Our Team

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Brian & Jackie McCobb

Brian and Jackie have been missionaries to Paraguay since 2005. They arrived in Paraguay as church planters, and God used them to help start two churches. Since 2013, they have been involved various aspects of orphan care. They co-founded a national movement to promote family-based care in churches & Little Neighbors began in 2020.

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Patricia Romero

Patricia has been a psycologist since 2020. She and her husband have three children and joined our team in early 2025.

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Tessa Baez

Tessa is our team lawyer. She is a graduate of the National University of Asuncion. She takes the lead on all interactions with the judges and public officials. Though she is not in direct contact with the children on a regular basis, her role is vital to ensure that none of the children we serve get stuck in the system. She is married with four children.

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Raquel Ramirez

Raquel is a social worker with years of experience in working with children from hard places before she came to work with us in 2020. She is passionate about serving others with the tools God has given her. She and her husband serve with their three children in their local church.

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Ana Cuyer

Ana has been active in the community outreach at her church since she was a teenager. She joined our team in 2023 to coordinate the work we do with orphanages in our mentor / discipleship program. In 2025 she began to work with our foster care program as well.