Tapping into local talent, networks, and resources for sustainable solutions.
2024 Annual Report
Natik means '“you plant” in Tz’utujil Maya in Guatemala.
Natik means “our home” in Tsotsil, Tseltal, and Chol, three of the many Mayan languages spoken in Chiapas, Mexico.
Esperanza means “hope” in Spanish..
Our home is surrounded by a garden of hope where education, health, and sustainable livelihoods flourish.
We invest in visionary leaders who share that conviction. Through long-term relationships and shared goals, courageous leaders can tap into local talent, networks, and resources for sustainable solutions.
A Message From the Board
Whether you're new to our mission or have been supporting Natik for years, please know that you are at the heart of everything we do.
Your commitment to investing in local infrastructures demonstrates your belief in the power of grassroots organizations. We're grateful that you recognize the exceptional potential of these communities to tackle the challenges of poverty and marginalization.
By harnessing local resources, the partners we support continue to strengthen their unique sustainable solutions that address the universal needs of all communities, from education and healthcare to livelihood development.
Your generosity allows us to collaborate with an expanding network of people and organizations in Guatemala and Mexico. In this report, we're excited to share some of our successes and challenges that we've faced as we continue to grow and evolve together.
For many years Natik focused on building infrastructure that will benefit our grassroots partners. Now we’re also focusing on board expansion so we can reach more people with the many stories that our partners have to tell.
We’re deeply grateful for your support and for being a part of our vibrant community, what we affectionately call our “feisty charm of hummingbirds.” You’re helping change lives and transform the future.
Warm Regards,
2025 Board of Directors: David Feuerbach, Addison Nace, Alex Graybar, Gustavo Nieves, Devin Graves, Sidney Brown, Martita Mestéy-Durruthy, Alex Michel
A Message From the Natik Team
This report was crafted for you with love and gratitude!
Thanks to you, we’re growing!
Thanks to your generous support, we've been able to prioritize people-centered development rooted in local culture and networks. Our partner organizations share the belief that collective benefit is more important than individual advantage. That’s because they know the immediate impact is greater and the long-term benefit is exponential when everyone is encouraged to collaborate.
A key aspect of our partners’ success is the leadership’s ability to inspire teams to stay focused on the collective good. The cultural practice in indigenous communities of consensus-driven management prioritizes engagement and team harmony. It takes longer to make decisions, but when everyone participates in the strategic and planning phases, the implementation is more effective.
Your trust has been crucial because supporting local initiatives is complex and the testing phase of implementation can be slow — and can be tricky to document and quantify accurately.
Until 2024, our team prioritized partner project funding over investing in our own operating systems. One result was that our financial and impact reports required considerable manual data management. As we grow, the challenge is that our income sources, grant disbursements, and partner accompaniment becomes even more complicated to track and report. So in 2024 we contracted a US-based accounting firm and upgraded our donation management platform.
Investing in our administrative infrastructure translates into greater efficiency and more time to invest in our partners.
You’ll be happy to know that the numbers in this Annual Report were extracted swiftly and easily. We hope you’ll enjoy reading the report as much as we enjoyed creating it!
From the 2025 team, we thank you for being a part of this journey!
Anita Smart, Deborah Colvin, Élida Anaya, Karla Herrera, Darwin Vásquez
Natik’s garden is full of trees, many of which were planted a long time ago.
The long-term investments in local talent, networks, and resources resembles the cultivation of an orchard of trees.
It takes thousands of seeds and hundreds of seedlings to end up with a handful of strong adult trees in an orchard. In the end, the trees that flourish, despite pests, plagues, soil, environment, and climate, are able to provide valuable resources. Their fruit is food, their branches are used for wood products, their leaves generate oxygen, and they provide the irreplaceable service of large-scale capture and release of water in the local environment. They’re even useful when dead, since they enrich the soil, can be used for fuel, and provide needed habitat.
Nature’s way is harmonious and balanced.
Trees are also nature’s example of the importance of not insisting on numeric proof of impact too soon. One successful adult tree is worth the seeds, seedlings, and saplings that didn’t make it. Similarly, many community-based initiatives could be considered “failures” if their impact were to be judged only in the first year or two of their lifespan.
Your trust and loyalty means you value our partners’ freedom to sow seeds widely before thinning and pruning to maximize their harvests.
Mapping Our Path to Success
We believe in building strong, personalized relationships.
By working together and learning from each other, we create real change that meets the challenges of each organization.
Our Theory of Change describes our idea of how a good relationship contributes to results.
Optimizing Resources
Finding the right solutions means understanding that every community has its own unique talents and resources.
We currently partner with organizations whose programs align with our mission goals and who are committed to generating local solutions.
Our Partnership Model
Short Term relationships:
Fiscal Sponsorships Seed Grants
We offer fiscal sponsorships to established organizations that need a 501(c)3 in order to receive grants or donations that they initiate and manage.
Fiscal sponsorships can be renewed yearly.
Occasionally we offer short term Seed Grants to community-based initiatives for specific projects. The one-year seed grants are by invitation only. These opportunities depend on funding availability.
Long Term relationships:
Full partnerships
Intermediate level of organizational development: We give partners general operating support, share communication and fundraising strategies, co-write grants and fundraise on their behalf, facilitate staff training, and engage in entrepreneurial mentoring. Much of their funding comes through our fundraising platform.
Advanced level of organizational development: We collaborate with mature partners on grant applications and support them in mentorship roles in their communities. These organizations manage their own donor base and have diversified funding sources. Some donations continue to come through our fundraising platform.
Multi-partner grants for challenges that require collective solutions
Our multi-partner grants bring together organizations working toward a shared goal, fostering collaboration, knowledge-sharing, and greater impact. By leveraging the unique strengths of each partner, these grants promote long-term sustainability and innovative approaches to community development. Natik plays a key role in facilitating connections and collaborative design, securing funding, and ensuring that resources are used effectively to maximize outcomes.
Our Partners
We bear witness to how our partners invest in structure, team competencies, management systems, knowledge and learning, and leadership.
Their actions contribute to accomplishing their self-determined goals to transform their communities through education, health, and sustainable livelihoods.
Grants by Mission Goals
ANADESA
ANADESA Partner Grant: $31,644 for Education and Sustainable Livelihoods
ANADESA has been a Natik partner since 2018. Based in Santiago Atitlán, Guatemala, they focus on building a stronger community through three main programs: after-school tutoring for children, leadership opportunities for young people, and economic development for women.
To help fund their work, ANADESA also offers services to tourists and sells handmade crafts created by local women.
“Last year, I had a problem with untrue rumors about me. I felt rejected by the community and by the members of my church.
Through training and mentoring in the ANADESA workshop, I learned to feel confident in myself and my own decisions. Perhaps because of this, I was proposed to be a member of the board of directors of a group at my church. Normally, only men participate in that group.
I accepted the invitation because I remember the leadership and self-esteem topics taught at ANADESA. I feel that those workshops gave me the strength to continue fighting in life and ignore people's destructive criticism.”
Yeni, Women’s Leadership Training Workshop Participant
In 2024, Natik’s Education and Sustainable Livelihoods grant helped ANADESA grow in important ways.
With this support, they were able to:
Improve staff training to better care for the emotional well-being of participants and team members.
Hire new staff and provide better benefits to their team.
Celebrate the graduation of one group of women entrepreneurs and welcome a new group starting their own small businesses.
Buy new computers and provide technology classes for students in the after-school program.
Add more books to their student library.
Join forces with another Natik partner, Puerta Abierta, in workshops that helped teachers grow their skills. These workshops were made possible by support from the Ward Foundation and the Mortensen Family Foundation.
Thanks to these strong results, ANADESA was selected in 2024 to join Natik’s new multi-partner grant: the Sustainable Livelihood Fund.
Mujeres Sembrando la Vida
Mujeres Sembrando la Vida Partner Grant: $400 + $3,000 for the current installment of a multi-year grant for Sustainable Livelihoods
Mujeres Sembrando la Vida (MSV) is one of Natik’s longest-standing partners. Since 2000, this artisan cooperative in Zinacantán, Chiapas, Mexico has been creating unique designs that blend ancient traditions with modern style. MSV is working hard to build a more stable future—one that honors their cultural roots while also reaching new markets. Members of the group help shape the final products by sharing ideas based on the themes requested by their clients. MSV also gives back to their community. From their earnings, the artisans donate 5% to the Yo’onik Learning Center and save another 5% in an emergency fund for the group.
“I joined the cooperative 3 years ago…
Thanks to being in the cooperative, I have work in the loom and embroidery and I can contribute to my family economically. To embroider and weave products has changed my life.”
Catalina, MSV Artisan Cooperative Member
In 2024, Natik’s flexible, long-term grant for Sustainable Livelihoods helped MSV grow stronger as an organization. With this support, they were able to:
Pay staff stipends to support their leadership and operations.
Begin the restructuring process of the organization.
Maintain internet access and pay for their website.
Cover travel costs so artisans could participate in the renovation of their local store and attend special design workshops led by Operation Blessing.
The remaining funds from the multi-year grant will help MSV update their legal status in Mexico. This step is important because it will allow them to issue official receipts to bigger clients and open up more business opportunities in the future.
Pueblo a Pueblo
Pueblo a Pueblo Partner Grant: $84,025 for Education, Health, and Sustainable Livelihoods
Pueblo a Pueblo has been a Natik partner since 2020. Based in Santiago Atitlán, Sololá, Guatemala, their work focuses on fighting poverty in rural communities through education, health, and development of sustainable livelihoods. They provide scholarships for students, lead a youth entrepreneurial leadership program, and support women with health and nutrition education during pregnancy and their babies’ first year. Their beekeeping and honey projects also help families improve their diets and earn local income.
“At Pueblo a Pueblo, we've been trained in beekeeping, and I think we need to continue training young people so they have a little more knowledge about bees to be able to start their own businesses…
I've been learning about bees and their importance because bees pollinate flowers. Well, for me, it's important to take care of them and feed them because they pollinate the crops…
This project will improve my life a little more through the knowledge, experience, and care that must be given to bees and the income that will come over time.”
Elías, Beekeeping Training Participant
In 2024, Natik’s grant for Education, Health, and Sustainable Livelihoods helped Pueblo a Pueblo reach several important goals. With this funding, they were able to:
Continue providing vital health and nutrition services to mothers and infants.
Support Junior High and High School students with educational stipends, school supplies, food baskets, and health care.
Begin working with another Natik partner, Ruk’ux, to offer university scholarships, with a grant from the Maya Educational Foundation.
Redesign their youth entrepreneurial leadership program and welcome participants into their second year of training.
Give seed grants to young people launching small business ideas in their second year of the program.
Continue their beekeeping project and began planning for marketing training, thanks to a new grant from the Towards Sustainability Foundation.
Renew key grants from funders like the Mortenson Family Foundation and the Angus W. Graham Jr. Family Foundation to keep building a diverse funding base.
Strengthen the participation of their local board members.
Update their website.
Hire an accountant and improve their accounting system.
Puerta Abierta
Puerta Abierta Traveling Library Partner Grant: $2,414 for Education
Puerta Abierta is one of Natik’s most experienced partners and a trusted mentor to many others in our network. Their Library Outreach Program brings books and engaging activities to children, youth, families, grandparents, and teachers in Santiago Atitlán. It has become a model for similar programs in other parts of Guatemala and across Central America.
Through reading and teacher training, Puerta Abierta explores themes like leadership, empathy, critical thinking, inclusion, and literacy—helping communities grow stronger and more connected.
A major goal for Puerta Abierta is to build a home for their school. This space will serve as both a learning center and a hub for training local organizations. Recognizing their leadership and long-term vision, Natik began supporting Puerta Abierta’s efforts to raise funds for their new building. With expanded funding, Puerta Abierta will be able to reach more organizations and continue sharing their impactful training methods across the region.
“Books can make great changes in the lives of our students, and we as teachers need to identify books with the power to transform the mentality of our students and transmit positive messages for the community. The books in the Puerta Abierta Open Books Program for teachers are the type of books with the capacity to change the reality of our students by helping them look beyond their immediate surroundings.”
Isa, Kindergarten Teacher and Puerta Abierta Teacher Training Workshop Participant
In 2024, Natik’s Education grant helped Puerta Abierta restart in-person reading activities through their Library Outreach Program—bringing readers back together after years of mostly virtual programming initiated during the pandemic.
Thanks to collaboration between the Mortenson Family Foundation (via a grant to ANADESA) and a new grant from the Ward Foundation, Puerta Abierta also provided mentorship and teacher training to ANADESA, another Natik partner.
Ruk’ux Scholarship Program
Ruk’ux–Partner Grant: $12,497 for Education
Ruk’ux has been a key Natik partner since 2007. Based in Santiago Atitlán, Sololá, Guatemala, they champion young people by providing scholarships, academic tutoring, and mentorship. Each year, ten outstanding students receive support to contribute to their efforts to stay in school and grow into community leaders. In addition to tutoring in reading and writing, students develop leadership and entrepreneurial skills by creating projects that serve their communities. Ruk’ux continues to expand their services and provide life-changing opportunities for youth in their community, opening doors through education, mentorship, and connection.
“I’m studying my 6th semester in Business Administration. I have an older brother and my parents didn’t have the opportunity to continue their studies.
In Ruk’ux I’ve had lots of experiences that will help me in my professional life through the activities that we do during our meetings. I’ve been participating in Ruk’ux for 6 years, and I have benefitted professionally and economically. I like attending since we share moments of our lives, when we can express ourselves and exchange opinions. It’s impacted me because I’ve been able to improve my vocabulary and express myself.”
Josefa, Ruk’ux Scholarship Recipient
In 2024, Natik’s Education grant provided full support for Ruk’ux’s scholarship program. With this funding, they were able to:
Continue offering scholarships and group mentorship to Junior High and High School students through graduation.
Provide personalized support through regular family visits and school follow-ups.
Begin offering university scholarships as a separate program, in collaboration with the Maya Educational Foundation.
Work with Pueblo a Pueblo to host orientations and workshops for the new university students.
Welcome new Junior High students into the program as older students graduate.
Launch a student-led communication and photography project, giving older students the chance to document stories from across Natik’s partners.
Move the organization from a private home into a shared space with Pueblo a Pueblo, creating more opportunities for collaboration and learning.
Continue their efforts to restructure and update their legal status as an independent organization.
Yo’onik Learning Center
Yo’onik Learning Center Partner Grant: $12,463 for Education
Natik has supported the Yo’onik Learning Center in Zinacantán, Chiapas, Mexico since its early days—helping to build both its physical space and its educational programs. Yo’onik offers tutoring and scholarships that not only help students improve their grades, but also build leadership and social skills. Their program is rooted in local culture, encouraging children and teens to continue their studies while embracing their Tsotsil heritage.
Yo’onik also benefits from the support of its sister program, Mujeres Sembrando la Vida, whose artisan sales provide additional funding to help sustain the center. Yo’onik continues to grow as a hub of learning, culture, and community—nurturing young minds and preparing future leaders in Zinacantán.
“I came to Yo’onik when I was 5 years old. I decided to attend Yo’onik because of my family. I’m 13 now, and I like helping the younger children. What I like the best is to read or play with them. I like helping them improve their level of reading and to do better with their letters.”
Liliana, Secondary Scholarship Recipient and Tutor
In 2024, Natik’s Education grant provided full support for Yo’onik’s activities. With this funding, they were able to:
Offer a robust after-school program for local primary school students with homework support in Tsotsil, and enrichment classes in art, computer skills, English, sustainable gardening, and reforestation.
Provide a healthy snack for every child who attends after-school sessions.
Continue offering scholarships to Junior High, High School, and University students—who also serve as tutors in the after-school program.
Pay staff to lead programming and mentor the scholarship students.
Purchase new and replacement furniture, as well as supplies for the learning center.
Upgrade computer equipment and software to help students with their homework.
Cover internet costs to keep the center connected and running smoothly.
Begin restructuring their staff to prepare for increased services, future improvements, and support the transition to hiring outside leadership for the coordinating role.
Join in the planning process with Mujeres Sembrando la Vida to update their legal status, which will open new doors for funding and long-term sustainability.
Tui’k Ruch’ Lew
Tui'k Ruch' Lew Fiscal Sponsorship Grant: $36,000 for Health and Education
Tui’k Ruch’ Lew (TRL) began their relationship with Natik in 2023, when Natik started serving as a fiscal sponsor. Through Natik’s fundraising platform, TRL’s supporters can contribute to both Natik’s General Fund, and to flexible funding that covers TRL’s core program and operating costs.
For many years, TRL has worked to improve respiratory health, increase access to clean water, and promote alternative energy sources in Santiago Atitlán, Guatemala. Their work especially benefits women and children, who often face the greatest health risks from cooking over open fires. By partnering with TRL, Natik has expanded its impact in promoting healthier lives and cleaner environments in the region.
“I used to cook on an open fire, and it was difficult. When it was windy, I suffered from the smoke. My daughter-in-law started using the Qáaq´ stove and soon convinced me to use it. She told me it was very good.
Despite my age, I adapted to the stove and enjoy cooking here. I believe and feel that it’s helpful for women. Cooking on the floor is tough. In contrast, cooking on a Qáaq´ stove makes a huge difference. When necessary, I request repairs to keep it working correctly. Most importantly, it takes care of my health and does not need much firewood.”
Micaela, 72, TRL Stove User
In 2024, Natik’s flexible Health and Education grant supported TRL to:
Pay staff salaries and help cover ongoing operational costs.
Install new ecological cookstoves and provide maintenance, spare parts, and follow-up visits to families.
Conduct outreach and assessments for new stove installations and encourage wider community use of clean cooking technology.
Carry out educational visits to raise environmental awareness.
Promote their new home water filtration program through community visits and demonstrations.
TRL’s commitment to sustainable, community-driven health solutions is making daily life safer and healthier for families in Santiago Atitlán.
Sustainble Livelihoods Fund
Sustainable Livelihoods Fund: Multi-Partner Grant for $12,264
In 2024, Natik launched the Sustainable Livelihoods Fund—a long-held vision to help our partners build organization-run businesses that generate flexible funding, make use of local resources, and provide fair income to community members. This new initiative also strengthens Natik’s presence in the region by adding a local project coordinator to guide the work on the ground.
Throughout 2025, partners will receive one-on-one mentoring and guidance from Natik’s project coordinator. They will also participate in workshops offered by regional collaborators on topics like business planning, marketing, customer service, and evaluation.
If successful, this pilot phase will pave the way for long-term funding and expansion of the Sustainable Livelihoods Fund—helping even more partners create sustainable, locally-driven solutions for their organizations and the communities they serve.
The pilot phase of the fund is supported by the Plaks and Tischler families plus additional backing from Natik’s General Fund. With a total of $30,000, the first year of this project will run through February 2026.
Thanks to the initial funds provided in 2024, Natik was able to:
Design the full project structure, including goals and indicators of success.
Create clear criteria for selecting participating partners.
Identify the two pilot participants: ANADESA and Pueblo a Pueblo.
Hire an indigenous, locally-based Project Coordinator to lead the initiative.
Disburse funds to each partner to begin developing their entrepreneurial projects in 2025.
University Scholarships
University Scholarships Fund: Multi-Partner Grant $9,188
Over the years, Natik has supported a small number of exceptional students with stipends to continue their education beyond high school. These university scholarships have helped young people grow personally, professionally, and as leaders in their communities. Most of these students are the first in their families to pursue higher education.
However, the cost of attending university is high, and the demand for scholarships continues to grow. Without a dedicated fund, Natik and our partners have not been able to imagine meeting that demand—until now.
In 2024, Natik reached out to the Maya Educational Foundation with a proposal to formalize our university scholarship program for high-achieving, low-income, indigenous students from the Lake Atitlán region. At the same time, we contacted a long-time loyal donor to continue supporting a university student in Mexico. After thoughtful considerations, both funders generously approved support for this initiative.
We are honored to work with the Maya Educational Foundation and dedicated individual donors to expand access to higher education. With every new university scholarship awarded, Natik can redirect existing funds to offer more scholarships to younger students eager to continue studying beyond sixth grade.
This program is a powerful step forward in building a future where education is within reach for all.
With the funding provided in 2024, Natik was able to:
Select two local partners in Santiago Atitlán—Pueblo a Pueblo and Ruk’ux—to serve as mentors and administrators for the scholarship students.
Collaborate with our partners to identify candidates, including home visits to ensure an equitable and thoughtful selection process.
Create a timeline for the program and plan the types of support and enrichment workshops each organization will provide.
Design formal agreements with the scholarship recipients and organize their orientation meeting.
Disburse funds to our partners to manage locally.
Continue supporting the university student in Chiapas, Mexico as she moves closer to graduation.
Measuring our Impact
Numbers are important, but not the whole story.
Each grant includes partner-defined community actions PLUS support to our partners beyond the grant through:
Financial Planning
Administrative Advice
Program Development
Workshops in Fundraising and Communication
Assistance in Legal Processes
Facilitating the Sale of Products
Volunteer Referrals
Connections to a Wider Global Community.
When we count our blessings, we remember that all great changes began with ideas that were transformed into actions and relentlessly refined through repetition and evaluation. Every number represents the investment of human capital, from conception through implementation.
Natik and our partners have reaped great benefit from our international alliances. In 2024 we strengthened existing programs to include new grants, reestablished academic and cultural trips, and welcomed in-person volunteers.
Collaboration and teamwork means lightening the burden and multiplying the impact.
Our goal is to help our partners increase their independence, impact, and sustainability within their communities.
Natik’s Investment in Social Capital
1560 Hours of economic development and donor management support
1380 Hours of communication support
650 Hours of coaching in strategic planning and program development
580 Hours of budget development and realignment support
340 Hours of grant writing support
4 New grants approved for our partners
3 New alliances and collaborations between partners facilitated
Our Partners’ Investment in Community Impact
Education:
110 children in afterschool programs with parent and family workshops
75 scholarship students supported
40 youth in leadership programs
10 teachers participated in educational workshops
6 computers purchased
4 educational staff salaries funded
3 programs improved their afterschool program facilities
1 library outreach program reinitiated
Sustainable Livelihoods:
80 artisans supported with workshops on sustainable crafts, textile design, and traditional weaving techniques
53 women participated in training to launch small business projects
10 youth entrepreneurial projects launched
6 beekeeping hives in production
4 sustainable livelihoods staff salaries funded
1 community tourism project initiated
1 bee product store renovation
1 bee product marketing training initiated
Health and Wellbeing
60 ecological cookstoves installed, maintained, or promoted through family visits and community workshops
25 children received ongoing medical services
16 families participated in monthly pre- and postnatal wellness workshops and health check-ins
Global Connections
14 External advisors
12 Individual volunteers
5 Collaborative alliances
14 Academic trip participants
6 Cultural trip participants
FINANCIALS
This was a big year for Natik!
We saw exciting growth across the board, especially in the support we were able to give through grants. In 2024, we disbursed a total of $200,894 in grants—that’s a 63% increase from last year! This boost means we reached more communities, supported more projects, and made a bigger impact.
Our strong financial health sets us up for even greater impact in the future.
Looking to the Future
Natik remains committed to cultivating social impact through children's learning, family health, and sustainable livelihoods.
We’re committed to keeping our financial and organizational sustainability strong. Sharing reports and getting feedback is an important way to do that. We're always looking for ways to improve our policies and actions.
We will always prioritize continuous and transparent communication with Natik’s many stakeholders. As we plan for the future, we envision building relationships with other small organizations that share our mission.
The strength of our feisty charm of hummingbirds comes from our local partners, generous donors, and friends around the world. We may be small, but with your continued support, we can keep growing and doing big things.
As we look ahead, we’re feeling hopeful and energized about what’s to come.
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ORGANIZATIONS
Azuni Ltd.
Angus W. Graham Jr. Family Foundation
Benevity Causes
Church By the Sea
Coffeelands Foundation
Jewish Community Foundation
Maya Educational Foundation
Mortenson Family Foundation
National Coffee Association of USA
Towards Sustainability Foundation
United Way Sacramento
The Ward Foundation
Natik Leadership
Board of Directors
David Feurerbach: President
Addison Nace: Vice President
Alex Graybar: Secretary
Gustavo Nieves: Treasurer
Devin Graves: Member
Libby O’Kane: Member
Sidney Brown: Member
Martita Mestéy-Durruthy: Member
Alex Michell: Member
Natik Field Team
Anita Smart: Executive Director
Deborah Colvin: Director of Operations and Programs
Élida Anaya: Accounting
Karla Herrera: Administrative Assistant
Darwin Vasquéz: Sustainable Livelihood Project Coordinator
Advisors
Ann Conway: Development Consultant
Anubhav Dubey: SEO and Google Ads
Bill Harvey: Strategic Entrepreneurial
David Orr: Strategic Planning
Sarah Daggett: Digital Communications
Susan Emerson: Logistics Consultant
Paul Tischler: Marketing Support
Wes Callendar: Transition Committee
Candis Krummel: Transition Committee
Contact information
Mailing address: 2700 Mayan Drive Fort Lauderdale, FL 33318
General information: contact@natik.org
