Our current team...and growing.
We are Shannon and Heidi Hicks, co-founders of Compassionado. This organization comes from our hearts, where we feel and see the brokenness in us all. We believe that, through stories and insights into the needs of others, compassion can be refreshed and healing can take place.
We have three children Daisy-8 (Biological), Zoey-4 (Foster/Adopt), and Canyon-3 (Biological). They inspire us every day to learn more about what hope and compassion can do and how to help them be Compassionados as well.
Join us in our journey to find the heart of what heals us all and as we discover how to be real about our desires to alleviate the desperation of others.
Our Mission: Instigate Hope and Compassion
Our Vision: To Instigate an empathetic response to the distress of others while highlighting noble and realistic ways to be Compassionate.
The Etymology of our name, Compassionado:
Compassion - kəm-ˈpa-shən
Sympathetic consciousness of others' distress together with a desire to alleviate it. (a verb)
Aficionado - ə-ˌfi-sh(ē-)ə-ˈnä-(ˌ)dō
Having devotion to/or affection in an idea, belief or cause.