Weekly Free Writing Workshops offered in Spanish for 12 weeks. Welcoming Spanish-speaking Latina moms from the Latin American Montessori Bilingual (LAMB) Public Charter School community (includes parents, teachers, administrators, nurses, crossing guards, aids, nannies, etc.) Meeting every Wednesday at 6:30 pm. Starting on January 25th. Latina moms have unique stories that have been rarely shared or written. They are stories of power and resilience in the face of various challenges that we encounter in our daily lives. We find that sometimes we have not had a chance to be heard and understood, but that we have a lot to say that could help others understand our community through our unique stories of who we are, where we come from, and our aspirations as women and as mothers. We all have a story inside that can be both transformative and healing, a story that can help the school better understand, include, and engage with Latina moms. This workshop also contributes to reinforce the origins of LAMB as part of the of the LAYC initiative for bilingual education as a tool for social change. At the same time, by writing Latina stories, this is an opportunity to reinforce Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion strategies as well as to continue our commitment for an anti-racist LAMB that we got started with Kindred. If you have always wanted to tell your story, come join us and write with LAMB parents, teachers, nurses, crossing guards, and administrators. This is a writing workshop for those who write and those who have never written before. If you have questions, you can contact Dr. Ada Vilageliu-Diaz at avilageliu@gmail.com Dr. Ada Vilageliu-Diaz is the workshop facilitator. She is an Assistant Professor of English at the University of the District of Columbia where she teaches writing and American literature courses. She has taught Spanish at the University of New Mexico and Howard University. A poet and filmmaker, Dr. Vilageliu-Diaz focuses on the power of telling stories of communities who have been unheard, such as her own Canary Island aborigine ancestry. As a LAMB parent, she was the co-chair of the Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion committee for two years and created a weekly virtual storytime series with published writers. Dr. Vilageliu-Diaz is part of the Herstory network of volunteers who help communities tell their stories so that their stories can make a difference and “change hearts, minds, and policies.”