For Olga L. Morales, passionately providing care for others is at the center of her life, both professionally and personally. She is the founder of Vibrant FC, a non-profit organization dedicated to empowering children in foster care. Through Vibrant FC, Ms. Morales provides life coaching, mentoring, durable luggage, and hands-on financial education to help foster youth transition successfully into adulthood. Her mission is to equip these young individuals with the tools and resources they need to thrive, fostering confidence, independence, and a brighter future.
In addition to her non-profit work, Ms. Morales serves as the chief executive officer of Sunflower Residential Care and Sunflower ARF, Inc., providing residential care for adults with disabilities. She is also the owner, licensee, and administrator of The Geneva’s Home and Noah’s Adult Home, and she spent 16 years as the administrator at Noah’s Ark and Rainbow Group Home. In these roles, she works tirelessly, overseeing operations, providing staff training, and ensuring the highest standards of care for her clients. Her passion for serving others drives her to always seek new ways to expand and improve the services she provides.
Originally from Cuba, Ms. Morales attended the Odesa Mechnikov National University in Odesa, Ukraine, where she earned a bachelor’s degree in Russian language and literature, followed by a master’s degree in physics and mathematics. Although she initially planned to stay in Cuba, she moved to Canada and later to California in 1995, where she completed coursework and an internship in marriage and family therapy at California Baptist University. Inspired by her experience as a facility manager for developmentally disabled clients, she made a career shift into residential care, becoming a dedicated advocate for vulnerable populations.
Ms. Morales is deeply committed to her professional development, having earned numerous credentials and certifications, including completing the administrator certification program with the California Department of Education and an orientation course with Community Care Licensing. In 2023, she also completed the “How to Set Goals When Everything Feels Like a Priority” training with LinkedIn. Among her many professional achievements, she is proud to have been nominated for the Kennedy Award for Best Care Providers with the Inland Regional Center in 1999 and 2003.
Active in her community, Ms. Morales directed missionary work from 1997 to 2004 and has contributed her time to Feeding America and World Vision Inc. She is also dedicated to supporting military veterans and has led a prayer group at her church. She enjoys spending quality time with her children, reading, going to museums, spending time in nature, visiting the beach, and working on her autobiography. As the mother of four adoptive children whom she considers to be God’s gift to her, Ms. Morales has been proudly homeschooling them since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020. She considers her relationship with God to be the most important aspect of her life, as she consults him daily for help and guidance. Her faith, she says, empowers her to be resilient in the face of failure, and she always emerges from setbacks stronger than she was before.