We Are the Stories

Jazmin Lopez-Geminiano has lived the stories of our community in more ways than most. She’s been a teen mentee of our community partners in the city, an apprentice at Issachar Center for Urban Leadership (then a program of MHM), a client at Justice and Mercy Legal Aid Center (also then a MHM program), a mentor herself, a contracted team member, a donor, and eventually board president of Mile High Ministries.

“Our board is a lot more than just financial decision-making,” Jazmin says. “We help the organization become ever more true to itself by tending to MHM’s ‘special sauce.’” Jazmin has been formed by—and helps form—our values, best practices, spirituality, and ways of building community. “We are part of the actual stories that make the sauce.”

Navigating childhood on the streets of Mexico City, surviving a harrowing immigration experience, arriving at Denver’s West High School with no English, and persevering as a college student all prepared her for service and leadership at MHM. “I’m amazed, really, when I think about how I’ve grown through these roles—and how my life has been woven through them. God has brought me a long, long way.”

For Jazmin this is a work of love. “I know that God is compassionate, and we have the opportunity to show our compassion. It’s so crazy out there, especially these days, and especially for people in society who come from where I do. I love being at Joshua Station, sharing family times with my husband and kids together with residents on the playground. I love to give, and I love to be grateful.”