Dr. Pearl, co-chair, VOSH Corps Committee and past president, received his doctorate from the Southern California College of Optometry in 1983 and has two practices in suburban Los Angeles. Dr. Pearl took his first VOSH mission to Venezuela in 1989 and was so inspired by the experience that he chartered the VOSH/California chapter later that year with several colleagues. Since then, he has led or participated on 54 weeklong VOSH/CA missions to Venezuela, Costa Rica, El Salvador, and mainland Mexico. He helped to establish the first optometry school in Nicaragua in 2011 and currently leads efforts to develop several sustainable clinics there.