Who We Are

Co-founder and President. Director of Medical Program.

Gloria Mattiuzzi was born in Caracas, Venezuela. She completed her medical school at the Universidad Central de Venezuela, Escuela Luis Razetti. In 1991, after finishing her Internal Medicine training at Hospital Dr. Domingo Luciani, she came to Houston, TX to pursue a fellowship in Infectious complications in cancer patients at The University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center. Dr. Mattiuzzi was an Assistant Professor at the Department of Leukemia at MD Anderson Cancer Center for more than 12 years. In 2016, she decided to found Cuatro Por Venezuela in order to have a formal way to help Venezuelans with the shortage of medicines and food. Dr. Mattiuzzi is married and has 2 sons. Her hobbies are running and cooking.

Co-founder, and Treasure. Director, Food Program

Dr. Rondón is Associate Professor at the Department of Stem Cell Transplantation and Cellular Therapy at the University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center; where she works since 1995. As Director of Protocol Research and Data Management, she has directed research operations and pioneered data collection programs recognized throughout the field. Dr. Rondón also has been Vice Chair of the MD Anderson Cancer Center Institutional Review Board for the past 14 years. She graduated with her MD from the Universidad Central de Venezuela with post-doctoral training from the University of Cincinnati and the University of Texas. In 2016 she joined Cuatro Por Venezuela as co-founder. She is married and has three children.

Board Member

Lesly Simon is a Venezuelan Publicist and Social Entrepreneur, trained in management at IESA and in Negotiation and Conflict Resolution at Harvard. Simon holds 20 years of professional experience in strategic positions at Santa Bárbara Airlines, from Vice-President of Corporate Affaires, to Country Manager for the United States and President in Charge. She has been Vice-President of Alas Solidarias Foundation and Co-Founder of the "Entre Panas" (Between Buddies) social program dedicated to a preventive action of unplanned pregnancy in adolescents. Simon is also Co-Founder of Engranart, an organization dedicated to supporting the design of empowerment and training programs for other foundations so that they can obtain sources of income. She was President of the Venezuelan American Chamber of Commerce year for the period 2011 -2013. She is the Active Director of Special Olympics Venezuela, International Friends of the Child Foundation with Cancer, Social Impact Committee of the Venezuelan American Chamber, Venezuelan American Friendship Group based in NY, VAMA Volunteer (Venezuelan American Medical Association). In 2013, she received recognition of the United States Congress for her support for the development of the Hispanic Community in South Florida. In December 2018, she received the Medal of Honor of the Southern Command for her work as a volunteer in the Mission "Enduring Promise" in the Hospital Ship of the USNS Comfort of the United States in Riohacha Colombia. Lesly Simon actually lives between Venezuela and Miami since 2007.

Board Member, Marketing and Outreach Advisor

Mafe Izaguirre is an artist, graphic designer and Venezuelan educator based in New York. Izaguirre brings together over twenty years of experience in the development of brand platforms and digital media projects. She leads the strategic consulting firm, Simple 7, a creative laboratory specializing in design as a tool for social change. She is currently an artist member of the Long Island City Artist Association (LICA), the Fat Cat Fab Lab maker space, a Tech Mentor at Mouse Inc, a nonprofit that promotes programs of technology with purpose and design thinking, as well as the first Artist in Residence at the Bronx-based non-profit DreamYard Project. In 2017, in collaboration with members of the IPTAR community, Izaguirre created the psychoanalytic magazine ROOM: A sketchbook for Analytic Action, Website: www.mafeizaguirre.com