Shawn
Co-founder of Tamar’s Hope
In a previous Canadian life, Shawn was an RN and outdoor enthusiast. One day he decided to give up his scrubs and stethoscope to head for Guatemala and the glamorous life of a missionary. These days he hangs out with sex workers, tries to keep administrative order in his office, laughs with/at his adult kids, and occasionally goes screaming down Guatemalan roads on his touring bike.
Natalie
Co-founder of Tamar’s Hope
Natalie is British, drinks copious amounts of tea, and holds both a knife and fork while eating a meal. More than a decade and a half into this missionary thing, she’s as passionate as ever about going into the “sewer” to love on the least, last and lost. When she’s not adult mothering, wife-ing, or kissing prostitutes, she creates pretty things with her sewing machine and fantasizes about becoming a writer.
Karina
Hope Guide and Health Care Worker
The positive energy Karina brings into any room is raucous and immediately contagious. She’ll happily recount the story of closing her door on La Linea one final day and embarking on a journey of faith through small business ownership, auxiliary nursing school, home care worker and church leader. “Love is what convinced me I could change,” she declares, and has made a lifestyle of paying said love forward.
Delmi
Mentor and Seamstress
A few years ago, Delmi got a taste for learning and has since become a scholastic powerhouse with pursuits into formal secondary education, sewing and fashion design. Life after La Linea has taken her all the way to opening her own tailoring business and contributing to charitable service anywhere possible. She brings her very patient and gracious teaching style to Tamar’s Hope to inspire many others.
Evelyn
Life Coach and Seamstress
After a two-year hiatus to pursue more education and some teaching experience of her own, Evelyn has returned to Tamar’s Hope with her very patient and gracious teaching style to inspire many others. She brings a listening ear, a huge heart, and a full life skill set to share with her “sisters” from La Linea, modeling what life can be like on the other side.
Erick
Bus Driver and Kindness Expert
Erick is all about getting dirty, buying gifts, telling stories and making laughs. What’s more, he employs his mad road skills to weave our bus through Guatemalan traffic like he’s on a Vespa scooter, and then tucks it into unlikely alleyways, defying the laws of geometry. He’s the absolute GOAT and loves every chance to serve more and more ladies across the city.
