A family of four posing outdoors with green shrubbery in the background. The woman and man are smiling, leaning over a young boy with a disability in a wheelchair who appears to be sleeping. The little girl is smiling and touching her hair.

Welcome!

We are Jason and Pam, founders of The Coco Project. Our story is series of wonderful, heartbreaking, and complicated circumstances, all leading to this endeavor.

The Coco Project was born out of being the parents of a medically complex child. Our son, Nico spent a significant portion of his life in the hospital, in the NICU and PICU, teaching everyone around him what it meant to have joy in the midst of difficulty.

The name “Coco” was first spoken by his sister, Emily, when she was learning to talk and couldn’t quite say “Nico.” It stuck, as nicknames born from love often do, and eventually became the name for the work we felt called to carry forward. What began as a family navigating monitors, alarms, and sleepless nights became the seed for an organization dedicated to making sure no other family has to walk that road alone. The Coco Project is, at its core, Nico’s story stretched wide enough to shelter others.

Thank you for joining us here.