Yolanda DeMello is the mother of Josephine Idalena DeMello, who died from SIDS on March 10, 2008 at the age of 6 months and 11 days. Josephine is the second child of Yolanda and her husband Gabriel. They live in Camarillo (Ventura County) and have a 6-year old daughter name Angelica Grace and subsequent twin girls. Currently, she co-facilitates the SIDS support group in the Los Angeles and Ventura County area. She and her husband Gabriel founded the Josephine DeMello SIDS Foundation in October 2008 in memory of their daughter Josephine. Yolanda is a currently working with the California SIDS Advisory Council and California SIDS Program to promote and improve SIDS Risk Reduction education to many communities in Southern California.

Gabriel is the father of Josephine Idalena DeMello. Together with his wife Yolanda, they founded the Josephine DeMello SIDS Foundation. His strength, determination, and passion drives him to make a difference in other people's lives. He focuses on counseling fathers and other male figures in the families. Him and Yolanda has a 6-year old daughter and  subsequent twin girls. He currently work as a Corporate Trainer for a software company and dedicates his spare time serving his community through the Foundation and talking to fathers on the phone to help them cope through the tragedy.

Susanne lost her seven month old daughter, Kate, to SIDS in 2004.  Although Kate's death seemed like the end of the world for Susanne and her husband and their then 2 year old son, she has gone on to become a trained peer contact through the California SIDS Foundation.  She and her husband welcomed a subsequent child in 2006.  The most important step in Susanne's healing process was to talk to other parents who had also experienced a SIDS loss.  While still working as a civil engineer, she has embraced her loss and reaches out to help others heal.

Angelica Lopez has served the communities of Oxnard, Ventura and Camarillo in volunteer capacities as well as in her career. She studied Nursing at California State University, Channel Islands and has previously served as Philanthropic Chair for the CSUCI Student Nurses' Association. She currently works as the Latino Outreach Associate for Ventura County with The Wellness Community- Valley/Ventura, in which she assists and counsels Latino cancer patients and their families. She is thrilled to be serving as the Volunteer Program Director for the Josephine DeMello Foundation and is honored to be a part of a team of individuals who are dedicated to providing support, education and funding for SIDS research.

In October of 2004 Olivia received a phone call while at work from the local police department telling her that something had happened to her 4.5 month old son, Lorenzo, and she needed to respond immediately.  Her baby boy had passed away while at a home daycare facility.  He was "diagnosed" with SIDS (Sudden Infant Death Syndrome).  Feeling the need to help others who were met with the same experience, Olivia became active in the SIDS / Pregnancy and Infant Loss Community and has been trained in peer counseling with the following organizations:  The Compassionate Friends (National Organization for bereaved parents, siblings, and grandparents who have lost a child at any age at any cause) "Chapter Leadership Program" and the California SIDS Program.  Other organization associations include:  The Josephine  DeMello SIDS Foundation, First Candle/SIDS Alliance and LA County SIDS Program.  Subsequently, she gave birth to 2 boys, one who was part of a SIDS Study for the Children's National Medical Center in Washington, DC under the direction of Dr. Rachel Moon.