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Lisa Kremer, Project Coordinator, Familias Juntas, Director, Dream Catchers
Lisa Kremer is project coordinator for the organization Familias Juntas and director of the youth servant-leadership summer project Dream Catchers. Both of these programs work with the immigrant population in Worthington, MN. With a educational background in Catholic theology and Servant-Leadership, Lisa spent seventeen years working in Faith Formation and Social Justice Ministry in several Catholic parishes, before finding a place among the Guatemalan community in her own "backyard". In 2013 she was blessed to take 14 US citizen children (of undocumented parents) to Guatemala to meet their grandparents and other family members for the first time, a journey that was documented in the film, ABRAZOS. For several years now she has dedicated most of her time to working with and advocating for immigrant families. In 2014 she received the State Advocate Award from the Immigrant Law Center of Minnesota, and in 2017 the Peace, Justice and Integrity of Creation award from the National Secular Franciscans. Lisa was professed in the Secular Franciscan Order in 2002, and her dedication to St. Francis has shaped her life. She and her husband Pat live on their farm in rural SW Minnesota where they enjoy spending as much time as possible with their 3 children, their spouses, and 5 beloved grandchildren. |