JOAN Mamawal Desrochers

Joan has been a volunteer and active community member in GA since 2018. Her most recent contribution to community development was the conceptualization and implementation of the first ever Sari-Sari Market, Atlanta GA last October 2022, Turo-Turo: A Taste of the Philippine Islands last October 2023, and Sari Sari MArket and Dinner Experience in August 2024, all held at Mountain Park UMC.

Joan earned her MBA in Human Resources Management from Thomas College, Maine. She graduated with honors with a double major from De La Salle University, Manila, Philippines.

Joan is a wife, an animal welfare advocate, and a dog mom to two senior rescue dogs.

Matthew 19:30

“But many who are first will be last, and the last will be first.”