Leaders’ Bios
Olga Tacure, Executive Director
Olga Tacure is the Executive Director of Women Encouraging Empowerment, Inc. (WEE), a nonprofit serving immigrants, refugees, and low-income families by providing services, programs, and classes that support family economic mobility. Since joining WEE in 2019, she has led a period of transformational growth - expanding staff capacity, tripling reach from 200 to more than 2,500 individuals, and strengthening impact through new funding, community-driven initiatives, and strategic partnerships.
An immigrant Latina from Peru with a nursing background, Olga brings firsthand understanding of the barriers immigrant and low-income families face. She has played a key role in advancing systemic change, including co-developing the district-wide Family Engagement Policy (approved in 2021) and leading the successful 2024 revision of the local ordinance supporting family child care providers. Her civic leadership also includes service on the Revere High School PTO, the Revere Cares Coalition, and the city’s Master Plan Steering Committee.
Her work is rooted in the belief that collective action and community voice are essential to the success of the families WEE serves. Olga’s leadership continues to inspire investment, collaboration, and long-term impact—making WEE a trusted anchor and a powerful vehicle for change.
Clauna Laurent, Deputy Director
Clauna Laurent will be working closely with the Executive Director, Olga Tacure to oversee WEE’s daily operations, with the goal of empowering immigrants, and low-income families to thrive civically, economically and socially. This includes overseeing the planning and implementation of all WEE’s programs, Staff and Community planning.
Widely considered a coalition builder, a change agent, and effective communicator, Clauna, who comes to us from New Jersey, began her Public Service career by working at the Community Planning and Advocacy Council. As the Executive Director of Senior Services for Camden, Gloucester and Burlington County Managing Americorps Grants for the Corporation for National and Community Service (CNCS) She then went on to work for the State of New Jersey, Department of Labor, Workforce and Development, where she worked as an Advocate for the Migrant Seasonal Farm Workers (MSFW) and undocumented workers in the role of Director or Employee relations and MSFW State Advocate.
Ms. Laurent is a graduate from Liberty University. She is the proud daughter of immigrant parents, has 5 siblings, is Wife to a Champion for Change, and a mother of two amazing children. When she’s not working, you will find Clauna... Before moving to Boston, Clauna was a member of Parent Inc. Foundation’s Network, a member of the Human Services Advisory Committee (HSAC), and a fellow of the Haitian Women Network Executive Leadership Program, just to name a few.