Volunteer

This year, HOLA is very fortunate to have partnered with the American Jewish University to provide an internship for Paul Wassaba-Ouattara Yeoshua, a student working towards his Masters of Business Administration in Non-Profit Management. As part of his degree program, Paul is interning at HOLA, working closely with Tony Brown, Anna Phillips, HOLA’s Grants Administrator, [...]

Actress Roselyn Sanchez visited HOLA’s Elementary and Middle School students yesterday to impart some life-lessons and acting advice to HOLA students. Roselyn joined our SmartStart Elementary club “Go Girl Go!,” which encourages a wholesome lifestyle, a happy outlook, self respect and self-confidence. She spoke about her personal life experiences and encouraged the girls to work [...]

Debra Gentz joined HOLAʼs Board of Directors over three years ago and she has been giving of her time, resources and financial expertise ever since. In addition to her role as a member of the Investment, Advisory and PR/Marketing Committees, Debra has mentored two HOLA high school seniors through the college application process. Her first [...]

Fernando Ledezma, or Fernie to his friends, has filled many roles at HOLA, most recently as a volunteer and mentor. He started coming to HOLA in 1992, when HOLA was still in the church on Wilshire and Mitch and Tony were two of three paid staff. He played basketball on HOLA’s team and came in [...]