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Who We Are

The Founders

Dr Paul and Yvonne Tienda married over thirty-five years ago in Pueblo, CO, where they were born and raised. They share a passion for education, health, community development and service to others. The Tienda Foundation has been established to help further their vision of developing students info effective leaders and professionals that can help build safer, healthier and more sustainable communities.

Our Mission And Commitment

Our primary mission is to help build safer, healthier and more sustainable communities by investing in apprenticeship, higher education and community development programs. We provide educational/apprenticeship program grants and needs-based stipends to high school juniors and seniors in Colorado. Our goal is to inspire and empower public school students to enroll in apprenticeship programs and to graduate from institutions of higher education. Ensuring that students are being provided the tools, hands-on experience, mentors and financial resources essential to their success is very important to us. Additionally, students need to be given the opportunity to acquire and apply innovative leadership skills to "real world problems". Practical experience will maximize their career opportunities and help them to lead the next generation in being proactive agents of transformative and positive change in their communities.

Our Vision And Values

Our Vision for every student is a life empowered by job training, education, purpose and transformative leadership. Our Aspiration for Pueblo and Colorado is for students to flourish and have the will and the skillsets needed to lead, innovate and contribute to safer, healthier and more sustainable communities. The Values we strive to uphold: * to be people of integrity, * to develop and maintain strong relationships * to be innovative, continually working towards improvement, * to give every public school student the opportunity to earn a degree, * to increase college enrollment and graduation rates, * to prepare student leaders to contribute to our communities, * to measure our effectiveness and to be fully committed, * to be accountable until our goals are achieved
Dr Paul LD Tienda
Co-Founder
  • Paul was born in Pueblo, CO to Manuel (a 48 year CF&I steelworker) and Theresa Tienda (a devoted mother and self taught pianist). Both instilled the importance of hard work and doing one's best to serve God, family and others. Paul's paternal grandparents migrated from Mexico to Texas in the late 1800s and then to Northern Colorado in the early 1900s. His paternal grandfather was a bivocational church planter and farmer and his maternal great grandparents were Sephardic Jews who migrated from Spain to New Mexico in the mid 1700s. His maternal grandparents were born in New Mexico, his grandfather served in the US military and moved the family to Northern Colorado in the early 1900s.
  • Paul graduated from Pueblo Centennial High School and from the University of Southern Colorado (now CSU Pueblo) with a BSBA degree in Management (Computers & Information Processing).
  • He started his career working in the computer industry as a resource and financial analyst for Unisys Corp and then in the telecommunications industry for Cellular, Inc as a Marketing Administrator and was promoted to Regional Accounting Manager.
  • While working full-time, he graduated cum laude with an MBA degree (finance and accounting) from Regis University in 1991.
  • In 1995, Paul founded AIMM Properties (formerly AIMM Services), a real estate investment and property management company that grew from managing residential real estate assets in Colorado and Texas to overseeing diversified commercial assets and investment partnerships across 43 states leasing to S&P 500 essential-business customers such as Kroger, Wal-Mart, Walgreens, CVS, Dollar General, Tractor Supply Company, Fresenius Medical, Auto Zone and dozens of industrial, medical and healthcare related businesses.
  • In 2002, Paul graduated magna cum laude with a Doctorate of Business Administration (finance and human resource management) from Southern California University (now known as California Southern University).
  • In July 2021, he retired as President & CEO of AIMM Properties based in Austin, TX.
M. Yvonne Tienda
Co-Founder
  • Yvonne was born in Pueblo, CO to James (C&W Railroad Roadmaster) and Sarah Martinez (a loving mother and homemaker). Both instilled the importance of serving God, getting an education, hard work, service to others and commitment to family. Her paternal grandfather was a Colorado coal miner and her maternal grandfather was a New Mexico artist. Upon his retirement from the railroad, Yvonne's father James devoted his life to serving his church and others in volunteer christian ministry.
  • Yvonne graduated from Pueblo East High School and attended the University of Southern Colorado . She completed her Bachelor of Arts degree in Psychology at the University of Colorado at Denver and two years of graduate study in Biology. She attained a Bachelor of Science degree in Pharmacy from the University of Colorado.
  • She started her pharmacy career in Pueblo at King Soopers and continued it in Castle Rock. During her successful and adventurous 20 year pharmacy career she also worked in over 50 different retail pharmacies for Walgreens, Safeway and for Target in Texas.
  • Yvonne had the privilege of caring for her father in the last years of his life, she is continually learning about new developments in medicine and pharmacy and she continues to care for loved ones and friends who need her help.
  • Upon retiring from pharmacy, Yvonne transitioned to working with her husband's business for the past three years as a Vice President for AIMM Properties.
  • Yvonne loves to travel, is an avid reader, lifelong learner and someone who loves to spend quality time with family and friends.
  • She retired from AiMM Properties in July 2021 and is looking forward to supporting the important work of the foundation.