Fonseca'a Advance ~ Rebuilding Their Lives
Ana Lucia, Luciana and Xavier Fonseca show their enthusiasm with smiles of gratitude and anticipation. Since arriving in Sonoma County in 2018 they have advanced in their quest to resume their dental practice step by step and have been invited to interview for a residency program at St Vincent's Medical Center, Cleveland Ohio in November.
Currently residing in Florida where he earned his Dental Hygienist license, Xavier has been proceeding non-stop towards the goal of DDS practice here in the United States.
Ana Lucia has been working as a Dental Assistant toward the same goal as Xavier.
Betsy and I want to share a note of background to the link below.
In 2010 I travelled on my first of four trips to Nicaragua with Santa Rosa Sunrise Rotary. Since then Betsy has served on three successive missions and our son Brett participated in 2018.
Our daughter Rebecca is a future candidate.
To say these service missions for vision and dental relief were life-changing would be an understatement. In 2010 I met Xavier, then a dentist and Public Health Doctor working for Colgate in Nicaragua. In 2016 Betsy and I met Ana Lucia, now married to Xavier. Ana Luci is also a dentist and Public Health Doctor. They volunteered extensively with our missions and in 2017 their daughter Luciana was born.
In 2018 the political climate in Nicaragua became oppressive to government outsiders like Xavier and Ana Lucia. After deep discernment Xavier and Ana Lucia decided Luciana’s future was more secure elsewhere. They travelled here as tourists and commenced then courageous rebuilding of their lives when they realized the very real threat to them in Nicaragua.
On April 25, 2019, Xavier and his family were granted political asylum status. Since then, he and Ana Lucia have taken advanced courses toward their goal of licensure in the United States. They relocated to Florida in 2021 and both are working in dental clinics while continuing to study and prepare for licensure as dentists.
Throughout their resettlement in Sonoma County and then in Florida, their focus, commitment to each other and Luciana has been an inspiration to Betsy and me and others who are observing this family adapt, adjust and persevere toward a life of service and stewardship of their God given talents.
I could go on, and Betsy and I are eager to share our experience and hopes for this remarkable couple. Their story is one of hope, faith and love. Adversity kindled it. Commitment has sustained it. Your support can advance it.
On November 5, Xavier and Ana Lucia have interviews at St Vincent’s Medical Center in Cleveland. A four-day pre “bench test” prep course, travel and exam is $7,000 each. The program begins in July of 2023. This residency program has a 12-candidate cohort. My confidence in Xavier and Ana Lucia to succeed in the two-year program is firm.
Take this opportunity to contribute toward a fuller future and shining smiles for many.
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Gratefully,
Rich and Betsy Randolph
