Naomi Plate has both a B.S. in Education and a Registered Nursing degree. She has extensive experience in community and individual development. She served the rural poor in Mississippi and then the urban poor in Washington, D.C. for 10 years. During those years, she discovered a heartfelt love for the people she served and found her passion to be holistic health education – simple teaching on the importance of taking responsibility for our own health, physically and emotionally, to reach our full potential. 

Upon returning to Colorado in 2012, she found ways to continue that ministry, founding the Compassion Beyond Ourselves (CBO) "giving circle” that fostered self-sufficiency and well-being in the lives of women and children. CBO worked both locally and globally by giving annual monetary grants and promoting ongoing volunteer efforts.

She joined Global Associates in 2015 to help her continue her calling to address the needs of those that have "less than." In the last few years she has worked with The Refuge and Recovery Cafe, helping people who are unhoused or coming out of addiction to write their own stories and bring awareness to their very human struggles.

Naomi has raised three children who have given her five grandchildren. They complete the other part of her life!