing and social media channels.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cI’m excited to meet more people who I can relate to,\u201d Garcia said. \u201cI just think of my uncle when I think of this organization.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

Garcia\u2019s feelings are echoed by Perez, who has three cousins with Autism. The third year law student at St. Thomas University will oversee event logistics. He will secure speakers, reserve venues for functions and arrange catering.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cThis is a long-term thing for me,\u201d said Perez, who also works as a planning and zoning board member for the City of Sweetwater. \u201cThe most important impact [of] this organization is bringing people together.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

Paul Douillon, who served as the <\/span>Student Government President at Homestead Campus<\/span> <\/span><\/a>during the 2019-2020 academic year, will assist with fundraising.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

The organization, which meets monthly, is growing rapidly. They will add fifteen new members on Dec. 19.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cThey know the importance of sharing and advocating for our cause,\u201d Abraham said.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

The young professionals board will be advised by Michael Alessandri, a clinical psychology professor at UM who serves as the secretary for Casa Familia\u2019s board of directors, and Abraham.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Abraham has served as Casa Familia\u2019s executive director since March of 2021. She joined the organization when it began in 2016 after seeing how people with disabilities at the WOW Center Miami\u2014a special education school in Kendall\u2014were left to mend for themselves after their parents died.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

So far, the group has brought more than 600 followers to the newly established young professionals board\u2019s Instagram account\u2014<\/span>@casafamiliaypb<\/span><\/a><\/span>.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

On Jan. 26, the board will host a networking and fundraising event at the Bay 13 Brewery and Kitchen in Coral Gables. It will feature a chat with a future resident of <\/span>The Village of Casa Familia<\/span><\/a><\/span>\u2014an 11,000 square-foot state-of-the-art community for people with disabilities\u2014 that\u2019s scheduled to open in Kendall in late 2024.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

The young professionals’ main mission heading into the future will be to promote awareness about Casa Familia\u2019s mission through informational seminars, social media campaigns and fundraising events.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cI have no doubt Casa Familia will become something very big in the next few years,\u201d Valenzuela said. \u201cWe’re invested in Casa Familia at a young age, but we’re hoping to climb up the ladder as time goes on.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

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When Anthony Valenzuela was searching for volunteering opportunities this summer, he connected with Anay Abraham, the executive director of Casa Familia\u2014a non-profit organization that fights for affordable housing for people with disabilities.\u00a0 Abraham, who has been a Board of Trustees member at Miami Dade College since 2019, encouraged Valenzuela to create a young professionals board […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":13482574,"featured_media":33492,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","tdm_status":"","tdm_grid_status":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[3384],"class_list":{"0":"post-33494","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-news","8":"tag-casa-familia"},"yoast_head":"\nMDC Alumni Create Young Professionals Board For Casa Familia<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Former Kendall Campus Student Government Association President Anthony Valenzuela created a young professional board for Casa Familia, a non-profit organization advocating for affordable housing for people with disabilities.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/mdcthereporter.com\/staging\/8357\/mdc-alumni-create-young-professionals-board-to-promote-casa-familias-mission\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"MDC Alumni Create Young Professionals Board For Casa Familia\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Former Kendall Campus Student Government Association President Anthony Valenzuela created a young professional board for Casa Familia, a non-profit organization advocating for affordable housing for people with disabilities.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/mdcthereporter.com\/staging\/8357\/mdc-alumni-create-young-professionals-board-to-promote-casa-familias-mission\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"The Reporter: The Student Newspaper at Miami Dade College\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2022-12-08T20:19:43+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2023-01-11T18:49:09+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/mdcthereporter.com\/staging\/8357\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/casa_familia_feat.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1920\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"1080\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Juan S. 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