Children's Bereavement Center of the Rio Grande Valley
Ernest Espinoza is the new Regional Director of The Children's Bereavement Center of the Rio Grande Valley and is joining us today to keep us updated on the impact their organization has on not only counciling grieving children but their families as well. They offer free services to those in need and their non-profit is entirely funded by the generosity of their donors.
Ernest Espinoza was born in Chicago, Illinois and has one sister. But his parents quickly moved to Houston, Texas where his father, Ernesto Espinoza took a job with NASA as a space engineer. Ernest enjoyed working out, playing sports and was on many swim teams as a youth. He was a top swimmer in High School. Ernest graduated in 1995 with a degree in Business Management from the University of Houston.
In 1997 Ernest started working for the non-profit Sam Houston Area Council, Boy Scouts of America in Houston, Texas. Since then, he worked for 24 years in various Boy Scout Councils across the nation from Houston, Dallas, Chicago, California and Harlingen, Texas. Ernest has also volunteered in Quito, Ecuador in the Scouts of Ecuador. He has enjoyed working on all operations of the company from fundraising, strategic planning, cultivating donors, managing employees and thousands of volunteers, accounting, budgeting and much more.
Ernest is recently married to Eben in June of 2021 and has three wonderful children, Matthew, Michael and Nathania. He enjoys spending time with his family.
Ernest is excited to lead The Children’s Bereavement Center RGC!
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