I wish that the family who had hired Julia Moreno, before she came to work for us, had posted this report. When people are afraid to speak up, for fear of retaliation, it causes the next family to be put in danger. So, even though she may attempt to strike back in some way, I feel it is my responsibility to report, in a public forum, the abuses my family endured by making the mistake of hiring Julia Moreno as our Full Charge House Manager in Orange County.
I will summarize and then I will provide details. Julia Moreno endangered my two year old daughter. Julia Moreno, who came here from El Salvador, hired some of her friends to do housework in my home, telling us they were here legally, only to discover that her friends had snuck into the United States from Mexico illegally. Julia Moreno disclosed more than I want to know about the personal lives of the family she worked for prior to us, including their marital problems, financial activities, their attempts to hold on to their trust fund in order live large, how their marriage was a financial arrangement only to keep in good standing with the Mormon Church and how badly she felt they were ignoring their children.
A our House Manager Julia Moreno called in sick often and expected to be paid, even though she was only with us a short period of time. Soon after hiring her we found out that she was unwilling to do the very job she was hired to do. She wanted housekeepers to clean and asked me to hire a nanny to look after my kids. We sort of had to walk on eggshells, as she was easily set off and became abrasive, whenever she was asked to do laundry or to prepare food a certain way.
Julia Moreno tried to turn husband and wife against each other, in order to get out of doing work, which is something we later discovered she had done with the family she worked for before.
If you hire Julia Moreno, it is my personal opinion that you are bringing into your home someone who is a liability. Your children will not be properly fed. You will be lied to. There will be a lot of drama. She will snap and you and she will snap at your children. But at first, she will be very sweet and agreeable. And we fell for it. And now my children are devastated that she is suddenly gone as she quickly made them feel like she was their grandmother, only to later snap at them, tune them out, feed them junk food, send a child to school without breakfast and then abandon them.
We recently learned she was running some kind of scam with her ex husband. She wanted to be paid in cash in order to avoid having to pay her share of the child support, for her minor child, after their divorce. She asked me to report that she only earned $500 a week, to the IRS, to help her with this. I of course will not be a party to this type of fraud.
We hired Julia Moreno through a service. She informed us that they were personal friends and were not going to charge us one month of her pay, in order to hire her. As it turns out that is not true. Julia Moreno lied to us. We now owe that company $6,000 (one month’s pay).
One of the most common sense things anyone knows who has worked with children is that you never take anything personally. When my two year old yelled “No” at Julia Moreno, she turned her back on her and stormed out of the room, leaving our 2 year old baby standing on a tall counter all by herself.
My wife and I are professionals and we are busy. We take full responsibility for making the mistake of trusting Julia Moreno with our child. It was the pediatrician who revealed to us that the baby was being fed junk food, instead of the fresh and non-processed food we instructed Julia Moreno to serve her.
Julia Moreno told us that, at the last house she worked out, the parents were “trust fund brats” and that she “basically ran the house and raised their kids for them”. It became clear that she had a serious attitude problem about us not giving her full autonomy and instead having very specific guidelines about what the children were allowed to eat. We found she was hiding food. In the morning she would often simply not feed the children at all, or else she would give them junk food, rather than have to actually cook.
Our children’s safety and health are very important to us. We both feel sick and guilty for allowing someone into our house who would endanger them the way that Julia Moreno did. That was a close call. Fortunately someone brought this to our attention before the baby got sicker.
I am saddened and angry that someone would mistreat our toddler so badly.
Throwing away clothes after ruining them by washing them on the wrong temperature is something I can let go of. But neglecting my baby is not.
If I’m paying someone $75k per year to run my house, I should not have to walk on eggshells because of their moods. I should be able to turn my back for a moment and know that my children are not going to miss a meal. I should not have to worry that my family’s personal business is being gossiped about. I should be able to trust that the job I hired her to do is actually being done and I should never be lied to, in order to hook her friends up with jobs, only to find out that I am hiring illegal aliens.
It is my personal opinion that, if you interviewed Julia Moreno for a House Manger or Nanny job, you would wonder how anything I am saying her could possibly be true. But if you hire her, you will find ou the hard way. I only wish that one of the families she worked for, had posted type of review online, to warn other people – if for no other reason than to protect children. This is not revenge. This is me taking responsibility to warn the next family, to protect your children and your privacy, even though I may face some sort of backlash as the result of this, as she does know intimate details about our family.
When a baby is getting sick all the time, is too cold, not having her diapers changed and becoming malnourished, that is something that must be taken seriously. Julia Moreno is not someone who should be trusted in anyone’s home, or with anyone’s children or privacy, in my opinion, based on my experience as her former employer.
I have reached out to her previous employers to let them know what private information about their personal lives was disclosed to us, so that they can protect themselves. I am exploring my legal options to make sure that Julia Moreno is restrained from violating my family’s privacy as well reporting her to Child Services.
#2Author of original report
Sun, April 19, 2015
People vs. Julia Davila, Case #07NM12825, filed October 11, 2007. This criminal misdemeanor case was filed against the subject for her violation of Penal Code 653m(b), Making Annoying Phone Calls. On December 17, 2008, she pleaded guilty to the offense.
Do Not Abuse My Family
Los Angeles,#3Author of original report
Wed, February 04, 2015
The agency that failed to do an adequate background check, but still sent Julia Moreno (Davila) as an applicant to be our House Manager and Nanny, is called OC Nannies.
Court records reveal that Julia Moreno had a conviction in 2007. OC Nannies says they pride themselves in doing a thorough background check. However, they failed to disclose the following:
- Julia Moreno has a criminal record
- Julia Moreno was fired from her last job
- Julia Moreno's former employer told OC Nannies that Julia is not fit to work with children
- Julia Moreno did not show up for her CPR training
- Julia Moreno did not show up for her TB test
- Julia Moreno failed to show up for other classes, required by OC Nannies
It is scary to think that the most prestigious Nanny service in Newport Beach, one of the wealthiest places on the planet, would be so careless and reckless as to fail to properly vet an applicant, before sending her out to be interviewed and hired by a family.
Julia Moreno neglected my child. She lied. She gossipped incessantly about her former employer and may be doing the same thing about us.
Julia Moreno has told so many lies she cannot keep up with them. She told another family who wanted to hire her that we were movie stars. We are not.
Do Not Abuse My Family
Los Angeles,#4Author of original report
Thu, January 22, 2015
We just found out that one of our employees, a housekeeper, who Julia told us just walked off the job, was actually fired by Julia Moreno. We were deceived about this. We could not understand why our housekeeper would just walk off the job. Well, she didn't. Julia fired her and lied to us.
I have recently learned that Julia Moreo is claiming that we fired her and she is experiencing "hardship" (a legal term when you want to financially exploit someone with resources) as the result of this. Although we did tell her we had some questions and needed to talk to her, we did not fire Julia Moreno. She beat us to the punch. She went home early on the day I said I wanted to speak with her. And the next day she let herself into the house and dropped off her keys, her receipts and the baby seat in her Lexus SUV.
The plot thickens sadly. Our housekeeper suddenly had no job because she was fired behind our backs. And we were decieved by Julia Moreno, who lied to us and said she quit.
Jenny Chloe
New York,#5General Comment
Tue, January 20, 2015
I love it when people who have no education and their only skills are cleaning up after people think they can come in and tell you how to run your life. Freakin' crazy. If someone fed my kid junk or didn't feed them at all, I'd be livid.
Do Not Abuse My Family
Los Angeles,#6Author of original report
Tue, January 20, 2015
Julia Moreno (Davila) was hired as our full charge House Manager. One of her duties was to be a nanny. A few week before suddenly abandoning her job, our 2 year old baby was getting sick. We learned this was due to neglect on the part of her caretaker. When I told Julia Moreno that I had some questions about this and needed to speak with her, she went home early. She did not return calls over the weekend.
When she let herself into my house in the morning, when she came back to work, she quietly dropped off her keys, her receipts for petty cash and the baby seat for her Lexus SUV.
We called her several times to ask what is going on. She did not return calls or texts. At that point we also learned that she was hiding food in the house. This was junk food, which she was feeding our children instead of real food.
I later learned that her oldest son called the police on her, several times, saying that she was not feeding him. I contacted her previous employer and learned that she had actually been fired, for mistreatment of their children, including feeding nothing but chocolate milk to their 4 year old, who became violently ill.
On the day that Julia abandoned her job, she took our 10 year old to school, without feeding her breakfast and without sending her to school with a lunch or lunch money.
We take full responsibility for hiring someone who we should not have hired. However, she had good references (which may turn out to be fraudulent).
Presently Julia Moreno is making statements to numerous people that she was overworked and then fired. She claims we are harassing her. Her previous employer, of 9 years, tells me that is what she does and to expect some sort of vicious and malicious retaliation, both to save face and to potentially take advantage of my family's resources by threatening a bogus lawsuit.
Julia Moreno deceived us. We later learned that the reason she wanted to be paid in cash was to deceive her ex husband, Mr. Davila, and to defraud the IRS, so that she could get out of paying her share in a child custody arrangement.
Finally, in speaking to her prior employer at length, it became clear that Julia Moreno had violated my family's confidentiality. But she violated her previous employer's confidentiality so much worse. I know more about these people than I should - and I question the validity of most of what Julia Moreno gossiped about them.
I am writing this report, not for revenge, but to warn other families who may be considering bringing Julia Moreno into their homes and into their children's lives.
She comes off as sweet and that is disarming. She started off by doing a fantastic job. Then she tried to turn husband against wife and had several tantrums when we were not willing to run our house her way. She became abrasive, hostile and passive-aggressive. We are fortunate that this problem did not get worse, as it had gotten much worse for her previous employer. I feel it is my responsibility to warn the world about a woman whom I personally believe to be a Sociopath.
Do Not Abuse My Family
Los Angeles,#7Author of original report
Tue, January 20, 2015
When I contacted you your primary concern was your fee. It took some time for me to get you to see the bigger picture here, which is that you sent out someone whom you confessed did not attend your required CPR training, TB test and the other tests you require in order to placea a nanny in a home.
So on the one hand were distancing yourself from Julia Moreno, since she turned out to be someone who is dangerous to children. But you also want to collect a $6,000 fee for placing her.
Please advise me as to which one it is. Either you placed her, in which case we may owe you a fee and you may be liable for placing a dangerous person in our house, one who did not complete your own screening process. Or, she placed herself, in which case you have no liability but you are not owed a fee.
In reading your rebuttal, it sounds like you would like the best of both worlds. You want to be paid for placing Julia Moreno in our home. And you want to distance yourself from having anything to do with an unscreened applicant being placed in our home. You can't have it both ways. Which is it?
Agency owner
Newport Beach,#8REBUTTAL Owner of company
Mon, January 19, 2015
I own a Nanny agency and I have been in business for over 30 years. Last Friday we got a call from a former client. This client told us he had hired a nanny we had introduced to him, last year in June of 2014, but he had not paid our finder’s fee or made us aware he wanted to hire Julia Moreno.
We were very surprised to hear from him since his wife told us they had decided to keep their nanny and would not be needing our service. This is the typical story we get when a client does not want to pay the fee. He then told me that Julia had lied to them. Supposedly Julia had made up a story that she had worked at my agency and she was our friend, therefore he didn't have to pay us the fee. Except this doesn’t make any sense since his wife NEVER disclosed this information to us, instead she told us her nanny was staying.
The client understood we charged a finder’s fee and had even signed an agreement this was all very clear. How can anyone be so naive not to be suspicious and ask the agency if this was true? Had they told us this, we would have caught Julia in a lie and they would have NEVER hired her. Their children did not have to suffer the consequences of Julia’s neglect and actions.
As far as our agency and our screening process, our agency is very thorough and we would never take a chance to refer someone to a new client if we had not screened and checked all the references first. Julia's previous employers all spoke very highly of her. Her previous employer were she had worked for 9 years, gave her a high recommendation and wrote her a letter.
A complete profile of Julia was disclosed to the client with the letter of reference and phone numbers of the families where she worked. The client confessed they didn’t bother calling the references or even checked her background. Our agency runs a criminal background as well. Unfortunately we were not aware they had hired Julia and had kept her for six months. The client told me Julia was one of the best people he had ever hired and right away gave her a raise. For the first 2 months Julia had done an exceptional job.
Apparently things changed very quickly. Had the client told us the truth we would have strongly advised them not to hire Julia. If she was lying to them she was not to be trusted with the care of their children.
When our client contacted us, at first he was very upset we had introduced this lady to him. This seemed outrageous since he had hired Julia on his own and not through our agency. We would NEVER in good conscience refer a nanny with any kind of questionable background. The “only “reason we introduced Julia to the client is because her previous employers spoke very highly of her. This client tells me the family were Julia had worked for 9 years wanted Julia to return to work for them just last week after he let her go. But after he explained to them his experience with Julia they had changed their minds.
The sad part is the children did not have to suffer or be neglected by Julia. Had the client come to us and told us the truth and what was happening, we could have prevented this, and we could have warn other agencies about Julia so she could not get a job as a nanny a person like this should not be around children. . I am happy that my previous client wrote this report this is out and parents and the agencies can be aware of this person.
My only problem is that his comments hurt the reputation of my agency. It’s important to tell the whole story.
Cordially,
Agency Owner.
Do Not Abuse My Family
Los Angeles,#9Author of original report
Sat, January 17, 2015
This report does not say that Julia Moreno (married name Davilla) is an illegal alien. What was stated is that she hired a housekeeper to work under her and a handyman/gardener, whom we have concerns about regarding the status of their citizenship.
The purpose of filing this report is not revenge. Rather, it is to notify future families who may be doing a background search, that Julia Moreno neglected our children, was hostile, deceptive and a few other concerns.
If someone still want to hire her after all of that, it's their business and not mine. As stated previously, I wish that this type of information was more readily available in general, as I have over the years hired people who turned out to be not who or what they represented themselves to be. When it comes to your kids, you should know who it is you're bringing into your home.
Julia knew that I wanted to talk to her on Saturday about not feeding the baby and not changing the baby. She left early instead. On her next work day she came in quietly and dropped off her keys, some receipts and the baby seat from her car. For days after that she would not return our calls or texts.
Now she is saying that we threatened her and that the hardship from all of this is causing her health problems. I feel that is a desperate move and an opportunistic move, given that she wants to save face and possibly cash in on a family with some resources (even though we were really good to her).
The family that she worked for previously has told me that they also fired her and that they have told her never to contact them again and to stay away from their children. That is the last 10 years of her employment history.
When I contacted one of the nanny hiring agencies she was registered with, they also expressed some concerns about Julia Moreno and her misrepresentation of herself and her past work history.
At this point, we are sort of bracing ourselves for some kind of retaliation from Julia Moreno, given her desperate attempts to draw her family members into this and spin this whole thing as if she is the one being victimized.
Jessica Audrey
Tucson,#10REBUTTAL Individual responds
Sat, January 17, 2015
We had a similar experience with our House Manager who was from Mexico. I can tell you right now that Child Services won't do anything. Unless there are scars or bruises, they just take down a report and then nothing happens. You need to sue the agency that referred her to you and then sue her. It's a civil matter and not criminal. I feel your pain. We were also charmed by our lady and felt like fools once we discovered how badly we had been fooled and how our kids were being mistreated. Somebody should write a news article about this because it happens a lot. Some dear friends of ours also had this kind of experience as well. And Child Services was useless for them as well. These agencies don't care about anything but their commission. You just can't be too careful about whom you trust to come into your home and care for your children. Go after her!
Julia Katie
NYC,#11General Comment
Fri, January 16, 2015
You should definitely contact her previous employer and tell the everything negative she said about them, just as a courtesy. They have a right to know. It was decent of you not to say their names, but they have a right to know about this. I mean, come on. These people come into this great country and you give them a job and this is how ungrateful you are treated? You need to contact all the agencies and put the word out so nobody else has someone do this to their little baby. When you trust someone with your child after and agency says they vetted them and then come to find out they probably just sent you a resume and then wanted a fee, that just makes me sick with anger. She should not be allowed to get away with this nor should the agency that sent her over. Ugh!
Richard D.
Chicago,#12REBUTTAL Individual responds
Fri, January 16, 2015
OMG - this sounds exactly like a lady who worked for me from a nanny service in Newport Beach. She kept blowing up at me and telling me how she disapproved of how I was raising my children. And she was super religious but also kinda shady. Does she go to Harvest?
Do Not Abuse My Family
Los Angeles,#13Author of original report
Fri, January 16, 2015
Julia Moreno (Married Last Name was Davila). Mr. Davila, your ex wife is scamming you out of paying her share of custody. From July of Janurary was approximately $6,000 per month. She resides at:
(((REDACTED)))
Stacey
Texas,#14Consumer Comment
Fri, January 16, 2015
You hire an ILLEGAL ALIEN and after finding out she is here illegally you did not report her to ICE?? Or Immigration??
You are then liable for hiring a criminal and subject to fines/jail which I hope you get. I could care less about your "status" or "professional" grandeur. It is up to you to do a background check on anyone you hire to watch your CHILDREN!! Forget the "egg shell" crap. That is YOUR home and you should not have to subject anyone to her behavior.
YOU need to own up to breaking the law (again) and grow up. REPORT HER!