Guerly Adonis is the President and Chief Executive Officer of Change My Community, Inc. She became President in 2019 with a simple goal: to make sure families across South Florida are not left to navigate difficult systems alone. That same year, she built and launched CMC's immigration legal program, and by 2024 CMC had become a Department of Justice (DOJ) recognized organization, representing clients before U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS), the Immigration Court, and the Board of Immigration Appeals (BIA).
Since 2019, CMC's immigration program has served more than 5,000 people, many of them facing the loss of legal status, work authorization, or housing. Guerly also leads CMC's monthly food distribution program, which reaches about 3,000 people a year, and the organization's network of community referrals connecting families to housing, safety, and other essential resources. She personally handles a number of pro bono cases each year for families who could not otherwise afford legal help.
Fluent in English, French, and Haitian Creole, Guerly works closely with Haitian and other immigrant communities throughout Palm Beach County, leading Know Your Rights sessions, legal clinics, and community forums at churches and schools across the region.
In September 2026, Guerly represented CMC on the international stage for the first time, presenting the organization's work at The Migration Conference in Bratislava, Slovakia, sharing CMC's model for community-based immigration support with researchers and practitioners from around the world.
CMC has grown steadily under her leadership, and families across the region have come to rely on it when they have nowhere else to turn. She has been recognized for that work with a United Way Champion of Impact Award nomination, and she continues to invest in her own training, from naturalization and citizenship law to removal defense and youth immigration issues, so CMC's services stay current and reliable.
Guerly leads CMC with the belief that lasting change starts at the community level, one family, one case, and one meal at a time.