Orlando and JoAnn Reyes
Founders of Fort Worth HOPE Center
Orlando and JoAnn were both born in poverty.
Orlando from the Los Angeles housing projects and JoAnn from the
cotton farm of Tennessee.
Orlando received a scholarship in gymnastics and worked
his way through Bible College and Seminary by teaching gymnastics. Now Pastor of Without Walls Church of Fort Worth (an inner city church) he preaches a message of LOVE and FAITH that gives HOPE to families as they break free from poverty.
JoAnn won a partial college scholarship by winning a Science Fair in TN. She worked her way through college and graduate school, graduating with a teaching degree in Biology and Chemistry and a Master’s degree in Education. She taught school in the inner city schools of Fort Worth.
Together they worked for over 15 years in the inner city providing Affordable Housing for low-income families.
All four of their children have college degrees and have very successful careers.
The CYCLE of POVERTY has been broken!
