Category: Meet Our Team Members

Front Porch Podcast

Episode 5: Welcome Love, Welcome the Stranger (Part 2)

Episode Description After losing his beloved wife of 50 years, David embraces a new chapter of life. From the inclusive Shabbat services he leads at St. Paul’s Towers, to teaching...

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Episode 4: Who Shall Live? Growing through Grief (Part 1)

Episode Description David E. Jackson spent his career as an educator, but some of his most profound “life lessons” have come out of navigating loss and grief. After evacuating his...

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Episode 3: Former Pro-Wrestler Victor Ceron Pays It Forward

Episode Description Before Victor Ceron fell in love with senior living he was known in the pro-wrestling world as “Kafu: The Brazilian Beast.” In this episode, Victor shares how his...

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Episode 2: Building Belonging

Episode Description From her early years as member of a large migrant family—following the crops from town to town— to her work as teacher, principal, and advocate, Dorothy Astorga has...

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Episode 1: Discovering Jean

Episode Description Jean Owen always thought of herself as “somebody’s someone” – first as her mother’s daughter then as her husband’s wife. It wasn’t until she moved to Villa Gardens...

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Front Porch News

Senior Director of Risk Management Grant Edelstone honored as Advocate of the Year

At the RISE Conference this February, Grant Edelstone, Senior Director of Risk Management for Front Porch, received an Advocate of the Year award from LeadingAge California. Grant was honored for...

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Victor Ceron Shares A Personal Story about His Heritage

In honor of Hispanic Heritage Month, we are celebrating some of our incredible staff and we asked them to share what their heritage means to them. Victor Ceron, Vice President...

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Culinary Director Pierre-Marie Leprince builds community through food

After a lifetime of experience in restaurants from Paris to Beijing to Baltimore to the Bahamas, Pierre-Marie Leprince has joined Front Porch Communities and Services as its Corporate Culinary Director,...

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