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ABOUT LLN 

Our Mission

Love Life Now Foundation (LLN) is a Massachusetts-based awareness and empowerment organization dedicated to education, advocacy, and community engagement around the issue of domestic violence (DV). LLN also provides direct assistance to survivors to bridge critical gaps in existing services and addresses the unique needs of underserved communities.

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Hearts and hands bringing awareness

around domestic violence through our initiatives.

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Our History

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Lovern Gordon, LLN’s President and Founder, worked tirelessly to promote awareness around the issue after winning 2 back-to-back beauty pageants in 2010 (locally in Boston and nationally in Los Angeles). As a survivor of abuse (a 15-year child witness to it in the Caribbean, as well as a 2-year adult relationship that took place in the States), she did not want to stop at the pageant platform with the advocacy.

 

Educating others about valuable resources available, which she and her mother were unaware of at the time they experienced their abuse and spreading awareness via workshops and commUNITY initiatives to engage others to be part of the solution, are reasons why she decided to create Love Life Now in 2011, the following year.

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Board and Advisory Council Section

Meet LLN's
Officers and Board Members

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Lovern J. Gordon

Founder & President

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Antonio Arrendel

Men's Program Facilitator

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Andrea Alberto

Board Chair + Grant Writer

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Carletta Figaro

Caribbean Operations, Clerk 

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Elizabeth Vazquez 

VP of Development

and Communication

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Jennifer Jope

VP of Programming + Volunteer Coordinator

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Josie Glausen

Get Safe Fund Board Member

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Samantha Marinelli

VP of Operations

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Sasha Smith

Board Secretary

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Tanya Oliveira

VP of Outreach

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Valery Leon Quintero

South America Operations, Clerk

Meet LLN's
Advisory Council Members

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Beth Zabilka

Donor Management

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Jennet Toyjanova

Social Media Assistant

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Matilda Seibert

Volunteer Assistant

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Marvin Nerette

Community Engagement Assistant

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Paul Kniaz

Web Designer & Developer

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Vanessa Roberts

Donor Management

The Lenny Zakim Fund

THANK YOU to our generous LLN Funders!

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LLN is a 

Certified Minority and Woman Led Non-profit Organization

©2026 Love Life Now Foundation

The Lenny Zakim Fund

THANK YOU to our generous LLN Funders!

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