Helena Lopez, DEO of A Greater Hope, has been named 2024 Champion for Children by First 5 Riverside County Children & Families Commission. Valley News/Courtesy photo
RIVERSIDE - The First 5 Riverside County Children & Families Commission has named Helena Lopez, CEO of A Greater Hope (AGH), as its 2024 Champion for Children based on recommendations by the Advisory committee.
Under Ms. Lopez’s leadership, more than 6,000 children have found loving homes through AGH since 2002. The organization serves the Inland Empire including Banning. Ms. Lopez strategically opened the Banning location in 2015 to address the deep social and health inequities experienced by populations living in areas around the San Gorgonio Pass.
Ms. Lopez’s work is built on a commitment to advocacy nurtured by her mother, who opened three group homes for teenage foster youth when Helena was still a child. While she grew up to earn her Juris Doctorate from Loyola Marymount Un
