FOUNDERS


Kristin Farmer
Susan & Chad Mooney



BOARD


Jaeny Colmenares

Heather O'Shea
 
SPONSORS

JAENY COLMENARES
Board of Directors


Jaeny has been a resident of San Diego for over 20 years. In 1994, she was hired to work for the City of San Diego, Park and Recreation Department, Municipals Pools. In her 13 years with the City, she was a Lifeguard, Swim and Water Fitness instructor, and Pool Manager who worked with children of all ages, adults and senior citizens. She also became a board member for the City of San Diego Water Fitness Exercise committee and Adaptive Aquatics committee, which developed a Learn to Swim program for children and adults with disabilities.


Jaeny graduated from San Diego State University with a B.S. in Biology and joined our team in 2006. She became a board member in 2008 and has created and launched a number of educational and recreational programs for La Casa. Jaeny is also an employee of Autism Comprehensive Educational Services (ACES), which is the sister agency to La Casa Center for Autism. Her hobbies include swimming, teaching fitness classes, traveling and spending time with her cats.