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AFCS HISTORY AND PURPOSE
American Family Community Services
The American Family Community Services had its beginnings in 1986 when our founder, Rodolfo Flores, began volunteering with other volunteers of the NYC Chamber of Commerce. His objective was to learn different issues that affect our multicultural community, to engage and cooperate among the different organizations that exist in that time and ultimately to become somewhat knowledgeable about the Not-For-Profit sector and business enterprises.
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Jaymanel Hurtado, born in Lima Peru graduated from the Agrarian College in Ecuador and worked for many years in Animal Science in Ecuador. In 2007, he moved to New York City, worked for the NYC Animal care and control. In 2012, he went back to NYC LaGuardia Community College receiving his EMS major as an NYC Certified Paramedic. Mr. Hurtado went to the Midwest to work as a Spanish Medical interpreter for clinics and hospitals. Later, he moved to the East coast to work in the public health sector to provide Health Services to Migrant Farm Workers. While residing in North Carolina, he found out his real passion for helping others by volunteering at “The Pasquotank High-Security Prison” in Elizabeth City. After being inspired as a chaplain in the Prison, he was accepted to the Palmetto Health System in the Clinical Pastoral Education Internship for future Hospital Chaplains. After three internship hard work months in the internship, he was the only intern accepted into the 2015- 2016 “Residency for Emotional and Spiritual Support Providers” and received his master’s degree in theology. From 2017 to 2019 he went to explore the world to apply all that he had learned. Mr. Hurtado, now, joins the AFCS Board as Secretary. He believes that his professional, volunteering, travel experience, and clinical pastoral care will be an asset to the AFCS community agency.
Jaymanel Hurtado - Secretary
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I am a person that likes reaching achievements and love to work with people in need, especially the immigrant community. I see various community needs, and I wish to provide the best support and education to all residents that live in the City of New York.
I have learned to work with different ethnicities that need education and social services. My background as an Educator and Marketing sales has given me the best tool to understand where the communities are moving. I am ready to work with them. You can count with me! Also, I work in the Holistic Health department of this agency where I coordinate Holistic Health courses for immigrants, and professionals that are already working in this filed, and others who wish to learn this new profession.
I am a firm believer that the human people must have spiritual growth, to be happy and help others to gain the inner peace.
Fena R. Angel - Executive Director (P) & Treasurer
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