Multi-generational Mexican American family gathered around a long outdoor table mid-laugh, plates half-finished, string lights glowing at dusk

Comunidad Mexicana Americana · Est. 2018

"Esto es lo que
llevamos hacia adelante."

A cultural home base where Mexican American families reconnect with the traditions that raised them — language, altars, recipes, and the stories only our elders carry.

Únete a Nuestra Mesa Ver Nuestra Comunidad

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Nuestra Historia

You weren't formally invited,
but a plate is being made for you.

Raíces began when a group of second-generation parents realized their children were growing up without the Spanish words for the things that mattered most — comal, compadre, abuelita.

We are not a museum. We are a kitchen table. A place where the oral history of Michoacán sits next to a teenager learning the folklórico footwork their grandmother danced at fifteen.

1,200+

Familias conectadas

Programas activos

Comunidades representadas

Años sirviendo

Grandmother and grandchild kneading masa dough together on a wooden table, close-up of their hands

Young girl writing her name in Spanish on a chalkboard during a language workshop, smiling with chalk in hand

Nuestros Programas

A living scrapbook
of who we are.

Each program surfaces a different facet of heritage — some ancient, some newly remembered.

Children sitting at colorful classroom tables writing in Spanish notebooks, teacher pointing at a chalkboard with Spanish words

Taller de Lengua

Spanish for the Dinner Table

Kids write their names in Spanish for the first time. Parents cry — every time.

Día de los Muertos

Building the Altar Together

Marigolds, photographs, pan dulce. Every November, we remember who made us.

Elderly Mexican American man being recorded with a microphone, speaking animatedly with hands gesturing, warm indoor lighting

Oral Histories

Recording What Only They Know

Folklórico

The Skirt That Teaches You to Stand Tall

Close-up of weathered hands stirring a deep brown mole negro sauce in a clay pot over a comal, steam rising

Cocina Comunitaria

Mole Negro from Memory

The recipe on a stained index card, passed hand to hand across three generations.

Voces de Nuestra Comunidad

The stories that hold us together.

I came to record my father's stories about crossing the border in 1971. I stayed because I found twenty other people who had the same stained index card with the same mole recipe.

Carmen Espinoza-Reyes

Second-generation parent · Los Angeles, CA

Portrait of an elderly Mexican American man with weathered hands clasped together, warm expressive eyes, seated indoors

My granddaughter asked me what Michoacán looks like. That question broke my heart open. Raíces gave me a place to answer it — with other people listening.

Don Aurelio Gutiérrez

Community elder · Age 79 · Fresno, CA

Young Latina college student with long dark hair, wearing a denim jacket, photographed outdoors with a natural smile

I was born here but I always felt like I was translating myself for everyone. For the first time I didn't have to explain anything — everyone already understood.

Marisol Ibáñez

College student · UC Davis · Tracing lineage to Oaxaca

Soft background of a long outdoor table with candles and marigold flowers, warm evening light

Únete a la Mesa

There's a chair here
with your name on it.

Tell us a little about yourself. We'll send you upcoming events, resources, and an invitation to the community — no spam, just the good stuff.

Mi Diario de Raíces

Heritage Journal · Free Download

Family Recipes

Migration Stories

Traditions We Keep

Words in Spanish

People to Remember

24-page printable PDF · Available in English & Spanish

Descarga Gratuita

Record the stories
before they slip away.

Our free Heritage Journal is a 24-page printable PDF with prompts for recording family recipes, migration stories, and traditions — in English and Spanish. One email address. Yours to keep forever.

No spam. Unsubscribe anytime. This is a gift, not a funnel.

"Esto es lo quellevamos hacia adelante."

You weren't formally invited,but a plate is being made for you.

A living scrapbookof who we are.