About The Esperanza Foundation, Inc.
About the Esperanza Foundation, Inc.
The Esperanza Foundation, Inc. is a 501©3 non-profit organization that provides after school support to students and their families. Our mission is to instill hope and to help improve the lives of youth by providing support and assistance to children and families internationally and scholarships to economically disadvantaged students for college.
The Story of “Esperanza”
Esperanza in Spanish is translated as “hope.”
Dr. Eddy Moise, Jr. had a humble upbringing in the Bedfordstuyvesant neighborhood of New York with his mother and older sister, Dr. Moise remembers his humble beginnings growing up in the rough neighborhood of “Do or Die Bedstuy” in the heart of Brooklyn. Despite all the negativity in Brooklyn, Eddy remained focused on the instruction of his Panamanian mother. Truth be told, Eddy had more fear of his mother than he did of anyone else outside of his home. In the midst of a community filled with crime, drugs, alcohol and more, Eddy’s mother kept him involved in church, singing in the choir, youth group, playing organized sports, exposing him to plays in Manhattan, and more. With hopelessness surrounding him, today he acknowledges that he is who he is because of the hope that his mother instilled in him. Today, Eddy is a testament of that hope as a first-generation college graduate to now Dr. Moise.
Having a mother from Panama and a father from Haiti, Eddy is a beneficiary of immigrant grace. Spending a lifetime deeply rooted in the hope embedded in him as a child has driven Dr. Moise’s commitment to instilling hope in others. This is reflected in his ongoing career path. He served as a Social Worker, Mental Health Counselor, Case Manager, School Social Worker and Medical Discharge Planner, and for the Urban League of Broward County. Second, through his vocation as a Pastor, feeding the hungry, providing clothing, and helping the homeless, advocating for the needy, providing scholarships to youth, adopting schools, volunteering at schools, mentoring youth, and inspiring college students. These acts of grace and hope, instilled in Dr. Moise from childhood by his mother and her native Spanish language, formed the groundwork for inspiring a better future and gave birth to The Esperanza Foundation.
Core Values
Core Values
About the CEO, Visionary
Eddy Moise, Jr., born to a mother from Panama and a father from Haiti, grew up in the heart of Brooklyn, NY in Bedfordstuyvesant – what was then a rough and unforgiving neighborhood. Inspired by the hope instilled in him by his mother, Eddy has overcome the odds and forged a life of helping others achieve success. He is an accomplished leader and a recognized servant leader with a caring and compassionate heart for the community.
Dr. Moise has committed his life to serving youth and families since his early college years at Florida State University. While in college, he managed a male rite of passage program and served as Advisor for the Afro-Academic Cultural Technological and Scientific Olympics (ACT-SO) for Leon County. After graduating, he served at the Urban League working with the First-Class Male Responsibility Program for troubled middle school males. He went on to serve as a Youth Mental Health Counselor and Enhanced Therapist at Henderson Mental Health Center. His early career began as a Social Worker with several organizations, including the Broward County Schools and the Urban League of Broward County. He has served as a consultant with Cities in Schools, provided Cultural Sensitivity training to Law Enforcement on how to interact with youth, and he has served as a Counselor for the first-time youth offender’s program for Coral Springs Police Department. After 8 weeks of group therapy sessions with youth offenders and their guardians, the program had a 97% success rate of youth who did not return to the system. Before his appointment to pastoral leadership, he served as a youth pastor, inspiring youth to set goals and dream big. Through his vocation as a Pastor, Dr. Moise serves by feeding the hungry, providing clothing, and helping the homeless, advocating for the needy, providing scholarships to youth, adopting and volunteering at schools, reading to elementary students, mentoring middle and high schoolers, and inspiring college students. Dr. Moise is a true encourager, coach, counselor, mentor, and a natural servant leader striving to transform the youth of today, one life at a time.
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We would like to thank all who have supported the Esperanza Foundation. If you would like to give to the Esperanza Foundation, please donate to help promote and instill hope in others.
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The Esperanza Foundation, Inc., 1319 N. University Drive, #302, Coral Springs, FL 33071.
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