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We are thrilled to welcome David Dawson as the new Chief Operating Officer for Witness to Love! David and his wife, Kate began to serve marriages while David was working at a parish in Lake Charles. In 2009, on an unexpected trip to Poland, they encountered a lay movement called “Domestic Church,” which they brought to the U.S. and is now serving over 550 couples across 15 dioceses! Since then, he has served as the Family Life Director in the Diocese of Lake Charles and Family Life Director for the Archdiocese of New Orleans. While there, David also served on the boards of both the Catholic Family Life Association (formerly NACFLM) and Witness to Love. In 2020, God led David to serve as the Director of the newly formed Office of Parish Support for the Diocese of Houma-Thibodaux and oversee the growth and improvement of all pastoral ministries. After three grace-filled years, God revealed that he had new plans for how he was calling the Dawsons to serve. At the invitation of Ryan and Mary-Rose Verret, David and Kate discerned that God was calling him to work full-time with Witness to Love and join the Verrets in the awesome mission that had grown from a cool new marriage formation movement to an international marriage catechumenate. David and Kate have nine gorgeous children and currently reside in Thibodaux, LA.

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Daniela was born and raised in New York City to immigrant parents from the Dominican Republic. She had a major conversion to the Catholic faith as a teenager through the Catholic Charismatic Renewal and the gift of good friends. She served as a youth minister from her late teenage years through her early twenties.

In 2011, she began working in the Family Life Office of the Archdiocese of New York with the Sisters of Life, where her passion for marriage, family, and pro-life ministry was nourished. A majority of her work included serving the hispanic community and forming them in the Church’s teaching on marriage and family. During her time in the Archdiocese, she was also involved with Catholic Voices USA, an organization that trains leaders to present the Church’s case in the public square. Daniela made live appearances on CNN Español and FoxNews.com, and was a regular contact for radio interviews.

Daniela and her husband Jeff reside Fredericksburg, VA with their two daughters and son!

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Izabella Nagle was born and grew up in Poland. When she was a teen, her family emigrated and moved to the New Jersey/New York region. Izabella has been married to Bill Nagle since 1998. Bill is an Ironman (Izabella insists that makes her Ironwoman!), a Pro-Biker for Life, Exodus group leader, and founder and organizer of Men’s Ministry in his parish. Izabella and Bill are a regional couple for the Domestic Church, serving the New York Metro/New England area. They have two daughters and a pony-sized Swiss Mountain Dog named Zhuko. Their oldest daughter just started her freshman year at the University of Dallas – go Crusaders! They live in Connecticut.

Izabella has been involved in marriage ministry for 18 years, first (with Bill) as a presenting couple for the Worldwide Marriage Encounter, and then for the Family Life Office of the Archdiocese of New York. Her work at the office focused on marriage enrichment and that is how she was introduced to Mary-Rose and Witness to Love in 2014, when WtL printed their 1st edition of the workbook and conducted its first training. Izabella immediately perceived the Holy Spirit driven potency of the WtL, answering the need to evangelize the engaged and the married, and saw the transformation of parishes which adopted WtL. She presented her findings to the Archdiocese of New York’s Priest Working Committee on Marriage Preparation/Ministry and subsequently assisted with the pilot of WtL in NY.

Izabella is so excited to now join the efforts of what has become a “marriage movement” as a Diocesan Liaison! She hopes to bring her experience and passion for marriage and family to her work with diocesan coordinators and directors, and help and support their efforts on behalf of the engaged and the married in their diocese.

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Norma Alzamora is originally from San Luis Potosi, Mexico. She immigrated with her family to East Texas where she met her husband Mike from Peru. They were married in 2012 and are blessed with two beautiful children.

Norma has been working as a Spanish teacher in grades 6 through 12 private and public schools, and has worked/volunteered in the marriage formation ministry since 2018. She serves as the Spanish Marriage formation coordinator at the Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception parish, where she practices her faith. She also serves as the Spanish Marriage Formation Retreat Coordinator and Marriage Formation Specialist for the Diocese of Tyler, TX. The fruits of Witness to Love in her parish and diocese have inspired Norma and her husband to continue sharing their marriage as they have witnessed a strengthening in marriages and growing in holiness together.

Norma is truly blessed to join the Witness to Love Team where she will provide parish support in Spanish and English.

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Yesy Castillo was born in Galveston, TX and was raised in East Texas. She received a bachelor’s in Theology from the University of Dallas. While in college, she served as a Totus Tuus missionary in the Diocese for Tyler for four summers and a Crossroads Pro-Life Missionary for one summer. In 2018, she discerned with the Sisters of Life with the desire to serve the Lord. Although this was not where the Lord was calling her, she discovered her desire to serve marriages and families. After graduating, she worked as a Marriage Coordinator in Texarkana, TX helping couples prepare for the Sacrament of Marriage through Witness to Love. The fruit of Witness to Love has inspired her to work for a mission that is truly helping marriages heal and flourish! She believes witnessing the growth of a couple you are walking with is one of the most rewarding things. Yesy is currently pursuing a master’s in Psychology at Divine Mercy University to better prepare her to serve marriages and families.

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Stephanie Rapp was born in California and raised in New Jersey where she attended Our Lady of Peace Catholic Church. While attending Young Life Camp during high school, Stephanie had a powerful encounter with Jesus, which profoundly deepened her faith. She has been heavily involved in service and ministry ever since. While in college, Stephanie served as a Young Life Leader and worked at a homeless shelter for families, where she felt a strong call to a career in helping others. She received her master’s degrees in both Social Work and Public Policy & Management from The Ohio State University and has worked in anti-human trafficking efforts and providing mental health services to children and families.

Stephanie then worked in ministry as the Director of Marriage and Family Life for the Diocese of Columbus (2016-2022), where she was introduced to Witness to Love. She believes that this ministry is a work of the Holy Spirit and knew that she had to share it with others. Through her promotion of Witness to Love throughout the diocese, Stephanie was then able to witness first-hand the fruits of a ministry that shares the love of God and truth about His plan for marriage through authentic relationships and presence. She is now thrilled to continue to share this beautiful ministry through her role as Witness to Love’s Lead Ambassador.

Finally, and most importantly, Stephanie has been married to her husband, Craig, since 2009, and they have three precious children.

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Lisa Becerra is married to Erik, and they currently home school 5 amazing children including their oldest two who were adopted through the foster care program.

Lisa converted to our Catholic faith shortly after she and Erik made the commitment to raise their marriage from a civil contract to a Sacramental bond and fondly looks back at the time she and her husband spent in marriage formation. Their family found their parish home at The Immaculata in San Diego in 2014, where Lisa volunteered in the Religious Education program and Sacramental Preparation for the children to receive their First Reconciliation and Eucharist.

She was introduced to Witness to Love as the Wedding Coordinator of The Immaculata, and got to experience San Diego Diocese’s onboarding of our programs first hand through diocesean MPC coordinator meetings. It was very apparent, early in bringing WTL into The Immaculata, how much the program shifted the culture of marriage prep, and the tremendous impact the program had on the mentor couples.

Lisa now serves as the California Lead Ambassador for our team. She works with Diocesean Directors, Parish Pastors, and marriage champions and engaged couples throughout California in order to share the fruits of Witness to Love to throughout the state. She’s excited to connect with you and hear your interest in our ministry and help you discern how Witness to Love can best serve you, your couples, your parish or your diocese.

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Annie is originally from Québec City, Canada. She moved to Louisiana after college to teach French and found herself falling in love with (first) the culture of the state, and four years later with her true love, Craig. Craig is a native of New Orleans and deeply rooted in his Catholic faith. They have been married almost 20 years and have four children together.

Growing up in Québec in the 80s, everyone was Catholic, including the public schools! Being catholic was the norm, and it was not until she moved to the United States that Annie realized how her catholic identity shaped her values and the way she interacted with the world. She has since been intrigued by the cultural and historical aspects of her faith and enjoys all discussions relating to this topic.

Annie has been teaching French and Social Studies in grades K through 12 for public, private and online schools. She has been involved in church ministries such as teaching Children’s Church, a member of the school board, ACTS retreat board, marriage ministry, and others. Craig is also a teacher and has been involved in many aspects of their church community as well.

Her involvement with Witness to Love started with preparing couples for the Sacrament of Matrimony for her home parish, as well as assisting other mentor couples in other parishes across the Archdiocese of New Orleans. Annie also worked with the translation of documents and materials from English to French, which helped her to better understand how to assist parishes wishing to implement Witness to Love.
Craig, Annie, and their children currently live in Hahnville, Louisiana.

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Monica Mohn has 30 years marketing, consumer promotions and sponsorship
development experience. For 8 years Monica served as President of Proforte Marketing
Group, a San Francisco based niche marketing and promotions agency specializing in
consumer campaigns, corporate & charitable sponsorships and retail promotions.
Monica worked one-on-one with clients to develop vertically integrated marketing
campaigns designed to stimulate consumers, create traffic, generate PR and build
brand awareness. Prior to her position at Proforte, Monica worked 5 years in politics;
serving in Washington D.C. during the Reagan Administration and later in San
Francisco with the Mayor’s office and the Governor of California, assisting with
fundraising and community outreach efforts.

Monica left the private sector to become a full-time mom, dedicating her time to her
family, church and her children’s school. She relocated to Napa Valley, CA in 2005,
where she was retained as a consultant on local public benefit campaigns (for local
schools and county government projects) as well as national non-profit organizations,
utilizing her marketing skills to improve sustainability, broaden community outreach and
PR, and expand donor participation. Non-profit clients include: Habitat for Humanity,
Boys & Girls Clubs and The Salvation Army. She also served on the Parent Advisory
Board to the President of Justin-Siena Catholic Highschool and was appointed by the
District Attorney to the County Gang Task Force.

Monica currently resides in North Idaho. She is active in her church community and
recently was part of a team that successfully launched the first Classical Catholic High
School in the region.

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Jude was born and raised in Houma, Louisiana. After graduating high school in 2017, he joined Regnum Christi Mission Corps and served as a missionary for two years in Atlanta, GA where he served high schoolers and families in the region. He spent a year living in Maryland before returning to the land of his longing, South Louisiana, where he met his now wife, Abby. After spending a few years working in construction, he began to feel that the Lord had a different path for him. It was around this time he came in contact with Witness to Love and realized the Lord was inviting him to build homes from within. He is a passionate advocate for marriage and family life, and a product of the Witness to Love program. He currently lives in Breaux Bridge, LA with his wife and their firstborn daughter, Denver Clare.

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