Founder's Profile

Juan P. Casimiro began his career as an educator in 1987 after closing his first business in New York City. Now with over twenty years of experience as a public speaker, entrepreneur, educator, coach and mentor, Juan specializes in building individual and organizational strength from within. His teaching of Entrepreneurship, Financial Literacy, One-on-One Coaching Sessions, Career/Personal Development Programs, and Non-Profit Organization Development workshops are known for the immediate enthusiasm they generate and the long-term benefits that flow from them.

Mr. Casimiro holds a Masters Degree in Education (City University of New York, 1989), a BSSW Degree (Ohio State University, 1986), and FastTrac Business Program certification (Columbia University's School of Business, 1990).

Throughout his 20-year career, Mr. Casimiro has kept active and consistently creating and delivering effective courses and programs throughout the USA, Europe, Asia, Latin America and the Caribbean. He served as a partner and/or founder of several businesses, including: Ascend Youth Entrepreneurship International, YoungBiz and EDGE. Mr. Casimiro serves as President of the Casimiro Foundation, an organization that helps fund College Scholarships and Social Ventures for youth and marginalized communities in Developing Nations.

In addition to the Casimiro Foundation, he is an active board member of the Dominican American National Foundation in Florida and Co-Founder of Alpha Psi Lambda. He is also a Partner/Volunteer for: Miami Dade Public Schools, National Academy Foundation, Broward County Schools Partner Program and AOIT. Previous directorship roles include New York's Empowerment Zone, Credit Where Credit is Due, Inc., Dominican American National Roundtable.

Along with being a guest lecturer/trainer at Columbia, Harvard, Miami Dade College, FAU, and other universities, Mr. Casimiro serves as an educational consultant for various education and training organizations in the United States.

Among those to have recognized Mr. Casimiro for excellence are Dade Partners, AMPS Institute, NFTE, the Social Science Department/Honors College at Miami Dade College, FBLA, Miami Council for International Visitors, Sisters Cities, International Trade Consortium, ITEC in Mexico, Alpha Psi Alpha fraternity, Academy of Information Technology and the US Embassy in Argentina.

To compliment his extensive body of work, Mr. Casimiro contributed content specific experiences on several books including, Growing A Business: A Student Start-Up Guide; Silver Bullets: 50 Games and Activities to Shoot Out Boredom. His work also appears on numerous print media, Internet, audio and newscasts.