Staff
SANDY KEMPER, RDH
Founder/FOUNDATION MANAGEMENT CONSULTANT
After 28 some years in the U.S. as a clinical Dental Hygienist, Sandy Kemper founded the Smiles Forever Foundation in Cochabamba Bolivia in 2000. Her first trip to South America was as a participant in a yearly dental humanitarian trip to Cochabamba in 1999. She was taken by the struggle of impoverished woman in Bolivia and the lack of dental prevention for children. The Smiles Forever Foundation was established in 2000 to address these causes. She is one of the recipients of the 2009 RDH Sunstar Award of Distinction.
LIC. ALEJANDRO BECKRICH
Director
Alejandro Beckrich, attorney, currently serves as director of the Smiles Forever Foundation in Bolivia. He has worked at Smiles Forever since Day 1, initially as an interpreter and now as Director. He is driven by his desire to see social and economic change come from within Bolivia.
JOVANA MEDINA, DENTAL HYGIENIST
Jovana Medina is a graduate of the Smiles Forever hygienist training program and has been a staff hygienist since 2007. She is also the president of the Dental Hygiene Society of Cochabamba - Bolivia, the first in South America
GIOVANNA DORADO, DENTAL HYGIENIST
Giovanna Durado is a graduate of the Smiles Forever hygienist training program and has been a staff hygienist since 2011.
ADELA MALDONADO, DENTAL HYGIENIST
Adela Maldonado is a Smiles Forever dental hygiene graduate and a member of the staff as an instructor since January 2014.
DR. PAOLA QUINTEROS
Dr. Paola Quinetros has served as a dentist in the Smiles Forever clinic and as instructor since 2013. Dr. Quinteros graduated from dental school in 2010 from UNAM - Mexico.
Diplomat 2009-2010: Esthetic dental restoration. Diplomat 2010-2011: Distalmiento technique by Dr. Polgovsky
DRA. NAYDA APATA
Dr. Nayda Apata has served as a dentist in the Community Service clinic and as instructor since 2014. Also she is a graduate of the Smiles Forever hygienist training program. She is currently pursuing another degree in higher education.