Words that Win
“You stink,” the man shouted at a Nats player on the field from the row of bleachers behind us. Seeming like normal fan behavior, I hardly even noticed. However, the soon-to-be 3rd grader sitting beside me was bothered by the comment and she felt...I go to CVS!
“Ms. D!” he called to me. “Ms. Daniela, I, I, I, I.” He was struggling to get through his little kindergarten stutter. “Ms. Daniela!” with even more excitement this time, “I, I, I…I go to CVS!” He pushed...What else could a mother do?
Fransisco’s Story She approached me at the end of a service at church wanting to know if she could have a private meeting with me. We went downstairs and she asked me if I could help with her son’s asylum court case. This was new territory for me! I...Tutoring Monica
Monica is a professional tutor. Still dressed in my business clothes, toting my professional looking tutoring bag, I finally made it to the apartments from work. Some of the elementary school girls were showing off their new dance choreography while Emily waited for...Break out the Donuts
I went to a birthday party in the neighborhood this evening for a little 10-year-old named Blanka. She is quite the little cutie and very smart! One of the first things she said to me when I walked in the door was, “Ms. D, What do I have to do to get into Kids...
We are a community of people “learning together to love our neighbors as ourselves” in a Latino neighborhood in Alexandria, Virginia.
As a faith-based Christian non-profit with a small staff and over 100 volunteers, we serve alongside more than 100 families and their children (1st-12th grades) each week through our community programs.