Our Leadership
Board Members
My Why: "Women have been the target of attack since the garden of Eden. With God's help, I am committed to the full restoration of each woman's unique purpose, beauty, and calling."
Maria Camarillo
Chairwoman & Founder
My Why: "I feel most alive when God uses me in a woman's life that is struggling with addiction, trauma and brokenness."
Valerie Valverde
Vice-Chairwoman
My Why: "I have a burden for women who have been afflicted by addiction. That's why I am honored to serve 3rd Step's mission to bring hope and love to the brokenhearted."
Lisa Borja
Secretary
My Why: "I enjoy meeting our woman where they are at in their journey of recovery, as I extend God's Redeeming Love. I am honored to watch women become “Fearless Masterpieces” for His Glory."
Maria Romo
Recovery Home Liason
My Why: "God has called us to be light and salt of this world, in obedience to honor God, sharing His love, His sovereign grace, and the Gospel of His Salvation, I humbly and compassionately be where there is need for women in recovery and in our communities."
Myrna Dekker
Logistics Manager
My Why: "It fills my heart to help women navigate through addiction to recovery. I also volunteer in remembrance of my sister who passed away in 2007 from addiction ."
Betsy Gersch
Financal Analyst
My Why: "By restoring women to wholeness, sharing how special they are and how much God loves them, I'm wrapping my arms around women who need restoration. It's an amazing reward not only for God's kingdom but for my own heart!"
Desiree Johnson
Road to Recovery Chair
My Why: "I know that I am alive today to share the greatest story ever told — the one about how God so loved the world that He gave His one and only Son, that whosoever would believe in Him, will not perish, but have eternal life. For God did not send His Son into the world to condemn the world, but that through Him, the world might be saved. John 3:16-17"
Diana Vasquez
Social Worker
My Why: "I have a passion to bring God's message of hope and healing to the hurting and broken. Seeing women restored and living out their God-given purpose is lifegiving and fuels my spirit."
Melesia Higuera
Marketing Director
Committee Members
Maria Camarillo
Mavi Torres
Virginia Corcoran
Myrna Dekker
Celina Canales
Angie Tovar
Jessica Torres
Cindy Lebron
Rose Miranda
Melesia Higuera
Kathleen Pizano
Nataly Arguello