Joe Aldrete was raised in San Jose, California and came to know the saving grace of Jesus Christ in 1989. Mr. Aldrete describes his conversion this way, “I was completely lost and living a life full of emptiness when my Savior called me, forgave me, changed me, and put me on the path of righteousness for His name’s sake. I knew that God had a plan for my life and that plan was to be in service to Him.”

Joe entered the ministry in 1994 at Calvary Chapel Mareno Valley in Mareno Valley, California where he was a pastoral intern for three years and became an ordained minister in 1997.

He was a Youth Pastor for seven years, spent three years as a College Pastor, two years as an Executive Pastor, and spent two years traveling to the U.K, Thailand, Cambodia, and Japan teaching and instructing local pastors. He also served as Chaplain for the Family Justice Court in Riverside, California and in 2003, he became the chaplain for the Riverside Sheriff Department.

Joe moved from California to Baldwin County with his wife, Lorraine, in 2005 and founded Calvary Chapel Foley (CCF.)

In 2010, he became the Senior Chaplain for the Baldwin County Sheriff Department and served the Community Hospice of Baldwin County as chaplain from 2011-2013.

In 2010, Joe also began working with a national organization called YAP (Youth Advocate Program,) a diversion program for at-risk teens. Working with YAP from 2010-2018, Pastor Aldrete served over 200 youth in Baldwin County.

In 2012, Joe received his CCISM degree (UMBC) and became the Lead Chaplain of the Baldwin County Critical Incident Stress Management (CISM) Team and became a Senior Level Law Enforcement Instructor through the International Conference of Police Chaplains in 2014.

In 2018, Joe Aldrete founded the Dream Center of Baldwin County.

Lanya Daffin, MS, LPC
Program Director

Ms. Daffin received her Bachelor's in Communications from the University of Mobile in 1999. She then obtained her Master's in Counseling from Alabama State University in Montgomery in 2008, and a second Master’s in Public Administration from Strayer University in Birmingham in 2015.

In late 2023, Ms. Daffin became the Program Director for the Dream Center of Baldwin County.

Since 2019, she has worked as an outpatient/diversion counselor for The Bridge in

Mobile where she worked closely with clients to complete assessments, administer clinical services, and perform therapy and crisis intervention.

Ms. Daffin was a residential counselor for The Shoulder of Central Gulf Coast in Spanish Fort from 2018-2019.

From 2016-2018, Ms. Daffin coordinated Opioid Replacement Therapy and worked as a mentor and counselor at the Birmingham Metro Treatment Center.

From 2004-2016, she worked for the State of Alabama Department of Human Resources in Birmingham, AL. in complex paternity and child support cases.

Lynandria Page
Licensed Counselor

Ms. Page received her BS in Psychology and Minor in Criminology from Kennesaw State University (KSU) Kennesaw, GA in May, 2015.

She obtained an additional 6 hours in International Crime and World Justice and Human Rights in June, 2014.

Ms. Page founded Let’s Create Peace, LLC in 2023 where she works with children and adults as a mental health therapist, marriage counselor and provides trauma-informed care. She specializes in working with individuals that have trauma history leading to criminal behavior.

Ms. Page has worked with multiple youth organizations in Baldwin County as a Substance Youth Counselor including Altapointe Health in Mobile and Foley and The Bridge, Inc. in Foley, AL. In this role she has worked with adults and children with past and/or present substance use disorders to help them sustain recovery, address mental and physical needs, and access community resources. She has worked extensively with children who use illegal substances and is trained to sustain decrease in usage, abstinence from drugs, and psychoeducation.

Dream Center Board of Directors

Steve Bailey
Board President

Steve Bailey has lived in Alabama his entire life and became a resident of Foley in 1968. He spent his childhood on a dairy farm in Marion, AL where he learned about southern agriculture and the systems and structures that support it. Steve attended Foley schools through graduation and began working on area farms at the age of 15.

In 1981, Steve went to work for Southern Farm Supply and in 1989 struck out on his own and founded Southern Ag Service Inc. where he has sold and serviced numerous irrigation systems for area farmers. In 1994, Steve partnered with Dean Hansen in Sun Coast Builders. When Dean retired, Steve became sole owner of Sun Coast Builders.

Steve has built hundreds of buildings in Baldwin County including many churches, the Cotton Creek Clubhouse at Craft Farms, Malouf Furniture, Gulf Bowl and Eastern Shore Bowling Centers, and numerous projects for Baldwin County and area municipalities. Owning and operating both of these businesses for over 30 years has given Steve a broad range of skills and an even broader circle of business associates and friends.

In Steve’s words, “I have always felt a great sense of responsibility to give back to this community that has given so much to me. I have participated in several area political campaigns over the years. I have overseen Landowner Relations for the Gulf Coast Hot Air Balloon Festival since the festival started and began cooking for the American Heart Association Rodeo (which later became the Jennifer Claire Moore Foundation Rodeo) in the early 90’s. In 2008, I started a committee for feasibility and fund raising for a Catholic High School for Baldwin County and after 8 years, celebrated the opening of St. Michael Catholic High School in Fairhope. 

I met Pastor Joe Aldrete a few years ago at an event for Sherriff Mack. I was immediately drawn to Joe’s heart for people and specifically for our community. I was honored to recently complete Pastor Joe’s new church building and through working closely with him, became more aware of his vision for the Dream Center. The more I heard, the more I wanted to become involved. There is such a need for this center and I believe whole heartedly in the Dream Center’s mission to help underserved youth in our area. It is my goal to facilitate financial assistance to provide a new building for the Dream Center and ongoing support for those who work there.”  

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