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Lucinda Pike
Lucinda Pike
Executive Director

Lucinda believes in empowering women through greater access to education and development opportunities. She is passionate about helping Enrich educate and equip migrant domestic workers with the financial and life skills to pursue their goals and dreams. Lucinda grew up in Hong Kong and wants to work towards making the city more inclusive. As Executive Director, Lucinda oversees and shapes strategy for programmes, operations, human resources, fundraising and communications. She also leads high-level partnerships and engagement with external stakeholders, helping to raise Enrich’s profile in Hong Kong. Previously, she was Enrich’s Deputy Executive Director and before that the Senior Programme Manager leading implementation of financial and empowerment education programs. Lucinda started off at Enrich as a volunteer and a workshop trainer. She has a Master’s degree (Distinction) in Education Management, and a background in education, research and community outreach with women and ethnic minorities in Hong Kong. She holds an Executive Education Certificate in Strategic Perspectives in Non Profit Management from Harvard Business School.

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Catherine Durant
Catherine Durant
Director of Operations

Catherine joined Enrich in early 2022. In 2019 she moved from the UK, where she had built a career as a lawyer specialised in advising charities and other non-profits. It has been her career goal to provide clear and practical guidance to NGOs to ensure they operate compliantly, efficiently and ethically. Alongside that she has long had a personal interest in labour rights and is passionate that all people deserve dignified work, including the dignity of being able to financially support and empower themselves and their dependents. Since moving to Hong Kong she has served voluntarily with various NGOs that support vulnerable workers and is thankful to now join in with the impressive work that Enrich does to uplift and equip the amazing community of migrant domestic workers in Hong Kong. In her free time Catherine enjoys spending time with her family and her church, and hiking and eating her way around Hong Kong. She also serves on the Board of Adoptive Families of Hong Kong. 

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Tynna Mendoza
Tynna Mendoza
Director of Programmes

Tynna has been with Enrich since early 2013. She has received numerous trainings and scholarships on human rights and women’s issues. Under her belt is a 12-year assignment on programme planning, implementation and monitoring with the Philippine Human Rights Commission. Immersed in gender discourse, Tynna also has a Master’s Degree in Women and Development Studies from the University of the Philippines in Diliman. Her task at Enrich is to ensure impactful content and delivery of financial and empowerment education to migrant domestic workers. She is a mother to a beautiful little girl and a wife to a spouse who shares, among many things, celebration of service, family and music.

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Shine de Castro
Senior Fundraising and Development Manager

Born and raised in Tondo, Philippines, Shine has seen firsthand the different faces of poverty and how fighting it cannot be simply solved with money. Fueled by her passion to help uplift lives in underserved and economically disadvantaged communities, her different roles in various social enterprises in the Philippines allowed her to take part in more sustainable solutions to address the country’s social issues.

Shine joins Enrich to actively engage and involve its community members so they can become captains of their own development.

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Maya Williams
Maya Williams
Community Engagement Manager

Maya is a native Indonesian speaker who has lived in Hong Kong over 20 years. Through her corporate background in sales, market research, event management, and community marketing, Maya has honed her skills in understanding people's needs and creating meaningful connections, and is now helping build the Enrich community.

Previously, Maya dedicated part time work to helping Indonesian migrant workers transition smoothly into their life in Hong Kong, by providing trainings on Hong Kong culture and necessary skills. She shared her knowledge of life in Hong Kong, nurturing the confidence and skills to succeed in their new environment – and is passionate about helping migrant workers from all countries enjoy rewarding experiences while living here.

Maya also enjoys baking and sewing, creating personalized pieces. During many weekends, she explores the natural wonders of Hong Kong through hiking.

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Gwen Mabasa
Gwen Mabasa
Finance and Admin Manager

Gwen is a Certified Public Accountant from the Philippines and came to Hong Kong initially working as a management accountant for a global garment manufacturer.  She later moved overseas where her roles included being the office manager of a small London office. Enrich is her first foray working directly for a non-profit organisation, although she also brings her experience from overseeing the accounts for church groups in the UK and Hong Kong. In her spare time she pursues her passion for food - both cooking at home and eating out with friends, where she always manages to find the tastiest items on the menu.

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Ira Azwar
Assistant Programmes Manager

Ira spent many years working part-time while also raising her family. When her two sons left for college, she wanted to work full-time, with a purpose to help and make a change in others. Active in her local church with her family, she has close relationships with the Indonesian domestic workers who are church members, and understands the challenges they face. When she heard about Enrich, she was excited to get involved, and she joined the Programmes Team in November 2020. As a native Bahasa Indonesia speaker, Ira is responsible for supporting the education programme, focusing on Indonesian domestic workers. Ira has a degree in Business Administration from the University of Houston, Texas. She enjoys the outdoors and loves Hong Kong's beautiful nature. 

 

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Katrina Eeyan M. Villamarin
Katrina Eeyan M. Villamarin
Trainer and Assistant Programmes Manager

Eeyan joined Enrich in September of 2016 as a trainer and joined the operations team as Outreach Assistant in 2018. Previously, she was part of Plan International, a non-government organization which advances children’s rights and equality for girls. She also has worked in the operations department of China Banking Corporation. In addition, Eeyan is a part-time music teacher. She has the passion to teach and wants to have an impact on the lives of the people she meets.

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Iris Legal
Iris Legal
Programmes Officer

For almost two decades, Iris has spent her time with a non-profit research and training institute in the Philippines. She engaged with local communities, including indigenous peoples and youth in Asia and the Pacific for social and environmental change. 

Through Enrich, Iris hopes to bring her life lessons and experiences to help empower the migrant domestic workers community in Hong Kong.

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Dea Puentespina
HR & Operations Assistant

Dea has volunteered for Enrich and other NGOs in Hong Kong in various capacities over the course of her career in Education, and joined as an assistant to the Finance, HR and Operations Team in 2023. She hopes to be a catalyst to facilitate sustainable change and achieve fair access to growth opportunities for all, by supporting the work Enrich does in carrying out sustainable programs to inform and equip Migrant Domestic Workers in Hong Kong.

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Sherly Poulsum
Sherly Poulsum
Senior Programme Assistant

Having lived in Hong Kong for over 15 years, Sherly returned to Enrich in November 2022 as a Senior Programme Assistant. Sherly is passionate about promoting the rights of migrant domestic helpers and helping to support them to achieve their dreams. She has previously volunteered for a number of charities that aimed to provide opportunity for disadvantaged groups in Hong Kong and Indonesia. Sherly has also trained and worked as a Montessori teaching assistant. As a native Bahasa Indonesia speaker, Sherly is a key point of contact for all migrant domestic workers' enquiries. 

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