Julianne North

About Julianne

• I attended Loyola Marymount University, where I received my bachelor’s degree in liberal studies and elementary education.
• In 1985, while a sophomore in college, I went on a service trip to Tecate, Mexico, where I helped paint the dormitory of an orphanage and boys home.
• On that trip, I met my now-husband and business partner, Christopher.
• Together, we started an organization at LMU called De Colores, which is still in operation and organizes monthly student trips to build homes and schools in Tijuana.
• After I graduated, I moved to Mexico with Christopher, we got married, and we continued to help fundraise and help out with various charitable projects.
• In 1999, we decided to start our nonprofit, Build a Miracle, which focuses on building homes so that children can be raised by their families instead of having to live in an orphanage.
• Initially, our goal was to gather friends and family and to build one home a year, but over the years the organization has grown and grown—we have now built over 350 homes to date.