Jasmine Quiñones has been with the Kiva Centers for several years. Jasmine oversees the Kiva Centers Peer-Run Respites and has been a central part of the critical impact they have in communities throughout Massachusetts and supporting the inspiration these Peer-Run Respites offer to communities around the world.

She received the Angel Award in the Massachusetts South County Community Health Networking Area for two years in a row for excellence in community collaboration. She has been recognized by the Salvation Army for her collaborative community work as well as being recognized as an “unsung hero” of the Salvation Army’s Disaster Relief team. Jasmine has had the honor of working alongside ASSMCA Puerto Rico’s Services Administration for Mental Health and Addiction bringing the Kiva Centers model of Trauma-Informed Peer Support to their populations in need. Because of Jasmine’s coaching and dedication to the cause, Puerto Rico will soon be opening peer-run centers inspired by the Kiva Centers model throughout many areas of Puerto Rico. Outside of work, Jasmine is a mother of two wonderful children, who she loves to dote on. The beach is her happy place, where she goes to recharge her soul.