Our Mission
Provide support and assistance to at-risk children, teens and their families in the North Fulton area, by providing parenting classes, as well as academic and enrichment activities.
Our Vision
Our Values
Faith
To guide children and parents to experience God’s love and how they can live a fulfilling life together.
Community
We cultivate and value relationships with the families in our community and do what we can to help them to meet their needs when they are going through difficult situations.
Resilience
We are passionate and tireless in seeking help and opportunities for our children and youth in advancing their education.
Learning
We treat challenges as learning opportunities, and continually strive to excel in their education in order to graduate High School then college.
Our Board
Gilma Cantu
President, Executive Director
Gilma Cantu is Colombian by birth, moved to the United States in 2000 and is a U.S. citizen. She has a degree in International Business and has over 15 years of experience in ESL (English as a Second Language) leadership in public elementary schools. She is the Community Ministry Coordinator at RUMC, Roswell, Georgia. She also runs an After-School Program at Vickery Elementary School. Gilma’s passion for children began with her own son’s Christian journey. Her language skills and passion for helping the community allows her to build bridges with the local Latino community. Gilma and her husband live in Kennesaw, GA.
Amy Dodson
Board Director, Vice President
Amy Dodson moved to Roswell, Georgia, in 1974 at the age of 14. She attended Roswell High School and Georgia Southern University, graduating in 1984 with a business degree. Amy pursued her life-long dream by completing her Masters in Early Childhood Education degree from Reinhardt University in 2013. Amy has been on several mission trips to Peru. She has worked in the after-school tutoring program, now known as Mighty Mentes, with Gilma Cantu for three years. In the summer of 2019, Amy volunteered at Camp Grace. This experience had a profound effect on her, which led her to become involved in Reborn Minds, and she is excited to be able to help children feel the love of Christ at Camp Grace as she did. Amy is married to Dr. Lee Dodson, a dentist in Roswell. Amy and Lee have both been members of Roswell United Methodist Church for over 40 years.
Arthur Cantu
Board Director, Vice President of Operations
Cristina Silva Wernick
Secretary
Born and raised in Bogota Colombia, Cristina met her husband while he was on a mission trip in Colombia. Before relocating to America, she worked twenty-one years at the Bank of Colombia where she was a Branch Manager. She came to live in Georgia in 1997. Just like in Colombia, she continues her passion to help teenagers with money management; as well as, their Christian life journey. Cristina holds a bachelor’s in business administration majoring in Economics and Administration at the University of Los Andes. She in her husband live in Alpharetta, GA.
Ruth Garcia Huertas
Treasurer
Ruth is from Bogota, Colombia. She relocated to America in 2004. While in Colombia, Ruth finished her Bachelors in Business from the Universidad Central de Colombia in Accounting. Throughout her career, she has managed financial books and taxes for a variety of businesses. She is currently working for a CPA Firm here in Alpharetta, GA. Her specialty is to support clients with their business finances, tax support, and platform tools. She and her fur baby live in Alpharetta, GA.
Michele Bryan
Director of Programs
Michele Bryan moved to Georgia from Pennsylvania and has lived here for twenty years. She graduated from Penn State with a Marketing degree and went on to earn her Masters in Elementary Education from Millersville University. She worked as an elementary school teacher for 15 years, teaching Kindergarten, 5th and 6th graders.