{"id":1039,"date":"2016-11-15T08:00:39","date_gmt":"2016-11-15T08:00:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/assistinghands.com\/34\/florida\/ftlauderdale\/about\/meet-the-team\/"},"modified":"2025-10-02T09:23:48","modified_gmt":"2025-10-02T13:23:48","slug":"meet-the-team","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/assistinghands.com\/34\/florida\/palmbeach\/about\/meet-the-team\/","title":{"rendered":"Meet the Team"},"content":{"rendered":"<section class=\"l-section wpb_row height_medium\"><div class=\"l-section-h i-cf\"><div class=\"g-cols offset_small\"><div class=\"vc_col-sm-12 wpb_column vc_column_container\"><div class=\"vc_column-inner\"><div class=\"wpb_text_column  content-float\"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n<h2><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-1106 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/assistinghands.com\/34\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/59\/2024\/12\/Marina-min-768x1024-1.jpg\" alt=\"marina-at-50-color-formal\" width=\"240\" height=\"300\" \/>Marina Ramirez<\/h2>\n<p>Marina Ramirez, our owner and President, has over twenty years of professional experience in Finance, Marketing and Customer Service at both national and multinational organizations. Her professional life was guided by a commitment to exceptional quality and service.<\/p>\n<p>Marina gained first-hand understanding of the difficulties of taking care of an aging parent when her mother passed away and she and her sisters became the primary caretakers of their father. He had recently been diagnosed with Alzheimer\u2019s and after several difficult years eventually succumbed to the ravages of this disease. At the same time, she saw her mother in law struggling for many years to take care of her husband, who suffered from Parkinson\u2019s. These heartfelt experiences made her realize the need for quality for in-home care for the elderly and moved her to create Assisting Hands Palm Beach.<\/p>\n<p>Marina is an involved leader in the Palm Beach community.\u00a0 She has been a member of the West Palm Beach Rotary Club for many years and now also serves on the Board.\u00a0 Since she has both personal and professional experience with the ravages of Alzheimer\u2019s disease, she has been involved as a Chair member of the Alzheimer\u2019s Walk for three years in a row.\u00a0 In addition, she is a longtime active member of the Hispanic Chamber, lately serves as Chair of the Healthcare Committee.<\/p>\n<p>Fluent in both Spanish and English, she has a BA from Georgetown University and an MBA from the University of California, Berkeley and enjoys reading, gardening, traveling and sharing the simple joys of life her husband and teenage daughter.<\/p>\n<p>A commitment to quality in service combined with empathy and passion ensures that at Assisting Hands\u00ae Home Care &#8211; Palm Beach we fulfill our pledge to provide \u201cQuality Home Care You Can Trust!\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"clear\"><\/div>\n<p class=\"back-to-top\"><a href=\"#top\">Back to Top<\/a><\/p>\n<h2><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-10810 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/assistinghands.com\/34\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/59\/2022\/09\/Marlien.jpg\" alt=\"Marlien\" width=\"240\" height=\"264\" srcset=\"https:\/\/assistinghands.com\/34\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/59\/2022\/09\/Marlien.jpg 1164w, https:\/\/assistinghands.com\/34\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/59\/2022\/09\/Marlien-273x300.jpg 273w, https:\/\/assistinghands.com\/34\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/59\/2022\/09\/Marlien-931x1024.jpg 931w, https:\/\/assistinghands.com\/34\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/59\/2022\/09\/Marlien-768x845.jpg 768w, https:\/\/assistinghands.com\/34\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/59\/2022\/09\/Marlien-600x660.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 240px) 100vw, 240px\" \/>Marlien Fraga<\/h2>\n<p>Marlien, our nursing supervisor, has worked for many years at both hospitals and in home health. Ever since she was very young, Marlien was always fascinated by the health field. That interest intensified when her dad became sick with cancer and she helped take care of him. Marlien is a generous individual with a quick wit and a wide smile who makes those around her always feel at ease.<\/p>\n<p class=\"back-to-top\"><a href=\"#top\">Back to Top<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div> <\/div> <\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/section>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Marina Ramirez Marina Ramirez, our owner and President, has over twenty years of professional experience in Finance, Marketing and Customer Service at both national and multinational organizations. Her professional life was guided by a commitment to exceptional quality and service. 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