Today we’d like to introduce you to Cristina Vetrano.
Cristina Vetrano has over 25 years of experience in non-profit. She is currently the President and CEO of CanCare, Inc. where they work to ensure no one endures cancer alone.
Prior to CanCare she led Kids Meals, Inc where she expanded their delivery from two routes to six routes to increase the number of pre-school children fed by one hundred percent in just two years. She also served as the Vice President of Strategic Initiatives at Family Services. Cristina worked at the American Red Cross and worked in the IT, Disaster Services and Health and Safety departments where she led the implementation of several IT systems nationwide.
Prior to working at the American Red Cross, Cristina worked in advertising in both Des Moines, Iowa and Chicago, Illinois.
Cristina also served as a small business volunteer in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia where she designed a business curriculum and trained teachers at a local college. She had the opportunity to travel in Asia and Eastern Europe and looks forward to visiting Mongolia again some day.
Cristina received her MBA from the University of Iowa and her B.S. in Finance from San Diego State University.
Cristina is married to her husband Steve and they have three children.
Has it been a smooth road?
It has always been important for me to give back to my community. My grandparents instilled that in me at an early age. As I have gotten married and had children, it is a challenge to balance professional commitments with personal commitments. However, it is all worth it because I feel very blessed to be able to lead an organization as amazing as CanCare.
So, as you know, we’re impressed with CanCare, Inc. – tell our readers more, for example, what you’re most proud of as a company and what sets you apart from others.
CanCare’s mission is to lift up and inspire cancer patients and caregivers through one-on-one support, empathy, and hope, to ensure that no one endures cancer alone.
CanCare provides one-on-one emotional support to cancer patients and their caregivers from extensively trained support volunteers who have experienced the physical, emotional and spiritual turmoil caused by a cancer diagnosis. The organization matches cancer patients and caregivers with others who have experienced and survived similar trials and challenges and offers hospital and treatment center visits to cancer patients and their loved ones when they are diagnosed or as they are going through treatment.
Over the past 29 years, CanCare has trained more than 1,750 volunteers who are caregivers and survivors of more than 75 different types of cancer. These selfless individuals have provided one-on-one emotional support to over 22,000 individuals and have made over 160,000 visits to patients and caregivers in hospitals and treatment centers.
We are very proud of the difference we are making in the lives of people affected by cancer and the impact our volunteers make on a daily basis.
Let’s touch on your thoughts about our city – what do you like the most and least?
I love the diversity of Houston and the various cultures my kids are exposed to on a daily basis.
I would like there to be better options for public transportation. Being one of the largest cities in the country, it is disappointing that we do not have better infrastructure for public transportation.
Contact Info:
- Website: www.cancare.org
- Phone: 713-461-0028
- Email: cristinav@cancare.org
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/cancare_inc/
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/CanCareInc/
- Twitter: https://twitter.com/CanCare
Image Credit:
Kevin McGowan
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